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1 Association of Information Technology Companies of Northern Greece George Dimitriou RCI Conference, Sofia, April 2013

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3 Western Europe Luxemburg Berlin Brussels Bonn Frankfurt Darmstadt Munich Ex USSR Minsk Gomel Kiev Moscow St. Petersburg Kostroma Tbilisi Erevan Tashkent Almaty USA New Orleans Asia Beijing Ulaanbaatar Balkans Thessaloniki Pristina Athens Bucharest Middle East Beirut Erbil Amman Baghdad Africa Gaborone

4 What is SEPVE SEPVE was founded in April It is based in Thessaloniki. The Association today numbers more than 250 members. ( It is the only collective body representing the interests of the Information Technology businesses in the regions of Macedonia, Thrace and Thessaly. It plays a major role in assessing and promoting the needs of the Information Society in Greece and South Eastern Europe.

5 SEPVE s vision Key role to foster: Information Technology as a lever of development for the whole of Greek society. Thessaloniki and Northern Greece as a centre for Information Technology in the broader geographical region. SEPVE as a bridge for business cooperation with South Eastern Europe.

6 SEPVE s role in the Greek ICT sector 1/2 Consultant to the Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace on the potential for development and exploitation of the Information Technology businesses of the region Consultant to the four regional authorities of Northern Greece and Thessaly on means of funding Information Technology SMEs Advisory services to the Ministry of National Economy to assist in the more effective development and use of electronic data interchange systems

7 SEPVE s role in the Greek ICT sector 2/2 SEPVE is one of the main sources of information on technology issues for the Prime Minister s office. Recommending and advising the Ministry of Development on new measures, projects and initiatives under the Development Act. Advisory role for the Information Society Programme.

8 SEPVE s Activities 1/2 Offering information to both existing and future members on the latest developments in the Information Technology sector, on both the national and international levels. Fostering the growth of Information Technology within Northern Greece Promoting an enhanced status for IT businesses, thus making a positive contribution to Greece s advance into the Information Society Coordinating and submitting business plans and proposals to government departments and agencies in order to enhance the development of its members businesses.

9 SEPVE activities 2/2 Creating an effective communication and collaboration platform among its members, and between its members and the public sector as well as other business sectors. Organizing educational and information seminars, round table discussions and conferences, in order to improve the administrative and technical skills of its members. Promoting cooperation between its members and related businesses in the Balkan countries, as well as in the Mediterranean region and the Middle East, thus taking advantage of the key geographical position of northern Greece.

10 SEPVE participation EU & national projects 1/3 Organisation, management and coordination of the 1st and 2nd INTERBALKAN IT FORUM in Thessaloniki 1998/2000 ADAPT INTERREG II FP5 - IST-Programme ISIS Project LEONARDO-Programme Web Content Manager Project 2001 Aristeia - Innovative Action Programme for Central Macedonia New Employment, New E-quality: Promoting Industrial Relations and Social Dialogue in the IT Sector

11 SEPVE participation EU & national projects 2/3 LEONARDO-Programme ViPiA - Virtual Pre-Incubator Accelerator FP6 IST-Programme EUROPEAN IST ETI / FP6 -INNOV5 Project SEE-INNOVATION ETI / FP6 -INNOV5 Project EASIER 2005 action n : 2005/33: ebiz4smes - Enhancing the cooperation between ICT suppliers and SMEs at regional level REGIONAL INNOVATION POLE OF CENTRAL MACEDONIA 2007 µbga: A Novel System for the Production of World's First Micro Ball Grid Array (µbga). [FP 7-SME ] Grant Agreement no.: Development of an intelligent, dynamic information system for the prediction of failures in industrial production systems. National Project funded from GSRT, Reg. No: SMEs2009

12 SEPVE participation EU & national projects 3/3 INTERREG: SME Pipeline Creating project pipeline for SME development, financed by EU Structural Funds Methodologies and tools for the cost-effective development of high quality Web applications for internet enabled TV Consumer Electronics and IPTV. FP7 - People localization for sale ship evacuation during emergency (LYNCEUS) Development of intelligent, dynamic information system for the detection and prediction of failures and non-optimal operation in industrial environment.

13 EU Programs SEPVE SEPVE, through various activities concerning EU programmes, gave the opportunity to its members to come in contact with: 200 proposal ideas in the framework of FP6 and FP organizations from 30 different countries 620 business meetings 10 IT Associations from Europe 15 research organizations Several ministries, councils and companies that play a significant role concerning EU programs

14 SEPVE AS A MEMBER OF EUROPEAN MULTIMEDIA FORUM Members of EUROPEAN MULTIMEDIA ASSOCIATIONS CONVENTION (EMMAC)

15 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Bait, Boulgaria Aries, Romania BTV, Turkey Deutscher Multimedia Verband, Germany Indra, Spain ASEDEM, Spain Verdi, Germany Bulgarian Association of Software Companies, Bulgaria Hungarian Association of IT companies, Hungary EUROQUALITY, France International University of Entrepreneurship,NL

16 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Wroclaw University of Economics, Poland European Multimedia Forum Ltd. - EMF (UK) Milestone, Austria Centre International de Communication et de Operations Multimedia CICOM, France University of Karlsruhe

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18 The Digital Technology Industry in Greece 6.3b market value 17.1b market turnover 2,500 Companies in the industry The country s turnover in the digital technology sector in turns represents 4.5% of the GDP.

19 Greece, ICT Market Value in m * 2013* Informa>on Technology Market Telecommunica>ons Market Total ICT Market ICT market in Greece, value million. * Forecasts. Source: EITO in collabora>on with Idate, IDC, PAC and GfK, 2012.

20 Greece, ICT Market Segmentation % segmenta5on of the ICT market companies Telecommunica5ons 14% % segmenta5on turnover of the ICT market Telecommunica5ons 57.9% Informa5on Technology 86% Informa5on Technology 42.1% Geographical distribu5on of the ICT market Athens 77.2% Thessaloniki 10.7% Rest of Greece 12.1% Source: Observatory for the Greek Informa>on Society.

21 Greece, ICT Market Segmentation Greece Greece - Customers SoMware 9.2% IT Equipment 38.2% Telecommunica5ons 42.5% IT Services 10.1% Consumers 25% Enterprises - SMEs 65% Public Sector 10% Source: Observatory for the Greek Informa>on Society.

22 SEPVE s FUTURE STRATEGY There are five pillars of excellence that Greece needs to achieve in order to optimize innovation, productivity growth and competitiveness. Exploitation of digital technology across the private sector Improvement of the public sector efficiency by harnessing digital technology Technology adoption and innovation leveraged by consumers A strong digital technology sector that can support and drive economy - wide innovation A coherent policy framework that underpins tech enabled productivity growth.

23 SEPVE s FUTURE STRATEGY Thessaloniki as a European Centre of Technology. Further development of R&D Activities of ICT SMEs of Northern Greece through engagement in EU projects with regional partners.

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28 Thank you for your attention Γ.ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΠΑΝΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΙΟ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΑΣ

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