<p class="p2"><span class="s1"><b>Elena Panaritis</b></span></p>
<p class="p3"><span class="s1">Economist, Social Entrepreneur, Policy Innovator</span></p>
<p class="p3"><span class="s1">Founder and CEO of Panel Group and Thought for Action Foundation</span></p>
<p class="p3"><em><span class="s1">Participates in:</span></em></p>
<p class="p3"><span class="s1"><b>Global Entrepreneurship Week Cyprus </b></span></p>

<h3 class="p3"><span class="s1">“Game Changers – Generation We:</span> <span class="s1">Disrupt Cyprus”</span></h3>
<p class="p3"><span class="s1">Hosted by: Industry Disruptors – Game Changers (ID-GC)</span></p>
<p class="p3"><span class="s1"><b>When:</b></span></p>
<p class="p3"><span class="s1">Sunday, November 23</span><span class="s3"><sup>rd</sup></span><span class="s1">, Cyprus</span></p>
<p class="p7"><span class="s1"><b>Elena Panarits</b> will be speaking at “Game Changers – Generation We” as part of the Global Entrepreneurship Week in Cyprus. The Global Entrepreneurship Week is hosted by Industry Disruptors – Game Changers (ID-GC). </span></p>
<p class="p7"><span class="s1">The <b>Global Entrepreneurship Week</b> (GEW) is the world’s largest celebration of innovators and job creators who launch startups that bring ideas to life, drive economic growth and expand human welfare. </span></p>
<p class="p7"><span class="s1">GEW Cyprus is hosted by <b>Industry Disruptors – Game Changers</b> (ID-GC), an organization established with the vision of creating of an ecosystem that fosters and promotes innovative entrepreneurship focusing on start-ups and extroversion. Currently, GEW is active in over 140 countries with more than 20,000 activities and 7 million participants worldwide.</span></p>
<p class="p7"><span class="s1"><b>“Game Changers, Generation We”</b> is the main event of GEW Cyprus, aiming to bring together three generations of entrepreneurs: the ‘Big Boys’, the ‘Upcoming’ and the ‘Start-ups’ along with the government to facilitate legal progress, create a networking dialogue, and exchange innovative ideas. The ultimate purpose of the event is to inspire and motivate young people to explore their potential as self-starters and innovators, designate best practices, promote youth entrepreneurship by altering the existing mindsets and inciting a new entrepreneurial culture based on growth and extroversion. </span></p>
<p class="p7"><span class="s1">Among the highlights will be the entrepreneurship competition <b>“Disrupt Cyprus Cup”</b> that aims to discover the most innovative startups with the utmost potential by giving them a podium to pitch their idea in front of experienced judges, entrepreneurs and a live audience, and claim cash prizes and services tailored to the needs of a startup business. </span></p>
<p class="p7"><span class="s1">Elena Panaritis is an institutional economist, social entrepreneur, and policy innovator. She has served as Member of the Hellenic Parliament and adviser to Greece’s Prime Minister. As an economist at the World Bank, she spearheaded property rights reform in Peru, receiving <i>International Best Practice</i> awards. Her book <i>Prosperity Unbound</i>: <i>Building Property Markets with Trust</i> recounts her experience and expands on her methodology. Elena is the founder of Panel Group LLC, a triple-bottom-line business that focuses on distressed economies. She has also founded Thought for Action, an NGO that creates awareness about transforming informality and countries under solvency crisis, such as Greece. </span></p>
<p class="p9"><span class="s1">Twitter: Elena_Panaritis</span></p>
<p class="p9"><span class="s1">Facebook: Elena Panaritis</span></p>
<p class="p9"><span class="s1">Website: www.thoughtforaction.org</span></p>