Τετάρτη 17 Απριλίου 2013


The “Innovation and Entrepreneurship Unit”
and “Innovation Office”
of T.E.I. of EPIRUS

are organising the
1st International Conference on Applied Innovation

“Problems and perspectives of innovative entrepreneurship
in Greece within the international environment”

Goals: The link of production and academic research through innovation. It is addressed to the academic (Universities) and business researchers (R & D).

Website: innovation-conference-epirus.blogspot.com

Date: 13-14/09/2013

Location: T.E.I. of Epirus, Kostakioi Campus, Arta

Registration Fees: The participation, accommodation, food (one fast meal during the break) and transportation are free for the participants whose papers will be accepted by the scientific committee.

Conference Topics:
1.      Informatics
2.      Economics (especially in financial-accounting)
3.      Administrative sciences (especially in tourist business and applied foreign languages in management & commerce)
4.      Agricultural Bio-Sciences (especially in crop science, animal production, aquaculture & fisheries, and floriculture & landscape architecture), renewable energy
5.      Health Sciences (especially in nursing, speech & language therapy, and early childhood care)
6.      Music (especially folk and traditional music)

Conference Proceedings:
1.      All papers accepted by the Scientific Committee (1st selection) will be included in the volume of the conference proceedings.
2.      Selected papers will be used (2nd selection) to issue an educational textbook in collaboration with the relevant publisher.
3.      Selected papers will be send for publication, after their final format (after taking the appropriate form, taking into account the comments and dialogue during the sessions: 3rd selection) in international journals that the members of the Scientific Committee already publish their research work.
4.      To the extent that the papers contain innovative applications and research results, or implementation proposals, it will be sought to be utilized by the local or wider area, productive base, in cooperation with relevant stakeholders (i.e. local Chambers, administrative and political-economic authorities with whom there is already a relevant collaboration).
We will announce bodies and companies which have shown interest in participating in the conference, where there will be a special session for presenting innovations as well as an exhibition of innovative products and applications.

Scientific Committee
Sotiropoulos Ioannis . Associate Professor. (Institutional Coordinator of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Unit, TEI of Epirus)
Ganas Joannis. Associate Professor (Department of Accounting, TEI of Epirus)
Skoufos Ioannis. Professor (Department of Animal Production, TEI of Epirus)
Tsirogiannis Ioannis. Lecturer (Department of Floriculture and Landscape, TEI of Epirus)
Malisiovas Nikolaos. Professor (Department of Crop Science, TEI of Epirus)
Vrionis George. Professor (Department of Early Childhood and Care, TEI of Epirus)
Ziavra Nafsika. Associate Professor (Department of Speech & Language Therapy, TEI of Epirus)
Gouva Mary. Assistant Professor (Department of Nursing, TEI of Epirus)
Mantakas Marios. Assistant Professor. (Department of Informatics Technology & Telecommunications, TEI of Epirus)
Beza Paraskevi. Lecturer. (Department of Aquaculture and Fisheries, TEI of Epirus)
Tsakiris Dimitrios. Professor. (Department of Applied Foreign Languages in Management and Commerce, TEI of Epirus)
Kokkonis George. Lecturer. (Department of Traditional Music, TEI of Epirus)
Naxakis Charis. Professor. (Department of Finance and Auditing, TEI of Epirus)
Kyritsis Konstantinos. Assistant Professor. (Innovation Office, MOKE TEI of Epirus)
Georgakopoulos Georgios, Assistant professor, (University of Amsterdam)
Vrontis Demetrios, Professor, University of Nicosia
Lassithiotakis Konstantin, VIA University College, Denmark
Psimarni-Boulgari Foteini, Professor, TEI of Crete
Karafolas Symeon, Professor, TEI of W.Macedonia
Rafailidis Apostolos, Assistance Professor, TEI of Patras
Gikas Grigorios, Professor, TEI of Epirus
Frangos Christos, Professor, TEI of Athens

Organizing Committee:
Sotiropoulos Ioannis
Kyritsis Konstantinos
Kokkineli Emilia
Pafylias Stamatis
Organizing Secretariat:
Kokkineli Emilia
Pafylias Stamatis
    and the students:
Tsolaridis Konstantinos
Tsiaousis Christos
Chaski Christina
Drougas Nikolaos
Bakos Theodoros
Tsimpourakis Dimitrios
Stavrakis Stathis
Vasilaki Rafaela
Kappos Alexios
Koutonia Efstathia
Podias Konstantinos
Yiannou Evangelia
Pasho Martha

Call for Papers
Procedure of abstracts and full papers submission

Abstract submission:  30/05/2013
Full paper submission: 30/07/2013
Email address of submission: innovationofepirus@gmail.com
The results of review will be communicated, after their submission, for the abstracts no later than one week and for the full papers no later than one month.
These dates are indicative. In order to facilitate the process, we suggest to the contributors to submit their papers before the indicative date.
Registration Form:
So as to organize the accommodation in time, for the coverage of travel expenses, hotel costs etc. it is better to send the full details of the author who will present the work and will come in Arta (not all the co-authors). Accommodation also includes a third day of hosting (Sunday) in productive institutions and businesses, as well as a cultural-music event.
In order to avoid bureaucracy, as a registration, the following form filled should be sent, (as a second page) along with the submission of the abstract.

Paper Title

Surname

Name

Address

E-mail

Telephone:

Organization / University / TEI etc.

Position (e.g. assistant professor, PhD student)

Interest for staying the third day (Sunday 15/09/2013)


Author Guidelines - Paper Submission
Paper length
Full papers for presentation and publication should not exceed 15 pages in total (tables, figures and references included)
Abstract
Maximum 150 words
Keywords
Up to 6
Text format
Font «Times New Roman» in «Word for Windows», size 12, line spacing 1.5 and margins of 2.5 cm on all sides of A4 page.
Authors
The information about authors (affiliations) should be reported immediately after their name, with Times New Roman font and size 10.
Headings
Heading 1 in Bold, same size as the text
Heading 2 in Italics, same size as the text
References
References should be listed in alphabetical order. They are reported after the main body of the article.
Notes
Notes should be numbered consecutively. Utilize only endnotes, after the references, instead of footnotes.
Tables and Figures
Tables and figures should have two dimensions, created by computer (e.g. Microsoft Excel, Word Perfect, Corel, etc.). It is better to avoid colored tables and figures. The tables should have titles, be numbered (left aligned) and report the data sources. Figures should also have a title (the entire title center aligned) and reference of data sources. If there are footnotes to the table or the figure they should be placed below the table or figure without an empty line with font size 11.
Mathematical Equations
The equations are numbered consecutively, throughout the whole text. The equation number is placed within parentheses in the same line as the equation, after five (5) empty spaces and all this is aligned in the center. For all variables italics are used.
Appendices
Appendices are reported numbered on the next page after the end of “Tables” and “Figures”: Appendix A.
Template
The next paper is an example