Four people will begin to implement their idea with the financial and other support of Samsung Electronics Greece, through the Launching People. An art space for children who are real heroes, spectacular tours of Lemnos, weight loss for the benefit of the weak and the care of the city of Ioannina are the projects that were distinguished.
Samsung Electronics Hellas announced on April 3, 2014 the winners of the Launching People initiative, who, with the support of Samsung and mentors, will have the opportunity to implement their submitted proposal. The 20 finalists of the last phase were evaluated and selected by the jury from a total of 262 entries.
The public voted to select four winners among the finalists and, after the validity of the votes was confirmed, one winner was selected in each category.
As stated by Mr. Michalis Moschos, Marketing Director of Samsung Electronics Hellas, "the entries submitted were truly innovative and remarkable. We are confident that the result of the winning ideas will be impressive in all 4 categories. For our part, we will continue to support innovative ideas that use technology as a vehicle and serve people."
More specifically, the following entries were distinguished in the Samsung Launching People initiative:
Arts and Creativity
Mentor: Elias Hadjichristodoulou (inspirer and artistic director of the Athens Video Art Film Festival)
Category winner: Kostas Garametsis with his idea of "Art in Public Space"
Tradition and Development
Mentor: Dimitris Steinhauer (inspirer of Skinos mastic liqueur and co-owner of Concepts)
Category winner: Alexandros Alexandrou with his idea “Taste Lemnos… Taste the real happiness… The real life”
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Mentor: Dimitris Tsigos (President of the Pan-European Confederation of Young Entrepreneurs and founder of the startup company)
Category winner: Dimitris Petsios with his idea “Become your own dietitian. Change yourself, change the whole world!”
Social Action
Mentor: Mary Karatza (responsible for the Development of the “Imagine the City” Network).
Category winner: Christina Nelia with her idea “Art embraces little heroes”
The winning proposals are available at www.launchingpeople.gr (Facebook app).
The four winners will each receive a total of €25,000 to help them bring their ideas to life. Samsung will provide the winners with the necessary technological equipment, as well as support from four experienced and successful mentors.
