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'''Ekkotek High-tech business incubator''' is a private company legally named Ekkotek Ltd. which serves as the [[Technology Transfer Office]] for both the [[Cyprus Neuroscience and Technology Institute]] and [[N.E.T.S. Mediterranean Graduate School of Applied Social Cognition]].
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Ekkotek was founded in 2000 as the first High-tech business incubator in Cyprus. It has also won the first competition from th Ministry of Industry and Commerce and Tourism for a subsidy. Its first EC funded project was [[Med.Pride]]


===More than 10 years of inactivity===
Following an unfortunate chain of events including a decision of the government to use the funds assigned to the incubators to the beauty contest and the subsequent refusal of he parliament to approve additional budgets as well as the fact that one of the shareholders of Ekkotek was [[Cyber Group Ltd.]] a group of companies that, Ekkotek remanined dormant for more than a decade.


===Ekkotek active in Bicommunal Projects===
'''Ekkotek High-tech business incubator''' is a private company legally named Ekkotek Ltd. which serves as the [[Technology Transfer Office]] for both the [[Cyprus Neuroscience and Technology Institute]] and [[N.E.T.S. Mediterranean Graduate School of Applied Social Cognition]]. Ekkotek won its first EC funded project, [[Med.Pride]], in 2001. It pioneered in promoting the idea of bicommunal business cooperation organising conferences and workshops including:
Between 2004-2007 Ejkotek organized a numer of  


* [[Women_in_business:_Breaking_the_Glass_ceiling]]
* [[Women in business: Breaking the Glass ceiling]]
* [[The_name_of_the_Game_is_choice:_Women_realising_their_aspirations]]
* [[The name of the Game is choice: Women realising their aspirations]]
* [[3rd_International_SME_Conference_“SMEs_Facing_the_Change”]]
* [[3rd International SME Conference “SMEs Facing the Change”]]
 
 
===Pioneers in developing wisdom tools===
Ekkotek has upgraded [[Cogniscope v.2]] developing [[Cogniscope v.3]] which is compatible with MAC computers, runs on Windows versions after the XP and includes requirements of the international community of theoreticians and practitioners as these were documented in the [[SDDP Design of the next generation Cogniscope/Webscope]] [[Co-Laboratory]].
 
Ekkotek's major contribution is [[IdeaPrism]], available for all platforms. This App is continuously been upgraded. It revolutionizes the application of [[Structured Democratic Dialogue]] by introducing virtual interactions rendering dialogues social networking friendly. It also introduces video clarifications and distributed [[Interpretive Structural Modeling]] processes.
 
A number of other [[Interpretive Structural Modeling]] implementations include open source tools developed in [[LiveCode]] as well as the [[Interpretive Structural Modeling]] core software used in
[[Logosofia]], a product developed for the Ministry of Education of Michigan, USA.
 
 
===Ekkotek as a high-tech business incubator===
* [[GNOUS Labs Ltd.]] is a young start-up that emerged out of the [[Mental Attributes Profiling System]] research conducted at the [[Cyprus Neuroscience and Technology Institute in the late 90s and early 21st century.
* [[BoardMeeting]], is a software-hardware innovative solution which provides real-time access to everything being discussed during a physical meeting, immersing the participants of the meeting in the content matter.
* [[IdeaPrism]] is the first application that attempts to scale-up [[Structured Democratic Dialogue]] to engage hundreds of participants.


Ekkotek re-launched operations as a high-tech incubator in 2014 with the initiatives of [[Andreas Drakos]]. The first actvities focused on


===People who worked for Ekkotek===
===People who worked for Ekkotek===
* [[Katerina Fotiou]]
{| class="wikitable"
* [[Eleni Philippou]]
! #
* [[Savia Christou]]
! Name
* [[Constantina Spanoudi]]  
! Role
! Project
! Years
|-
| 1
| [[Maria Symeonides]]
| Co-Founder
| [[Med.Pride]]
| 2000-2003
|-
| 2
| [[Yiannis Laouris]]
| Co-Founder
| [[Med.Pride]]
| 2000-present
|-
| 3
| [[Panikos Michael]]
| CEO of Incubator
| Set up Ekkotek as Incubator funded by Ministry of Industry
| 2000-2001
|-
| 4
| [[Nikoletta Koutsakou]]
| Project Coordinator
| [[Med.Pride]]
[[Women in business: Breaking the Glass ceiling]]
[[The name of the Game is choice: Women realising their aspirations]]
[[3rd International SME Conference “SMEs Facing the Change”]]
| 2002-2004
|-
| 5
| [[Xenia Constantinou]]
| Event Organizer
| [[Med.Pride]]
[[Women in business: Breaking the Glass ceiling]]
[[The name of the Game is choice: Women realising their aspirations]]
[[3rd International SME Conference “SMEs Facing the Change”]]
| 2002-2004
|-
| 6
| [[Elia Petridou]]
| Project Coordinator
| [[Med.Pride]]
[[Women in business: Breaking the Glass ceiling]]
[[The name of the Game is choice: Women realising their aspirations]]
[[3rd International SME Conference “SMEs Facing the Change”]]
| 2002-2004
|-
| 7
| [[Andreas Drakos]]
| Director
| All
| 2009-today
|-
| 8
| [[Soteris Demetriou]]
| Programmer
| [[Cogniscope]], [[IdeaPrism]], [[Cyberethics]], [[SimSafety]], [[Moblang]], [[IentifEYE]], designed and set-up FWC-pedia
 
 
| 2011-2012
|-
| 9
| [[Katerina Fotiou]]
| Programmer
| [[Classic Fairy Tales]], [[Cogniscope]], [[IdeaPrism]]
| 2012-present
|-
| 10
| [[Eleni Philippou]]
| Programmer
| [[eTPCK]], [[Gogniscope]]
| 2012-2017
|-
| 11
| [[Annagrace Messa]]
| Sales
| Websites
| 2012-2015
|-
| 12
| [[Aspasia Ksidea]]
| Graphics Designer
| All
| 2013-present
|-
| 13
| [[Savia Christou]]
| Programmer
| [[Pantognwstis]], [[Gogniscope]]
| 2013-2016
|-
| 14
| [[Constantina Spanoude]]
| Programmer
| [[Pantognwstis]], [[Gogniscope]]
| 2013-2015
|-
| 15
| [[Charikleia Sotiri Zachariade]]
| Programmer
| [[Pantognwstis]]
| 2016-2017
|-
| 16
| [[Constantinos Mavropetros]]
| Intern
| [[Pantognwstis]]
| 2014-2015
|-
| 17
| [[George Voudias]]
| Intern
| [[Pantognwstis]]
| 2014-2015
|-
| 18
| [[Lorena Ndreu]]
| Intern
| Various
|
|-
| 19
| [[Nicoleta Jiorzi]]
| Business Development
| [[Gnous]]
| 2017
|-
| 20
| [[Ivi Solomou]]
| Business Development
| [[Gnous]]
| 2017-2018
|-
| 21
| [[Marina Fergeson]]
| Sales
| All, Websites
| 2012-2015
|-
| 22
| [[Chrystalla Miltiadou]]
| Programmer
| [[Pantognwstis]]
| 2013-2014
|-
| 23
| [[Stella Philippou]]
| Accountant
| All
| 2017-today
|-
| 24
| [[Monica Pericleous]]
| Developer
| [[Pantognwstis]]
| 2016-2017
|-
| 25
| [[Aliki Economidou]]
| Project Management
| [[ManyMe]]
| 2017-present
|}


===A word of history===
Ekkotek was founded in 2000 as the first High-tech business incubator in Cyprus. It has also won the first competition by the Ministry of Industry and Commerce and Tourism for a £450,000 subsidy along with 3 others. Following an unfortunate chain of events Ekkotek remained for more than 10 years inactive. The decision of the government to use the funds foreseen for the incubators to the beauty contest and the subsequent refusal of the parliament to approve additional budgets, as well as the fact that one of the shareholders of Ekkotek was [[Cyber Group Ltd.]] a group of companies that became unstable as a result of the 2000 stock market crash, resulted in the Ministry terminating the contract with brief processes not permitting legal defence.Ekkotek re-launched operations as a high-tech incubator in 2014 with the initiatives of [[Andreas Drakos]] focusing its first activities in website development. Ekkotek's first employee was [[Yiannis Laouris]]




Latest revision as of 02:19, 6 February 2020

Ekkotek Ltd
Main organ Board of Directors
Budget ca 150,000
Staff 4-6
Volunteers 1-2
Website www.ekkotek.com



Ekkotek High-tech business incubator is a private company legally named Ekkotek Ltd. which serves as the Technology Transfer Office for both the Cyprus Neuroscience and Technology Institute and N.E.T.S. Mediterranean Graduate School of Applied Social Cognition. Ekkotek won its first EC funded project, Med.Pride, in 2001. It pioneered in promoting the idea of bicommunal business cooperation organising conferences and workshops including:


Pioneers in developing wisdom tools

Ekkotek has upgraded Cogniscope v.2 developing Cogniscope v.3 which is compatible with MAC computers, runs on Windows versions after the XP and includes requirements of the international community of theoreticians and practitioners as these were documented in the SDDP Design of the next generation Cogniscope/Webscope Co-Laboratory.

Ekkotek's major contribution is IdeaPrism, available for all platforms. This App is continuously been upgraded. It revolutionizes the application of Structured Democratic Dialogue by introducing virtual interactions rendering dialogues social networking friendly. It also introduces video clarifications and distributed Interpretive Structural Modeling processes.

A number of other Interpretive Structural Modeling implementations include open source tools developed in LiveCode as well as the Interpretive Structural Modeling core software used in Logosofia, a product developed for the Ministry of Education of Michigan, USA.


Ekkotek as a high-tech business incubator

  • GNOUS Labs Ltd. is a young start-up that emerged out of the Mental Attributes Profiling System research conducted at the [[Cyprus Neuroscience and Technology Institute in the late 90s and early 21st century.
  • BoardMeeting, is a software-hardware innovative solution which provides real-time access to everything being discussed during a physical meeting, immersing the participants of the meeting in the content matter.
  • IdeaPrism is the first application that attempts to scale-up Structured Democratic Dialogue to engage hundreds of participants.


People who worked for Ekkotek

# Name Role Project Years
1 Maria Symeonides Co-Founder Med.Pride 2000-2003
2 Yiannis Laouris Co-Founder Med.Pride 2000-present
3 Panikos Michael CEO of Incubator Set up Ekkotek as Incubator funded by Ministry of Industry 2000-2001
4 Nikoletta Koutsakou Project Coordinator Med.Pride

Women in business: Breaking the Glass ceiling The name of the Game is choice: Women realising their aspirations 3rd International SME Conference “SMEs Facing the Change”

2002-2004
5 Xenia Constantinou Event Organizer Med.Pride

Women in business: Breaking the Glass ceiling The name of the Game is choice: Women realising their aspirations 3rd International SME Conference “SMEs Facing the Change”

2002-2004
6 Elia Petridou Project Coordinator Med.Pride

Women in business: Breaking the Glass ceiling The name of the Game is choice: Women realising their aspirations 3rd International SME Conference “SMEs Facing the Change”

2002-2004
7 Andreas Drakos Director All 2009-today
8 Soteris Demetriou Programmer Cogniscope, IdeaPrism, Cyberethics, SimSafety, Moblang, IentifEYE, designed and set-up FWC-pedia


2011-2012
9 Katerina Fotiou Programmer Classic Fairy Tales, Cogniscope, IdeaPrism 2012-present
10 Eleni Philippou Programmer eTPCK, Gogniscope 2012-2017
11 Annagrace Messa Sales Websites 2012-2015
12 Aspasia Ksidea Graphics Designer All 2013-present
13 Savia Christou Programmer Pantognwstis, Gogniscope 2013-2016
14 Constantina Spanoude Programmer Pantognwstis, Gogniscope 2013-2015
15 Charikleia Sotiri Zachariade Programmer Pantognwstis 2016-2017
16 Constantinos Mavropetros Intern Pantognwstis 2014-2015
17 George Voudias Intern Pantognwstis 2014-2015
18 Lorena Ndreu Intern Various
19 Nicoleta Jiorzi Business Development Gnous 2017
20 Ivi Solomou Business Development Gnous 2017-2018
21 Marina Fergeson Sales All, Websites 2012-2015
22 Chrystalla Miltiadou Programmer Pantognwstis 2013-2014
23 Stella Philippou Accountant All 2017-today
24 Monica Pericleous Developer Pantognwstis 2016-2017
25 Aliki Economidou Project Management ManyMe 2017-present

A word of history

Ekkotek was founded in 2000 as the first High-tech business incubator in Cyprus. It has also won the first competition by the Ministry of Industry and Commerce and Tourism for a £450,000 subsidy along with 3 others. Following an unfortunate chain of events Ekkotek remained for more than 10 years inactive. The decision of the government to use the funds foreseen for the incubators to the beauty contest and the subsequent refusal of the parliament to approve additional budgets, as well as the fact that one of the shareholders of Ekkotek was Cyber Group Ltd. a group of companies that became unstable as a result of the 2000 stock market crash, resulted in the Ministry terminating the contract with brief processes not permitting legal defence.Ekkotek re-launched operations as a high-tech incubator in 2014 with the initiatives of Andreas Drakos focusing its first activities in website development. Ekkotek's first employee was Yiannis Laouris

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