Events

Wednesday, 29 June 2016 19:58

IT 4 Business Boot camp: Hands-on seminar for MS Sharepoint and OSS business solutions

The International Hellenic University offers a unique opportunity for a free, hands-on training seminar for developing a series of business solutions, using a variety of software tools. The solutions include:

Content Management System (CMS),
Reporting,
Document Management System (DMS),
Business Intelligence (BI),
Webforms,
Enterprise Resource System (ERP),
eLearning and
Customer Relationship Management (CRM).

No programming skills are required, however you will learn to think as a developer and you will learn how to deliver projects of highest standards with proprietary software, namely MS Sharepoint, and Open Source Software (OSS) tools including the Bitnami platform and tools like Wordpress, Prestashop and Suite CRM. The pros and cons of each solution will be discussed and the participants will develop their own applications to cover specific business needs.

All participants will get a free, one-year valid, student Microsoft account from SCORM.GR (a training partner of Microsoft). Each account will be used in the seminar workshops and will continue to provide for a full year a training testbed for attendees.

Instructor: Dr Ioannis Magnisalis

Program

Dates	Schedule	Hours
11/7	Day I Using Sharepoint to develop your own applications in minutes: how to use SharePoint for creating CMS, Reporting, DMS, BI, webforms using a case example. Content Management System (CMS) Creating an internal or external website for a company Reporting, Business Intelligence (BI) Using Excel to present, visualise SharePoint data Create documents from data in SharePoint Demonstrate predefined workflow solutions (e.g. document approval) Document Management System (DMS)	17:00-21:00
12/7	Sharepoint - Day II Document Management System (DMS) – part II Defining your own workflows with SharePoint Designer. Designing your own webforms with Infopath Using MS-Access for providing off- and on-line connection to your SharePoint site.	17:00-21:00
13/7	Sharepoint - Day III Building interfaces for Mobile with the PowerApps tool Discussion of Sharepoint extra features e.g. Wikis, Forum, GIS, Dynamics etc. Conclusion and wrap-up using the case example	17:00-21:00
17/7	Open Source tools - Day I Making your own applications in minutes with OSS using the Bitnami platform: create CMS, Reporting, DMS, BI, webforms, plus more including eShops, ERP, eLearning, CRM. Introduction to the Bitnami platform Examples of implementation of eShop (Presta Shop) CMS (Wordpress) CRM (Suite CRM)	17:00-21:00
18/7	Open Source tools - Day II Application on real world case studies. Working in groups participants will choose their pilot implementation Presentation of implementations Comparison and discussion	17:00-21:00

Target Audience

IT4Business Boot Camp 2017 welcomes applicants from a wide range of educational backgrounds. Participants may be students and graduates of related disciplines (Computer Science, MBA, etc.), young ICT professionals, the general public and all those who wish to become familiar with Cloud computing and compare approaches such as Open-source and Microsoft solutions. No programming skills are required, however you will learn to think as a developer and you will deliver projects of highest standards. Applications from other professionals with an interest in IT, will also be taken into consideration. Applicants should be fluent in the English language.

IMPORTANT: Due to lab capacity constraints, the course is open to a maximum of 30 participants and thus (free) prior registration is required. A confirmation email will be sent to all persons who have been selected to attend. The confirmation email is a prerequisite for attending the seminar. If demand exceeds lab capacity, a similar seminar may be offered in the near future.

Registration Form

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Wednesday, 15 June 2016 14:11

Research Seminar - Do companies manage FTSE 100 membership?

Research Seminar

"Do companies manage FTSE 100 membership?"

Professor Jo Danbolt, Baillie Gifford Chair in Financial Markets

Director of Postgraduate Studies,

University of Edinburgh Business School

Wednesday 22 June 2016

Time: 17:00-18:00, Room A3

Programme Summary
The School of Economics and Business Administration & Legal Studies of the International Hellenic University invites you to the next presentation in the Research Seminar Series.

Professor Jo Danbolt, Baillie Gifford Chair in Financial Markets

at University of Edinburgh Business School will present the topic of “Do companies manage FTSE 100 membership?”

The purpose of the Research Seminar Series is to bring together the academic and business community by presenting contemporary research topics in Finance, Business, Marketing, Accounting and Economics, among others. Through these seminars, as an international centre of knowledge, innovation and research, at the crossroads of Southern Europe, the IHU attempts to further strengthen its strategic role in academic excellence. Drawing on the experience of outstanding Greek and international academics, working papers are presented on a regular basis, with the aim of establishing a meeting point for active researchers.

Speaker information:

Jo Danbolt jointed the University of Edinburgh Business School in 2012. He holds the Baillie Gifford Chair in Financial Markets. He is a qualified Siviløkonom (which is a Norwegian business qualification), and he holds a BA (Hons) in Business Organisation and a PhD in Finance, both from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh.

Prior to joining the University of Edinburgh, Jo worked as Professor of Finance at the University of Glasgow Adam Smith Business School, where he was also Deputy Head of School and Head of Accounting & Finance. He has previously also worked as a lecturer at Heriot-Watt University.

Jo’s teaching experience spans undergraduate, postgraduate and executive education, and he has taught in the UK, the Netherlands and Greece. He teaches mainly in the areas of mergers & acquisitions, international financial management, financial analysis, and corporate finance, although he has also taught a wide range of other finance subjects.

Presentation at a glance:

This paper looks at whether companies try to manage their market capitalization through share issues (or reduced share repurchases) so as to get into or remain within the FTSE 100 index. We argue that there are many advantages for firms of being part of the index (not least from attention of tracker funds), and as the rules for membership are clear, do companies try to manage the process so as to get into the index?.

Contact Information:

Dr Stergios Leventis and Dr Fragiskos Archontakis

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Monday, 06 June 2016 14:37

Summer School "Sustainable Design in the Built Environment" (in Greek)

Ο κτιριακός τομέας στην Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση είναι υπεύθυνος σχεδόν για το 40% της τελικής κατανάλωσης ενέργειας. Αντίστοιχα, στη χώρα μας η τελική κατανάλωση ενέργειας στον κτιριακό τομέα κυμάνθηκε στο 34% της συνολικής ζήτησης.
Δεδομένης της τόσο υψηλής κατανάλωσης ενέργειας στον κτιριακό τομέα, με συνεχώς αυξητικές τάσεις, η εξοικονόμηση ενέργειας και η μεγαλύτερη διείσδυση τεχνολογιών Ανανεώσιμων Πηγών Ενέργειας στα κτίρια αποτελούν τα βασικά εργαλεία για αύξηση της ενεργειακής απόδοσης και μείωση των αερίων θερμοκηπίου. Για τους λόγους αυτούς, ο αειφόρος σχεδιασμός του δομημένου περιβάλλοντος αλλά και η ιδέα του κτιρίου μηδενικής ενεργειακής κατανάλωσης αποτελεί στις μέρες μας τον μελλοντικό στόχο στον σχεδιασμό κτιρίων.