The pulse of development in the region and the effort of businesses to overcome the crisis with innovation and the implementation of extroversion actions, "hits" in the 77th TIF from 8-16 September 2012 at the International Exhibition Center of Thessaloniki.

Creating playgrounds for use by children with mobility problems and ensuring their access to all municipal structures and schools, in the thematic tribute, "Greece & Entrepreneurship", This year's Honored Region is Western Macedonia, which will be present at the stand 16 with its multitude of businesses and products.

The dedication, "Greece & Entrepreneurship", in which the "leading" role is played by the regions of the country and the Chambers emphasizes the following axes: a) Entrepreneurship – Technology – Innovation and other elements that create the "Identity" of each region, b) Culture - Folk Festivals - Tradition and c) Tourism (Outdoor – Marine & Winter).

In this context, except for Western Macedonia, the Region of Crete has already "closed" their participation in the 77th TIF, Eastern Macedonia-Thrace, but also the Regional Unit of Serres, which comes to TIF for the 2nd consecutive time with at least 50 its local businesses.
Until the start of the 77th TIF, it is expected that this tribute will be enriched even more, as there is also interest from other Chambers of the country.

Innovation and highlighting ingenuity and passion, which distinguishes businesses, research centers, application labs, but also individuals, will attempt to demonstrate on its part the INNOVATION tribute & INVENTIONS.
This tribute is addressed to inventors or creators of robotic constructions from all over Greece and is carried out with the cooperation of the Industrial Property Organization.

MUSIC EVENTS LIVE
The 77th TIF, however, also includes endless entertainment with a particularly rich program of concerts, in which popular Greek artists participate and will last from 11-16 September.

Only with the entrance ticket to TIF, at MUSIC EVENTS Live well-known names from the artistic scene will give all visitors the opportunity to have fun every day with the greatest hits of the Greek music scene.

The schedule of related events of MUSIC EVENTS Live is as follows: 
Tuesday 11 September 2012 –  Philip Pliatsikas& Eleonora Zouganelis
Wednesday 12 September 2012 – Professional Sinnerz – Enola Str8 – My Excuse
Thursday 13 September 2012 – Natassa Bofiliou
Friday 14 September 2012 – Lavrentis Machairitsas ,  Dimitris Starovas ,Sakis Boulas & Tonino Carotone
Saturday, September 15 2012 – Alkistis Protopsalti & Evanthia Reboutsika
Sunday 16 September 2012 – Eleftheria Arvanitakis & Babis Stokas

The concerts will take place on a specially designed stage in the arch of the CHANTH gate and start at 21:30.

In addition to the above thematic tributes, within the framework of the 77th TIF, the MODA CASA tributes are also implemented, GLOBAL EXCHANGE, STATELAND, FARMA FAIR, AUTOLAND, ENERGY LAND, DOMISIS, E-GAMING & SPORTS WORLD.
The Major Sponsor of the 77th TIF is OPAP, Sponsor of ENERGYLAND tributes & DOMISIS is the company 3Ds Energy and Sponsor of E-GAMING is WIND.
Official Air Carrier of the 77th TIF is Olympic Air.

Source : helexpo.gr