AIForum is organized by AICatalyst, a NON FOR PROFIT association primarily focusing on the dissemination of AI to the Greek society and business world.

3rd AIForum

The conference aims to host thematic discussions in critical sectors of the Greek Economy linked to the
developments in Artificial Intelligence (AI), which affect the production model and operation of each sector.

New Topics

Latest artificial intelligence news and insights will be shared, as we learn to navigate together the opportunities and threats arising from the evolution of AI and technology.

Keynote Speakers

Scientists, Academics, AI Professionals, Board Members, and Entrepreneurs will present ideas, exchange opinions whithin a productive environment.

SPEAKERS (AIForum24)

Meet the speakers and panelists.

Dimitris Papastergiou
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Dimitris Papastergiou

Minister of Digital Governance

Tasos Gaitanis
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Tasos Gaitanis

General Secretary for Research and Innovation

Mina Boubaki
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Mina Boubaki

Digital Health Policy Officer at Hellenic Ministry of Health

Michael Fekkas
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Michael Fekkas

Hellenic Capital Market Commission

Maria Arvanitopoulou
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Maria Arvanitopoulou

ΕΒΕΑ-ACCI, Board Member

Stefanos Kollias
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Stefanos Kollias

Prof. NTUA - Electrical and Computer Engineering

Vangelis Karkaletsis
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Vangelis Karkaletsis

NCSR Demokritos - Informatics & Telecommunications

George Vouros
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George Vouros

Angelika Tzemou
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Angelika Tzemou

board member / head HR department Bayer Hellas

Fay Makantasi
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Fay Makantasi

Research Director at diaNEOsis

Vasilis P. Bokos
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Vasilis P. Bokos

General secretary - Municipality of Athens, , Ex Gen. Secretary AI CATALYST

Vangelis Marinakis
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Vangelis Marinakis

President of  DAEM SA, of the Municipality of Athens, Assistant Professor of NTUA.

Dr. Demetris Gerogiannis
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Dr. Demetris Gerogiannis

Chairman AICatalyst

Cleo Sgouropoulou
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Cleo Sgouropoulou

University of West Attica.

Nikos Maniatis
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Nikos Maniatis

General Manager at IBM

Dimitrios Alexandrou
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Dimitrios Alexandrou

Dipl. Eng., PhD Business Innovation Director, UBITECH Ltd.

Orestis Trasanidis
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Orestis Trasanidis

Managing Director EIT Silicon Valley HUB/ EIT AI Community

Yannis Moutsios
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Yannis Moutsios

ERT

Ioannis Patiniotis
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Ioannis Patiniotis

Academic Researcher for AI applications with emphasis on humans

Sotirios Tripolitsiotis
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Sotirios Tripolitsiotis

CITO Pancreta Bank

Athanasios Saratziotis
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Athanasios Saratziotis

md /phd / msc -Hospital surgeon/university-Thessaly

Dimitris Papanikolaou
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Dimitris Papanikolaou

ex Professional Basketball Player, Autism Awareness Motivator

Manos Macromallis
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Manos Macromallis

Chief Executive Officer, Excelon | President, SEKEE

George Kapetanakis
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George Kapetanakis

Hellenic Cancer Federation (ELLOK)

John Rizopoulos
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John Rizopoulos

JOURNALIST

George Nikoletakis
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George Nikoletakis

CEO 100mentors.com

Alex Papacharalampous
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Alex Papacharalampous

AETHON Engineering

Dimitris Kollias
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Dimitris Kollias

Σύμβουλος Ενεργειακής Μετάβασης

Dimitris Mallas
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Dimitris Mallas

Journalist, CNN Greece

Nikolaos Fachantidis
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Nikolaos Fachantidis

Prof. University of Macedonia

Spiros Arsenis
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Spiros Arsenis

Head Business seeds NBG Bank

Fragiskos Theofylaktos
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Fragiskos Theofylaktos

Chief Executive Officer at Elevate Greece

Konstantinos Varsamos
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Konstantinos Varsamos

Managing Partner GET2WORK | Co-Founder AIbyDNA

George Kourkoutas
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George Kourkoutas

Editor in Chief Startupper MAG

Stavrakakis Georgios
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Stavrakakis Georgios

Professor at Technical University of Crete

Stavros Vassos
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Stavros Vassos

Co-Founder, CEO - helvia.ai

Vokas A. Georgios
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Vokas A. Georgios

Professor at Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, UNIWA.

Michail Kottas
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Michail Kottas

AI Engineer

Vicky Malliopoulou
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Vicky Malliopoulou

AI and Automation Solutions Technical Specialist

Melina Elena Mazaraki
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Melina Elena Mazaraki

Customer Success Manager Architect - watsonx

Yiannis Stamatonikolos
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Yiannis Stamatonikolos

Curator, GenAI Summit, wiserwork/100mentors.

Forum Agenda (Oct 24th)

(*) Confirmation Pending

Registration

45min

Gasholder 1 – Auditorium “Miltiadis Evert”

Start Of Conference

  • Demetris Gerogiannis, AI Catalyst, Chairman

5min

Gasholder 1 – Auditorium “Miltiadis Evert”

Greetings – Key Note Speech

  • Dimitris Papastergiou, Minister of Digital Policy

20min

Gasholder 1 – Auditorium “Miltiadis Evert”

Other Greetings

  • Stefanos Kollias, President of GRNET S.A. , member of Advisory Board AICatalyst.
  • Vangelis Marinakis,President of  DAEM SA of the Municipality of Athens.
  • Maria Arvanitopoulou, EBEA Board Member.
  • Manos Makromalis, President of SEKEE.
  • EETN Representative (TBA)

20min

Gasholder 1 – Auditorium “Miltiadis Evert”

SECTION 1 – Govtech – The Greek state in the AI era

Coordinator: Demetris Gerogiannis - AI Catalyst, Chairman Participants:

  • Tasos Gaitanis, General Secretary for Research and Innovation.
  • Vangelis Karkaletsis, Director of the Institute of Informatics & Telecommunications (IIT) at NCSR “Demokritos”, and Member of the National Council for Research, Technology and Innovation.
  • Dimitrios Alexandrou, Business Innovation Director, UBITECH Ltd.
 

40min

Gasholder 1 – Auditorium “Miltiadis Evert”

SECTION 2 – Towards an inclusive society. How can AI help this goal?

Coordinator: Dr. Fay Makandasis, Head of Research at the independent, non-profit research organization "diaNEOSIS"   - Participants:

  • Tzemou Angelika, Head HR, member of the Bayer Hellas Board of Directors
  • Dimitris Papanikolaou, former international basketball player and current Motivational speaker
  • Nikolaos Fachantidis, Prof. University of Macedonia, Director of Informatics & Robotics for Education and Society lab Founder & Director of Robotics Academy UoM

45min

Gasholder 1 – Auditorium “Miltiadis Evert”

BREAK

15min

Gasholder 1 – Auditorium “Miltiadis Evert”

SECTION 3 – The AI ecosystem in Greece

Coordinator: Giorgos Kourkoutas, Journalist Startupper.gr - Participants:

  • Cleo Sgouropoulou, Professor at the Department of Informatics and Computer Engineering, UNIWA.

  • Fragiskos Theofylaktos, Ceo Elevate Greece AE.
  • Nikos Maniatis, General Manager IBM, Greece & Cyprus.
  • Γιάννης Σταματονικολός, Curator, GenAI Summit, wiserwork/100mentors.

45min

Gasholder 1 – Auditorium “Miltiadis Evert”

Fireside Chat – Transforming the municipality of Athens into a smart municipality.

Coordinator: Manolis Andriotakis, Journalist of "Kathimerini" (TBC) - Participants:

  • Vassilis Bokos, General Secretary of the Municipality of Athens

30min

Gasholder 1 – Auditorium “Miltiadis Evert”

SPEECH: Quantum AI in Energy

Speaker: Prof. Stavrakakis Georgios, Technical University of Crete, member of AiCatalyst, working team for Energy.

10min

Gasholder 1 – Auditorium “Miltiadis Evert”

BREAK – Light Lunch

55min

Gasholder 1 – Auditorium “Miltiadis Evert”

SECTION 4 – Fintech companies and AI

Coordinator: Yiannis Rizopoulos, Digital Finance Journalist Participants:

  • Michael Fekkas, First Vice President, Hellenic Capital Market Commission.
  • Sotirios Tripolitsiotis , CITO Pancreta Bank.
  • Spyros Arsenis, Head of Innovative Entrepreneurship Development of the NBG Seeds.
  • Stavros Vassos, Co-Founder, CEO - helvia.ai

40min

Gasholder 1 – Auditorium “Miltiadis Evert”

SECTION 5 – Healthtech – Health and AI

Coordinator: Giorgos Kapetanakis, president of the Hellenic Cancer Federation - Participants:

  • Mina Boubaki, Digital Health Policy Officer at Hellenic Ministry of Health.
  • Dr. Athanasios Saratziotis, Surgeon, Director of ENT. University General Hospital. Larissa, University of Thessaly.
  • Dr. Ioannis Patiniotis,  Academic Researcher for AI applications with emphasis on humans, Pily-net.
  • Konstantinos Varsamos,  Managing Partner GET2WORK | Co-Founder AlbyDNA.

40min

Gasholder 1 – Auditorium “Miltiadis Evert”

SECTION 6 – Energytech – Transforming the energy industry with AI.

Cordinator: Dimitris Mallas, Journalist CNN Greece Participants:

  • Vokas A. Georgios, Professor at Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, UNIWA.

  • Dimitris Kollias, Advisor to the Deputy Minister, Ministry of Environment and Energy, Energy Transition Advisor
  • Alex Papacharalambous, CEO Aethon Engineering
 

35min

Gasholder 1 – Auditorium “Miltiadis Evert”

Closing Remarks

5min

Gasholder 1 – Auditorium “Miltiadis Evert”

Networking Party

2hr, 15min

Gasholder 1 – Auditorium “Miltiadis Evert”

Workshop 1 – Compro

Workshop by sponsor - Compro

30min

Workshop 2 – IBM

Workshop by sponsor - IBM

35min

Innovathens

VENUE

At the very center of Athens, Greece
easily accessible by car or by Public Transport.

Technopolis City of Athens
Under the auspices of the Municipality of Athens.

technopolis

Technopolis City of Athens
Pireos str. 100, 118 54, Gazi
Athens, Greece
The conference will take place in Gasholder 1 – Auditorium Miltiadis Evert. The workshops will be conducted in INNOVATHENS.

MORE INFORMATION

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SPEAKERS

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PANELS

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ATTENDEES

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Access to the conference is free and open to any one interested, with priority to regular members of AICatalyst.

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SPONSORS & SUPPORTERS

Meet our kind sponsors and supporters. Without their valuable support this forum could not happen.

Gold Sponsors

Intrust-ibm
UBITECH

Silver Sponsors

bayer
Cosmote

Supporters

Catering Sponsor

Media Partners

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