3rd AIForum

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”