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1 December 2024
12th Thessaloniki International Symposium in World Affairs
1 Δεκεμβρίου 2024
12ο Διεθνές Συμπόσιο Θεσσαλονίκης

The Cultural Society of Northern Greece and the Navarino Network are proud to bring you the 12th Thessaloniki International Symposium in World Affairs. This year’s Symposium, which will take place on Sunday, 1 December, at Olympion, is entitled “Prometheus’ dilemma: The applications of AI in everyday life”.

It will bring valuable insight about the pioneering applications of Artificial Intelligence in various aspects of the way we do business, govern ourselves, and organize society. Our guest speakers will talk and offer practical examples from real life on the innovative ways in which Artificial Intelligence is already being used in the health sector, in finance, in construction, and in agriculture, as well as in the conduct of warfare, its geopolitical extensions, as well as cybersecurity.

The Thessaloniki International Symposium in World Affairs was inaugurated in 2012, on the occasion of the festivities commemorating Thessaloniki’s centennial since its liberation. The Symposium aims to provide a platform for dialogue on the critical issues of today’s world, like Artificial Intelligence, which is already revolutionizing our daily lives.

The Symposium’s working languages are English and Greek, with live translation between the two.

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Η Πολιτιστική Εταιρεία Βορείου Ελλάδος και το Δίκτυο Ναυαρίνο έχουν την τιμή να σας παρουσιάσουν το 12ο Διεθνές Συμπόσιο Θεσσαλονίκης. Το φετινό Συμπόσιο, το οποίο θα πραγματοποιηθεί την Κυριακή, 1 Δεκεμβρίου, στον κινηματογράφο Ολύμπιον, έχει τίτλο «Το δίλημμα του Προμηθέα: Οι εφαρμογές της Τεχνητής Νοημοσύνης στην καθημερινή ζωή».

Θα προσφέρει πολύτιμες γνώσεις σχετικά με τις πρωτοποριακές εφαρμογές της Τεχνητής Νοημοσύνης σε διάφορες πτυχές των επιχειρήσεων, των κυβερνήσεων, και ολόκληρης της κοινωνίας μας. Οι προσκεκλημένοι ομιλητές μας θα μιλήσουν και θα παρουσιάσουν πρακτικά παραδείγματα γύρω από τους καινοτόμους τρόπους με τους οποίους η Τεχνητή Νοημοσύνη ήδη χρησιμοποιείται στον τομέα της υγείας, στα χρηματοοικονομικά, στις κατασκευές και στη γεωργία, καθώς και στη διεξαγωγή πολέμου, την κυβερνοασφάλεια, και στην ευρύτερη γεωπολιτική σκακιέρα.

Το Διεθνές Συμπόσιο της Θεσσαλονίκης θεσπίστηκε και πραγματοποιήθηκε για πρώτη φορά το 2012, με αφορμή τις επετειακές εκδηλώσεις για τα εκατό χρόνια από την απελευθέρωση της Θεσσαλονίκης. Στόχος του Διεθνούς Συμποσίου είναι να παρέχει ένα φόρουμ διαλόγου όπου θα συζητούνται οι κρίσιμες προκλήσεις του σημερινού κόσμου, όπως η Τεχνητή Νοημοσύνη, που, ήδη, φέρνει την επανάσταση στην καθημερινότητα μας.

Οι γλώσσες του Συμποσίου είναι τα Ελληνικά και τα Αγγλικά, με ζωντανή μετάφραση ανάμεσα στις δύο.

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12th THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM IN WORLD AFFAIRS

Prometheus' dilemma: The applications of AI in everyday life

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πρόγραμμα 2024

12ο ΔΙΕΘΝΕΣ ΣΥΜΠΟΣΙΟ ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗΣ

Το δίλημμα του Προμηθέα: Οι εφαρμογές της Τεχνητής Νοημοσύνης στην καθημερινή ζωή

ΚΑΤΕΒΑΣΤΕ ΤΟ ΠΡΟΓΡΑΜΜΑ

Agenda 2024, 1 December

10:30 - Greetings

Greetings

Dimitris Kairidis, MP for Athens North Professor of International Politics, Panteion University & Kristin Fabbe, Professor of Business and Comparative Politics, EUI

Stavros Andreadis, President of the Cultural Society

Lefteris Petropoulos, KAS Project Manager

11:00 - Panel 1: Practical Applications of AI today

Iro Armeni, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University

Dionysis Bochtis, Director of the Institute for Bio-economy and Agri-technology

Andreas Stavropoulos, Partner at Threshold Ventures

Eric Sutherland (via video), Senior Health Economist at the OECD

Moderator: Kristin Fabbe, Professor of Business and Comparative Politics, EUI

12:30 - Coffee Break

13:00 - Panel 2: Understanding AI and its Implications for the Future

Understanding AI and its Implications for the Future

Marios Dafnomilis, advisor at the Special Secretariat of Foresight

Sophia Romansky, Strategic Analyst at The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies

George Verdi, policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations

Michalis Bletsas (via video), Governor of the Cyber Security Authority of Greece

Moderator: Dimitris Kairidis, MP for Athens North

14:30 - Conclusions

Dimitris Kairidis & Kristin Fabbe

14:45 - End of Confernece

Πρόγραμμα, 1 Δεκεμβρίου 2024

10:30 - Χαιρετισμοί

Δημήτρης Καιρίδης, Βουλευτής Βόρειου Τομέα Αθηνών, Καθηγητής Διεθνών Σχέσεων στο Πάντειο Πανεπιστήμιο & Kristin Fabbe, Καθηγήτρια Business and Comparative Politics, EUI

Σταύρος Ανδρεάδης, Πρόεδρος της Πολιτιστικής Εταιρείας

Λευτέρης Πετρόπουλος, Project Manager του KAS

11:00 - 1ο Πάνελ Πρακτικές εφαρμογές της Τεχνητής Νοημοσύνης σήμερα

Ηρώ Αρμένη, Επίκουρη Καθηγήτρια Πολιτικών και Περιβαλλοντικών Μηχανικών, Stanford University

Διονύσης Μπόχτης, Διευθυντής του Ινστιτούτου Βιο-οικονομίας και Αγρο-τεχνολογίας (iBO)

Ανδρέας Σταυρόπουλος, Εταίρος, Threshold Ventures

Eric Sutherland (με βίντεο), Senior Health Economist στον ΟΟΣΑ

Συντονιστής: Kristin Fabbe, Καθηγήτρια Business and Comparative Politics, EUI

12:30 - Διάλλειμα

13:00 - 2ο Πάνελ: Κατανοώντας την Τεχνητή Νοημοσύνη και τις προεκτάσεις της για το μέλλον

Μάριος Δαφνομήλης, Σύμβουλος στην Ειδική Γραμματεία Μακροπρόθεσμου Σχεδιασμού

Sophia Romansky, Στρατηγική αναλύτρια του Κέντρου Στρατηγικού Μελετών της Χάγης

Γιώργος Βέρδη, Policy Fellow στο European Council on Foreign Relations.

Μιχάλης Μπλέτσας (με βίντεο), Διοικητής της Εθνικής Αρχής Κυβερνοασφάλειας

Συντονιστής: Δημήτρης Καιρίδης, Βουλευτής Βόρειου Τομέα Αθηνών

14:30 - Συμπεράσματα

Δημήτρης Καιρίδης & Kristin Fabbe

14:45 - Τέλος εκδήλωσης

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speakers - moderators / ομιλητές - συντονιστές

Dimitris Kairidis - Member of Parliament, New Democracy, B1 Athens – North & Professor of International Politics, Panteion University.

Dimitris Kairidis is a Member of the Hellenic Parliament, representing Athens – North, since 2019. He served as Minister of Migration and Asylum of Greece, from 2023 to 2024. He is a Professor of International Relations at the Department of International, European and Area Studies of Panteion University.

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Dimitris Kairidis - Member of Parliament, New Democracy, B1 Athens – North & Professor of International Politics, Panteion University.

Dimitris Kairidis is a Member of the Hellenic Parliament, representing Athens – North, since 2019. He served as Minister of Migration and Asylum of Greece, from 2023 to 2024. He is a Professor of International Relations at the Department of International, European and Area Studies of Panteion University.

Kristin Fabbe - Professor of Transnational Governance at the EUI School of Transnational Governance

Kristin Fabbe is a full-time professor at the European University Institute, holding a Chair in Business and Comparative Politics at the Florence School of Transnational Governance.

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Kristin Fabbe - Professor of Transnational Governance at the EUI School of Transnational Governance

Kristin Fabbe is a full-time professor at the European University Institute, holding a Chair in Business and Comparative Politics at the Florence School of Transnational Governance. She was previously the Jakurski Family Associate Professor in the Business, Government, and International Economy Unit at Harvard Business School.

Stavros Andreadis - Chairman, The Cultural Society of Entrepreneurs of Northern Greece

Stavros Andreadis is President of the Cultural Society of Entrepreneurs of Northern Greece and Chairman of the Governing Council of the Theophano Foundation. He is also the Honorary President of the Sani/Ikos Group.

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Stavros Andreadis - Chairman, The Cultural Society of Entrepreneurs of Northern Greece

Stavros Andreadis is President of the Cultural Society of Entrepreneurs of Northern Greece and Chairman of the Governing Council of the Theophano Foundation. He is also the Honorary President of the Sani/Ikos Group. He previously served as Chairman of the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises for eight consecutive years (2001-2008), consequently becoming honorary Chairman and social partner.

Eleftherios Petropoulos - KAS Project Manager

Eleftherios Petropoulos is Senior Research Associate-Project Manager at the Greece and Cyprus Office of the Konrad-Adenauer Foundation (KAS). He has been working for KAS since 2017.

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Eleftherios Petropoulos - KAS Project Manager

Eleftherios Petropoulos is Senior Research Associate-Project Manager at the Greece and Cyprus Office of the Konrad-Adenauer Foundation (KAS). He has been working for KAS since 2017. Before joining KAS, he worked at the Legal Service of the European Commission, in the academia and in the private sector. He has a legal background, graduating from the Law Faculty of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece) and the Law School of the University of Strasbourg (France), whereas pursued postgraduate studies at the Universities of Tübingen (Private Intl. Law) and at the Europa-Institut of the Saarland University (European Law), Germany.

Andreas Stavropoulos -Partner at Threshold Venture Capital

Andreas Stavropoulos is a partner at Threshold Ventures, focusing on early-stage, high-conviction investments, particularly in enterprise infrastructure and platform technologies.

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Andreas Stavropoulos -Partner at Threshold Venture Capital

Andreas Stavropoulos is a partner at Threshold Ventures, focusing on early-stage, high-conviction investments, particularly in enterprise infrastructure and platform technologies. He has extensive experience, including prior work at McKinsey & Company, and holds distinguished academic credentials with degrees in Computer Science and an MBA from Harvard, where he was a top graduate and Baker Scholar. He also serves on several boards, such as Endeavor Greece and Harvard-related advisory roles.

Iro Armeni - Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University

Iro Armeni is an Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University. Her research integrates architecture, civil engineering, and machine perception to develop data-driven methods for human-centered, sustainable, and adaptive built environments, including the use of Mixed Reality.

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Iro Armeni - Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University

Iro Armeni is an Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University. Her research integrates architecture, civil engineering, and machine perception to develop data-driven methods for human-centered, sustainable, and adaptive built environments, including the use of Mixed Reality. She holds a PhD from Stanford University, with prior studies including an MSc in Computer Science and an MEng in Architecture.

Dionysis Bochtis - Director of the Institute for Bio-Economy and Agri-Technology, at the Centre for Research and Technology – Hellas

Research and innovation in systems engineering, focusing on robotic and AI-based solutions for bio-production

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Dionysis Bochtis - Director of the Institute for Bio-Economy and Agri-Technology, at the Centre for Research and Technology – Hellas

Dionysis Bochtis specializes in systems engineering for bio-production, with a research focus that spans from ICT-enhanced agricultural systems to fully robotic and AI-based solutions. He currently serves as the Director of the Institute for Bio-economy and Agri-technology (iBO) at the Center for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH), where he is also a member of the CERTH Board of Directors. Additionally, he holds affiliated professorships at the University of Lincoln (UK) and Aarhus University (Denmark).<br /> Prof. Bochtis has an extensive body of work, comprising over 350 publications, including 150 research journal articles and 15 books. He has led numerous high-impact research and innovation projects focused on the digitalization and robotization of primary production. Furthermore, he has held leadership roles in prominent international biosystems engineering organizations, such as CIGR, CIOSTA, and EFITA. He is also the founder of farmB Digital Agriculture S.A. and farmB Labs Ltd

Eric Sutherland - Senior Health Economist at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Eric Sutherland is a Senior Health Economist at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development where he leads the organization’s work on digital health.

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Eric Sutherland - Senior Health Economist at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Eric Sutherland is a Senior Health Economist at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development where he leads the organization’s work on digital health. He previously served as the Executive Director of the pan-Canadian Health Data Strategy for Canada’s Public Health Agency.

Giorgos Verdi - Policy fellow with the European Power Program at the European Council on Foreign Relations

George Verdi is a policy fellow with the European Power Program at the European Council on Foreign Relations.

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Giorgos Verdi - Policy fellow with the European Power Program at the European Council on Foreign Relations

George Verdi is a policy fellow with the European Power Program at the European Council on Foreign Relations. He specializes on the implications of critical and emerging technologies for the EU’s competitiveness, economic security, and foreign policy.

Marios Dafnomilis - Advisor at the Special Secretariat of Foresight of the Presidency of the Greek Government

Marios Dafnomilis is an advisor at the Special Secretariat of Foresight of the Presidency of the Greek Government,

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Marios Dafnomilis - Advisor at the Special Secretariat of Foresight of the Presidency of the Greek Government

Marios Dafnomilis is an advisor at the Special Secretariat of Foresight of the Presidency of the Greek Government, where he, among other things supports the work of the Prime Minister’s High Level Group Committee on Artificial Intelligence.

Sophia Romansky - Strategic Analyst at The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies.

Sophia Romansky is a Strategic Analyst at The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies. She is also the Project Coordinator for the Global Commission on Responsible AI in the Military Domain.

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Sophia Romansky - Strategic Analyst at The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies.

Sophia Romansky is a Strategic Analyst at The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies. She is also the Project Coordinator for the Global Commission on Responsible AI in the Military Domain.

Michalis Bletsas - Governor of the Cyber Security Authority of Greece

Michalis Bletsas is a research scientist, specializing in Network Computing Syst

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Michalis Bletsas - Governor of the Cyber Security Authority of Greece

Michalis Bletsas is a research scientist, specializing in Network Computing Systems. He currently serves as the Governor of the Cyber Security Authority of Greece and he is also the Director of Computing at the MIT Media Lab.

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