Digital Democracy - Foundation Office Greece and Cyprus
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Digital technologies are driving a fundamental transformation of societies worldwide. This digital transformation holds immense opportunities for solving pressing social problems of our time. At the same time, however, the accelerating pace of digitalization creates new challenges, unintended side effects and risks.Precisely because of the construction of digital space (cross-border, many stakeholders, dynamic), the strong interconnectedness (digital interdependence) and the resulting complexity, the question today is no longer whether digital space and the digital age will be actively shaped, but rather what smart regulations can look like.
But what is the risk of digital divide? How can we reduce it? Are we shaping the correct socio-economic dimensions for the digital age? Is individuals’ privacy restricted worldwide? and what will the erosion of trust due to technology may do to our political sphere?
Program
Welcoming Remarks
Henri Bohnet, Director Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Greece and Cyprus
Yannis Caloghirou, Professor, National Technical University of Athens, Head of NTUA Innovation & Entrepreneurship Unit
Session 1 | Open Government
Diomidis Spinellis, Professor Athens University of Economics and Business, President Open Technologies Alliance (GFOSS)
Michael Peters, Open Knowledge Foundation Germany
Fotis Talantzis, CEO of Novoville
Moderator
Thodoris Georgakopoulos, Editorial Director, diaNEOsis
Session 2 |Data Protection
Frederick Richter, LL.M., Director of the Foundation for Data Protection
Dr. Lilian Mitrou, Professor, University of the Aegean-Greece, Department of Information and Communication Systems Engineering
Dr. Prodromos Tsiavos, Chairman Hellenic Industrial Property Organization
Dr. Fotis Fitsilis, Scientific Service, Hellenic Parliament
Moderator
TassosTelloglou, Journalist, Kathimerini
Session 3 |Industry 4.0
Dr. Nectarios Koziris, Dean of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens
Dr. Yannis Caloghirou, Professor, National Technical University of Athens
Dr. Pencho Kuzev, Data and Digital Policy Coordinator, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Berlin
Vivian Efthymiopoulou, Columnist Fileleftheros, Publisher and Editor in Chief FACT Newsletter
Moderator
Marianna Skylakaki, Editor in Chief and CEO a8inea
Session 4 | Keynote: Digital Transformation of the Greek Public Sector
Yianna Hormova, Director, Office of the Deputy Minister of Digital Governance, responsible for the Simplification of Administrative Procedures, Ministry of Digital Governance.
Nikos Efstathiou, Journalist, Kathimerini
Concluding Remarks
Aggelos Tsakanikas, Assistant Professor, Director of the Laboratory of Industrial and Energy Economics, National Technical University of Athens
