08:45 – 09:15 Welcome - Registration - Coffee

09:15 – 09:30 Opening Session
Professor S. Flogaitis, Director of the European Public Law Organization (EPLO)

09:30 – 10:30 Session 1: A new Social Contract for the era of Artificial Intelligence
Panel Discussion

• Akis Skertsos, Minister of State

• Anna Diamantopoulou, President of “Diktio” Network for Reform in Greece and Europe

• Marja Laitinen, Senior Director, AI Governance & Partnerships, Microsoft EMEA

• Theofanis Tassis, Lecturer of Contemporary Practical Philosophy at the Alpen-Adria-Universität in Austria

• Co-ordinator: Lilian Mitrou, Professor at the University of the Aegean at the Department of Information and Communication Systems Engineering, President of the Institute for Privacy Law, Data Protection and Technology.

10:30 – 11:30 Session 2: Artificial Intelligence Act: Regulating Artificial Intelligence – A balance exercise (“in collaboration with Jean Monnet Chair in Mediterranean Digital Societies and Law”)

• Brando Benifei, Member of the European Parliament, Head of Delegation, Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, Rapporteur for the European Parliament on EU AI Act

• Karine Caunes, Center for AI and Digital Policy (CAIDP) - Global Program Director and CAIDP Europe Executive Director

• Alessandro Mantelero, Associate Professor of Law & Technology and EU Jean Monnet Chair in Mediterranean Digital Societies & Law, Politecnico di Torino; member of the Expert Group on AI, Data & Privacy, OECD

• Peter Kimpian, Secretary to the Committee 108, Council of Europe

• Vangelis Papakonstantinou, Professor of Law, Vrije Universiteit, Brussel, New Democracy DPO

• Co-ordinator: Vasilis Karkatzounis, Attorney at Law at new technologies, LL.M., PhD

11.30 – 12:00 Coffee Break 12:00 – 13:00

Session 3: Artificial Intelligence in the Public Sector – Applicability

Panel Discussion

• Dimitris Papastergiou, Minister of Digital Governance

• Michael Kritikos, Policy Analyst on AI Ethics and Trustworthy Governance of AI, DG Research & Innovation, European Commission

• Christos Tarantilis, Partner, Head of Government & Public Sector, EY, Professor at the Athens University of Economics and Business

• Nikos Christodoulou, Partner/Consulting Leader, Deloitte

• Co-ordinator: Manolis Andriotakis, Journalist at Kathimerini newspaper, Author

13:00 – 14:00 Session 4: The use of AI in business: Benefits and Risks

Andreas Athanassopoulos, CEO, Olympia Group

Stefanos Mytilineos, Director General, COO, Alpha Bank

Ioannis Charalambopoulos, Head of Corporate & M&A, Machas & Partners Law Firm Speaker (Sponsor)

Co-ordinator: Georgios Doukidis, Professor, Electronic Commerce, Department of Management Science and Technology, Athens University of Economics and Business (he will present for the first time the results of the Research carried out by Dialectica/AUEB “AI in business strategy: Challenges & Implementation”)

14:00 – 15:00 Lunch Break

15:00 – 15:50 Session 5: ΑΙ and Education: Investing on the skills of the new era

• Kyriakos Pierrakakis, Minister of Education, Religion and Sports

• Cleo Sgouropoulou, Professor, Department of Informatics and Computer Engineering, University of West Attica, Director EDUTEL - Educational Technology Laboratory and eLearning Systems, member of the Bord of Directors of GRNET.

• Athanasios Kyriazis, Secretary General for Research and Innovation

• Co-ordinator: Nikos Vetas, General Director, Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research (IOBE), Professor of Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business

15:50 – 16:45 Session 6: Is Justice ready for Artificial Intelligence?

• Georgios Floridis, Minister of Justice

• Michael Pikramenos, Vice President of the Council of State Stavros Asthenidis, CEO, Information Society S.A.

• Panagiotis Perrakis, Attorney at Law, former President of CCBE

• Co-ordinator: Nicolas Kanellopoulos, President of the Institute for Justice and Growth, EPLO, Managing Partner, NK Law Firm

16:45 – 17:00 Closing Session

EUI Alumni Association Conference

Artificial Intelligence: historical, political, legal and economic considerations

This year's EUI Alumni Association Conference, taking placer 13 June 2024, will focus on the historical, political, legal and economic considerations of Artificial Intelligence.

CAIDP Europe’s Executive Director and EUI Alumna Karine Caunes will be a pannelist on Panel II (13.30-15.00) focusing on AI Ethics and Legal Standards

Moderator: Marta Cantero Gamito (LAW entry cohort 2012)

- Challenges of AI: A Mapping Exercise 

Karine Caunes, ELJ Editor-in-Chief; CAIDP Global Program Director

- Unacceptable Risks in Human-AI Collaboration 

Rostam J. Neuwirth, Professor of Law, Head of Department of Global Legal Studies, University of Macau

- Ethical Limits of Using Artificial Intelligence in Justice

Monika Lagiewska, Assistant Professor, University of Gdansk

- AI Dialogues and Transfers: The (po)ethical practical rescue of the Digital Humanities

Cristina Blanco Sío-López, ‘Maria Zambrano’ Senior Distinguished Researcher, University of La Coruna