{"id":20142,"date":"2025-06-16T13:25:49","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T10:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/?p=20142"},"modified":"2025-06-16T15:30:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T12:30:30","slug":"pharos-at-microsoft-ai-tour-greece-june2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/en\/2025\/06\/16\/pharos-at-microsoft-ai-tour-greece-june2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Pharos at Microsoft AI Tour Greece event, June 16, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pharos AI Factory <\/span><b>participates<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in today\u2019s Microsoft AI Tour Greece event, June 16, 2025, at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC), Athens. The session is set to highlight Pharos&#8217; contribution, through HPC infrastructure and cross-border collaborations to accelerate AI innovation in Greece.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Date:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 16 June 2025<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, Athens, Greece<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Venue<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &amp; <\/span><b>Time<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Bookcastle, 16:45 \u2013 17:15 pm (EET)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Panel discussion: \u201c<\/span><b>Pioneering AI and Innovation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><b> Transforming Greece from Classroom to Boardroom<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d with distinguished speakers from Pharos the Greek AI Factory consortium, including GRNET and Growthfund:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Stefanos Kollias<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Chairman <\/span><b>GRNET<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Professor Emeritus NTUA\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Afroditi Sevasti<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, CTO, <\/span><b>Growthfund\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marinos Giannopoulos, CEO, Enterprise Greece\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dimitris Tasias, Partner, Government &amp; Public Sector Technology Consulting Leader, EY Greece\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rachel Wortman Morris, Director, NextGen Learning \u2013 Microsoft &amp; Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Washington\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Moderator<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Katerina Sourouni, National Technology Officer, Microsoft<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pharos &#8211; The Greek AI Factory consortium partners from GRNET and Growthfund will showcase how Pharos will use HPC infrastructure and the DEADALUS supercomputer to transform Greece\u2019s technological ecosystem and position itself as a central hub for innovation and growth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More information on the Microsoft AI Tour Greece event <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/info.microsoft.com\/rs\/157-GQE-382\/images\/Microsoft-AI-Tour-Athens-Agenda.pdf?version=0\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Download PDF <a href=\"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/pdf_MicrosoftTourAI_panelists.pdf\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-20148 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/MicrosoftAITourGreece_speakerPanels_photobanner.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/MicrosoftAITourGreece_speakerPanels_photobanner.png 500w, https:\/\/grnet.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/MicrosoftAITourGreece_speakerPanels_photobanner-228x300.png 228w, https:\/\/grnet.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/MicrosoftAITourGreece_speakerPanels_photobanner-150x197.png 150w, https:\/\/grnet.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/MicrosoftAITourGreece_speakerPanels_photobanner-380x500.png 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pharos AI Factory participates in today\u2019s Microsoft AI Tour Greece event, June 16, 2025, at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC), Athens. 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