{"id":20171,"date":"2025-06-16T15:49:17","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T12:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/?p=20171"},"modified":"2025-06-16T16:26:29","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T13:26:29","slug":"event-greece-and-the-eu-in-the-era-of-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/en\/2025\/06\/16\/event-greece-and-the-eu-in-the-era-of-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Consortium Members of Pharos AI Factory participated in the event \u201cGreece and the EU in the Era of AI\u201d, 14\/06\/2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stefanos Kollias, Professor Emeritus at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), President at GRNET and Coordinator of the AI Factory \u201cPharos\u201d and Vangelis Karkaletsis, Director of the Institute of Informatics and Telecommunications at NCSR &#8220;Demokritos&#8221;, Technical Coordinator of the AI Factory \u201cPharos\u201d participated in the event <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cGreece and the EU in the Era of AI\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, held on Saturday, June 14, from 10:00 to 14:30 at the \u201cHermes\u201d Hall of the Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both consortium members took part in <\/span><b>Panel 1: AI and the Economy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where the challenges and opportunities that Artificial Intelligence brings to the economy were discussed. The panel was moderated by <\/span><b>Dimitris Tsiodras<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and included the following speakers:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kyriakos Pierrakakis, Minister of National Economy and Finance<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Markos Veremis, Chair of the Innovation Committee at SEV, Partner at BigPi Ventures<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stefanos Kollias, Emeritus Professor NTUA, President of GRNET BoD, Coordinator of the AI Factory \u201cPharos\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vangelis Karkaletsis, Director of the Institute of Informatics and Telecommunications at NCSR &#8220;Demokritos&#8221;, Technical Coordinator of the AI Factory \u201cPharos\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the discussion Greece\u2019s progress in digital transformation was highlighted and the need to harness AI to boost productivity and drive sustainable national growth was emphasized. Pharos Consortium Members stressed the importance of <\/span><b>timely and meaningful integration of AI tools<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> across both public and private sectors, in the areas of Health, Culture and Language and Sustainable Development, with a particular focus on supporting <\/span><b>SMEs<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. These priorities are central to the European project coordinated by GRNET \u201c<\/span><b>Pharos AI Factory<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d, aiming to develop and implement innovative Artificial Intelligence solutions for public services and industry. He also supported the discussion concerning the need to <\/span><b>redesign policy frameworks<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to enable faster and fairer adoption of AI enabled technology in all sectors boosting technological advancement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The event served as an important forum for dialogue on the role of AI in the broader European and national context, advancing the discussion on policies, strategies, and social implications of the rapidly evolving technological landscape.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-20161 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/506797940_1320935142925256_2742932769006722292_n-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/506797940_1320935142925256_2742932769006722292_n-1024x682.jpg 1024w, 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