{"id":22065,"date":"2026-02-20T12:52:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T10:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/?p=22065"},"modified":"2026-03-03T14:17:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T12:17:32","slug":"grnet-at-the-ai-ethics-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/en\/2026\/02\/20\/grnet-at-the-ai-ethics-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"GRNET at the \u201cAI &#038; Ethics: Challenges &#038; Perspectives\u201d Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>GRNET<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> participates in the \u201cAI &amp; Ethics: Challenges &amp; Perspectives\u201d conference, being held on <\/span><b>Friday<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><b> 20 February 2026<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, at the Serafeio Athletic &amp; Community Complex in Athens.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Prof. D. Katsianis<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Deputy Chairman of GRNET and Assistant Professor at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.uoa.gr\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NKUA<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), participates in the panel discussion \u201cBuilding the Artificial Intelligence Ecosystem,\u201d highlighting GRNET\u2019s role in advancing Artificial Intelligence and digital innovation through the development of interoperable high-performance computing (HPC), data and networking infrastructures that support AI applications. In this context, he will present key national and European initiatives coordinated by GRNET, including <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pharos-aifactory.eu\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PHAROS AI Factory<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the national high-performance computing system \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/en\/business-directory\/grant-for-the-development-of-a-new-national-hpc-system-daedalus\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DAEDALUS<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d and the associated Data Center at the Lavrion Technological and Cultural Park, as well as the <\/span><b>second national supercomputing system<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Greece\u2019s first AI-optimised supercomputer, to be installed at the Green Data Center under development at the University of Western Macedonia in Kozani.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u03a4he conference focuses on the rapidly expanding role of Artificial Intelligence in society, and addresses key ethical challenges related to equality, transparency, human rights and psychological impact.\u00a0 Technology experts, academia, policymakers and civil society promote responsible and inclusive AI practices in order to strengthen collaboration between public policy, the market and technology.\u00a0 Discussions include responsible, transparent and trustworthy AI systems keeping human values at core.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Organised by<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/kean.gr\/en\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KEAN<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/diversity-charter.gr\/en\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Diversity Charter Greece<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in collaboration with<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.daem.gr\/en\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DAEM<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityofathens.gr\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Municipality of Athens<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntua.gr\/en\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Technical University of Athens<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, under the auspices of the Ministry of Digital Governance and Artificial Intelligence, and supported by institutional, academic and business partners.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Further information, including the full conference agenda, can be found<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/kean.gr\/en\/aiethicsconference\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"blox_element blox_gallery gallery_layout_slider\">\n                <span class=\"gallery_preview\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/kean0477-scaled-800x430.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/kean0832-scaled-800x430.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/kean0124-scaled-800x430.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/kean0475-scaled-800x430.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/span>\n                <span class=\"gallery_pager\"><\/span>\n            <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GRNET participates in the \u201cAI &amp; Ethics: Challenges &amp; Perspectives\u201d conference, being held on Friday, 20 February 2026, at the Serafeio Athletic &amp; Community Complex in Athens. Prof. D. Katsianis, Deputy Chairman of GRNET and Assistant Professor at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), participates in the panel discussion \u201cBuilding the Artificial Intelligence [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22066,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[294,355,490],"tags":[1145,934,520,349],"class_list":["post-22065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events-en","category-news-en","category-news_en-en","tag-ai-ethics-conference","tag-ai-factory-pharos","tag-daedalus","tag-grnet-en"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22065"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22167,"href":"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22065\/revisions\/22167"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}