{"id":22690,"date":"2026-04-30T09:29:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T06:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/?p=22690"},"modified":"2026-04-30T09:29:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T06:29:57","slug":"grnet-at-the-mediterranean-2036-international-symposium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/en\/2026\/04\/30\/grnet-at-the-mediterranean-2036-international-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"GRNET at the \u201cMediterranean 2036: Future Proofing Economic Prosperity\u201d International Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GRNET participated in the<\/span><b> Mediterranean 2036: Future Proofing Economic Prosperity &#8211; International Symposium<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 22- 24 April 2026 in Athens.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The symposium, held in the context of ANIMA\u2019s 20th anniversary and co-organized by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprisegreece.gov.gr\/en\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enterprise Greece<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/anima.coop\/en\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ANIMA Investment Network<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, brought together business leaders, policymakers, and experts from Europe, the Mediterranean, the Middle East, and Africa to examine the region\u2019s outlook towards 2036. Discussions focused on resilient value chains, climate challenges, human capital, and digital trust, aiming to strengthen regional cooperation and develop actionable roadmaps for sustainable development in the Euro-Mediterranean region.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Stefanos Kollias<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Professor Emeritus at the National Technical University of Athens, Chairman of the Board GRNET and Coordinator of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pharos-aifactory.eu\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PHAROS AI Factory<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> EU Project, participated as a keynote speaker in the panel discussion \u201cDigital Trust &amp; Sovereignty\u201d on 23 April 2026. The session explored key challenges and opportunities related to data, Artificial Intelligence, and technological independence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In his intervention, Prof. Kollias highlighted the strategic importance of robust AI ecosystems and advanced digital infrastructures as key enablers of Europe\u2019s technological autonomy. He also presented PHAROS, a flagship national initiative supporting the development of trustworthy and human-centered AI, emphasizing the need to integrate infrastructure, data, and expertise to drive innovation in alignment with European values, ethical principles, and regulatory frameworks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GRNET\u2019s participation reflects its ongoing commitment to promoting Greece\u2019s role as a regional hub for innovation, investment, and digital transformation, and to advancing trustworthy, human-centric, and sovereign AI ecosystems in Europe and beyond.<\/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\/04\/537A0375-scaled-800x430.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/537A0420-scaled-800x430.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ANIMA-International-Symposium-800x430.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/537A0413-scaled-800x430.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/span>\n                <span class=\"gallery_pager\"><\/span>\n            <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GRNET participated in the Mediterranean 2036: Future Proofing Economic Prosperity &#8211; International Symposium, 22- 24 April 2026 in Athens. The symposium, held in the context of ANIMA\u2019s 20th anniversary and co-organized by Enterprise Greece and the ANIMA Investment Network, brought together business leaders, policymakers, and experts from Europe, the Mediterranean, the Middle East, and Africa [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22691,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[294,355,490],"tags":[934,1005,349,1198],"class_list":["post-22690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events-en","category-news-en","category-news_en-en","tag-ai-factory-pharos","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-grnet-en","tag-mediterranean-2036-future-proofing-economic-prosperity-international-symposium"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22690","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=22690"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22690\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22701,"href":"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22690\/revisions\/22701"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}