WIP AI Athens Poster

Opening Event - Annual Meeting of the World Internet Project (WIP)

The Future Was Here: The Disruptions of Artificial Intelligence

📍 Argyriadis Amphitheatre, NKUA Central Building

📅 Friday, 12 June 2026 | 18:00–21:00

Schedule

Event Programme

17:30

Arrival

18:00-18:15

Opening Address

Professor Nicolas Demertzis WIP Representative in Greece and Cyprus
18:15-18:30

Welcome Remarks

Gerasimos Siasos Rector, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens- NKUA
Vassiliki Georgiadou President, National Centre for Social Research- EKKE
Dimitrios Terzis Secretary General for Research and Innovation
Yannis Mastrogeorgiou Special Secretary for Strategic Foresight
Dimitris Κirmikiroglou Secretary General for Communication and Information
Costas Mourlas Deputy Chair, Dept. of Communication and Media Studies, NKUA
18:30-19:00

WIP International Report on AI

Professor Jeff Cole WIP Director
19:00-19:15

Discussion

19:15-19:30

Break

19:30-21:00

Round Table: Discussing AI Futures

Moderator: Marina Rigou (NKUA)

Participants

  • • Konstantinos Komaitis (Atlantic Council)
  • • Fereniki Panagopoulou (Panteion University)
  • • Stylianos Papathanassopoulos (NKUA)
  • • Tilemachos Moraitis (Microsoft Greece)

Discussants

  • • Charalambos Tsekeris (President, Greek National Commission for Bioethics & Technoethics)
  • • Kostas Mourlas (NKUA)