WIP AI Athens Poster

Annual Meeting of the World Internet Project (WIP)

The Future Was Here: The Disruptions of Artificial Intelligence

📍 Athens, Greece

📅 12–14 June 2026

Opening Event and Workshop details are available below.

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Opening Event

Opening Event

WIP 2026 Opening Event Invitation

The Future Was Here: The Disruptions of Artificial Intelligence
Argyriadis Amphitheatre, NKUA Central Building

DateFriday, 12 June 2026
Time18:00–21:00
Arrival17:30
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17:30

Arrival

18:00-18:15

Opening Address

Professor Nicolas DemertzisWIP Representative in Greece & Cyprus
18:15-18:30

Welcome Remarks

Dimitrios TerzisSecretary General for Research and Innovation
Yannis MastrogeorgiouSpecial Secretary for Strategic Foresight
Dimitrios KirmikiroglouSecretary General of Communication and Media
Vassiliki GeorgiadouPresident EKKE
Efstathios EfstathopoulosVice-Rector NKUA
Costas MourlasDeputy Chair, Dept. of Communication & Media Studies, NKUA
18:30-19:00

WIP International Report on AI

Professor Jeff ColeWIP Director
19:00-19:15

Discussion

19:15-19:30

Break

19:30-21:00

Round Table: Discussing AI Futures

Moderator: Marina Rigou (University of Athens)

Participants

  • • Konstantinos Komaitis (Atlantic Council)
  • • Fereniki Panagopoulou (Panteion University)
  • • Stylianos Papathanassopoulos (University of Athens)
  • • Tilemachos Moraitis (Microsoft Greece)
  • • Kostas Mourlas (University of Athens)

Discussants

  • • Charalambos Tsekeris (Greek National Commission for Bioethics & Technoethics)
  • • Kyriacos Sabatakakis (Country Managing Director, Accenture)
Simultaneous English–Greek/Greek-English interpretation will be provided for the event
Under the Support of Athens Riviera Forum and Accenture Greece
Workshop

Workshop

Emergent AI Societies
13–14 June, Amarilia Hotel

Dates13–14 June
VenueAmarilia Hotel
FormatWorkshop
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Day One
08:00-12:00

Tour to the Old City

14:30-16:15

Session 1: Global Trends and Local Perspectives

Chair: Nicolas Demertzis

Petr Lupac: Emerging AI Divides? Mapping Public Perceptions of AI Risks and Benefits

Pamela Davidsson & Jenny Andersson: Swedes and the internet - Special issue ahead of the election in September

Athena Seng: Decoding Generative AI Behavior: Applications, Perspectives and Literacy of Macao Residents

Latzer Michael, Noemi Festic, Céline Odermatt, Alena Birrer: Current Trends in Digitalization and GenAI in Switzerland

Discussion

16:15-16:30

Coffee Break

16:30-17:30

Session 2: Emotional dimensions of AI use in politics and public policy

Expert panel / joint session with the PLEDGE Project

17:30-19:00

Session 3: The Possibility of Regulating AI

Chair: Charalambos Tsekeris

Grant Blank & William H. Dutton: The potential for new democratic practices

Marina Rigou: From Fake News to Synthetic Realities: Challenges in Regulating AI

Stefanos Vitoratos: From Innovation to Accountability: AI Regulation and the Future of Digital Rights

Discussion

Day Two
08:30-09:30

Individual WIP Bilateral Coop-Meetings

09:30-10:45

Session 4: Health and AI Use

Chair: Natascha Just

Yair Amichai-Hamburger: The Human Algorithm: Personality, AI, and the Future of Health

Pamela Davidsson, Freja Blomdahl & Jenny Andersson: AI use and health in Sweden

Sergio Godoy Etcheverry & Miguel Angel Carrasco: WIP Chile 5.0: Incidence of AI and the internet on health and wellbeing

Discussion

10:45-12:45

Session 5: Perplexities of AI (Dis)information

Chair: Katerina Mandenaki

Apostolos Linardis & Glykeria Stamatopoulou: AI as a New Social Actor: Exploring Trust, Attachment and Social Disconnection

Nicolas Klironomos: Between Curiosity and Concern: Public Emotions and Intimacy in the Age of Generative AI

Tongyi Huang: From Novelty to Necessity: The Evolution of AI Adoption and Public Sentiments in Taiwan (2023-2025)

Miguel Angel Carrasco: The ‘Pathological Loop' in healthcare: Algorithmic Misinformation and Therapeutic Adherence

Discussion

12:45-13:00

Coffee Break

13:00-14:00

Michael Latzer, Noemi Festic, Céline Odermatt & Alena Birrer: Techno-Religion in Switzerland: Conceptualization and Empirical Evidence

Nia Sarinastiti & Dorien Kartikawangi: Aligning Understanding of AI within Generations in Indonesia

Discussion

14:00-15:00

Session 6: Internal issues

Chair: Jeff Cole

All participants

List of Workshop Participants
1. Yair Amichai-Hamburger, Professor Reichman University
14. Dorien Kartikawangi, Professor Catholic University of Indonesia
2. Jenny Andersson, Professor University of Uppsala
15. Nicolas Klironomos, Researcher EKKE
3. Grant Blank, Survey Research Fellow, OII
16. Petr Lupac, Assistant Professor Charles University
4. Alena Birrer, Research and Teaching Associate UZH
17. Michael Latzer, Professor UZH
5. Miguel Angel Carrasco, Researcher WIP Chile 5.0
18. Apostolos Linardis, Research Director EKKE
6. Jeff Cole, Professor USC, WIP Director
19. Katerina Mandenaki, Research Associate NKUA
7. Pamela Davidsson, Data Analyst, The Swedish Internet Foundation
20. Céline Odermatt, Research and Teaching Associate UZH
8. Nicolas Demertzis, Professor NKUA, WIP Representative in Greece & Cyprus
21. Marina Rigou, Associate Professor NKUA
9. William H. Dutton, Professor Oxford University, Director of OII
22. Nia Sarinastiti, Professor Catholic University of Indonesia
10. Sergio Godoy Etcheverry, Professor Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
23. Athena Seng, Macao Association for Internet Research
11. Noemi Festic, Research and Teaching Associate UZH
24. Glykeria Stamatopoulou, Researcher EKKE
12. Tongyi Huang, Professor, National Chengchi University
25. Charalambos Tsekeris, Research Director EKKE
13. Natascha Just, Professor UZH
26. Stefanos Vitoratos, Partner Digital Law Expert, Homo Digitalis
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