Agenda • Samos 2021 Summit

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Monday, June 28

Tuesday, June 29

Wednesday, June 30

Monday, June 28

Time
09:55	Session 1: Introduction to the Samos 2021 Summit Chair: Euripidis Loukis, University of the Aegean, Greece
10:00	Introduction to Samos 2021 Summit and OpenGov Summer School Yannis Charalabidis, University of the Aegean, Greece
10:30	Tour de table – Short Presentation of Speakers Yannis Charalabidis, University of the Aegean, Greece
11:00	Keynote Speech – Responsible Use of AI in Governance Günther Schefbeck, Austrian Parliament, Austria
11:30	Break
11:55	Session 2: Artificial Intelligence in Governance Chair: Colin Van Noordt, University of Tallin, Estonia
12:00	Governing algorithms – Perils and powers of AI in the public sector Gianluca Misuraca, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
12:20	Artificial Intelligence (AI): Multidisciplinary perspectives on emerging challenges, opportunities, and agenda for research, practice and policy Yogesh Dwivedi, Swansea University, Wales
12:40	Uncovering the Rules of Digital Government Automation Tomasz Janowski, University Gdansk, Poland and Danube University Krems, Austria
13:00	Approaches and use of AI in the public sector by the European Member States: Analysis of National AI Strategies Colin Van Noordt, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
13:30	Break
14:25	Session 3: Innovative Digital Ecosystems Chair: Euripidis Loukis, University of the Aegean, Greece
14:30	Establishment of Sustainable Data Ecosystems Slim Turki, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), Luxembourg
14:50	Robotic process automation in local government: a system for efficiency, or just another system to handle? Ida Lindgren, Linköping University, Sweden
15:10	Ethics in Digital Public Services Elsa Estevez, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina
15:30	AI Decision Making for Allocating Government Grant Funds Linda Bower, Digital Tranformation Consultant, USA

Tuesday, June 29

Time
09:55	Session 4: Workshop on Legal Informatics Chair: Harris Alexopoulos, University of the Aegean, Greece
10:00	Digital-ready policymaking and the digital screening process Irene Matzakou, Deloitte Greece, Greece & Cecile Guasch, European Commision, Belgium
10:30	To regulate or not to regulate: opening the AI black box for parliaments Fotis Fitsilis, Hellenic Parliament, Greece
11:00	Interactive Session: Towards innovative legislation drafting: LEOS and ManyLaws integration Harris Alexopoulos & Michalis Loutsaris, University of the Aegean, Greece
11:30	Break
11:55	Session 5: Innovative Digital Public Services Chair: Robert Krimmer, University of Tartu, Estonia
12:00	Blockchain as Innovation Lever for a Better and More Inclusive Society Enrico Ferro, LINKS Foundation, Italy
12:20	Digital@KA – a marketplace for digital services in Karlsruhe Richard Wacker, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Germany
12:40	The implementation of European e-invoicing Directive and Standard in public procurement in Greece Antonis Stasis, Hellenic Ministry of Digital Governance, Yannis Ioannidis, Ministry of Finance, Angelos Karvounis, Hellenic Ministry of Digital Governance, Andreas Pipis, Hellenic Ministry of Digital Governance, Dimosthenis Anagnostopoulos, Hellenic Ministry of Digital Governance, Greece
13:00	Cross-border Digital Public Services: Challenges and Opportunities for New Services Robert Krimmer, University of Tartu, Estonia
13:30	Break
14:25	Session 6: Workshop on Innovative Digital Public Services Chair: Yannis Charalabidis, University of the Aegean, Greece
14:30	Towards building an observatory for innovative public services in Europe Georges Lobo & Peter Ulrich, European Commission, Belgium
15:00	Procurement of innovative public services Ines Mergel, University of Konstanz, Germany
15:30	Interactive Session: Elements of Innovation in Digital Public Services and how to describe them Yannis Charalabidis & Panos Keramidis, University of the Aegean
16:00	Keynote Speech – AI as a mean to better inform policy-makers: True or False? Sehl Mellouli, Laval University, Canada

Wednesday, June 30

Time
09:55	Session 7: Digital Governance Skills Chair: Francesco Murredu, Lisbon Council, Belgium
10:00	Building Digital Governance Competencies: Baseline for a Curriculum and Master Programme Gabriela Viale Pereira – Danube University of Krems, Austria
10:20	Interoperability Academy as an enabler for advanced digital skills Victoria Kalogirou, Georges Lobo, European Commission, Belgium
10:40	The evolution of the Interoperability concept: A European quest for simplicity and universality Joep Crompvoets, Cesar Casiano, Maxim Chantillon, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
11:00	Project ETAPAS – Ethical Technology Adoption in Public Administration Service Francesco Mureddu, Lisbon Council, Belgium
11:30	Break
11:55	Session 8: Workshop on New research Ideas Chair: Vasiliki Diamantopoulou, University of the Aegean, Greece
12:00	Responsible digital transformations Leif Skiftenes Flak, University of Agder, Norway
12:30	HORIZON Research Project Opportunities Vasiliki Diamantopoulou, University of the Aegean, Greece
13:00	Interactive Session Participants Interventions Harris Alexopoulos, University of the Aegean, Greece