Agenda
All times in EEST (Athens time zone)
OpenGov2023 summer school extra sessions could be accessed from here
Note: The agenda is still in draft form.
| Time | |
|---|---|
| 09:30 |
Morning Coffee |
| 09:55 |
Session 1: Introduction to the Samos 2023 SummitChair: Yannis Charalabidis, Professor, University of the Aegean, Greece |
| 10:00 |
Welcome by the MayorAlexandros Lymperis, Mayor of Western Samos |
| 10:05 |
Welcome by the Greek governmentDimosthenis Anagnostopoulos, General Secretary of Information Systems of the Greek Government |
| 10:10 |
Introduction to Samos 2023 Summit and OpenGov Summer School and Tour de TableYannis Charalabidis, Professor, University of the Aegean, Greece |
| 10:55 |
Keynote Speech 1: Innovative Technologies and Uptake: The digiGOV-innoHUBYiannis Kotsis-Giannarakis, Digital Innovation Coordinator, GRNET, Greece |
| 11:30 |
Coffee break |
| 11:55 |
Samos Summit Session 2: Innovative Digital EcosystemsChair: Enrico Ferro, Links Foundation, Italy |
| 12:00 |
Governments in the era of Metaverse: Opportunities and ChallengesSehl Mellouli, Professor, Laval University, Canada |
| 12:25 |
Practical Applications of AI to Enhance Government OperationsLinda Bower, Self-employed Independent Consultant, USA |
| 12:50 |
Innovation Management for Climate Neutrality: The Climaborough ProjectEnrico Ferro, Links Foundation, Italy |
| 13:10 |
Understanding the failure of Smart Cities – Smartness vs. sustainability vs. continuity tensionsTomasz Janowski, Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland; Danube University Krems, Austria |
| 13:30 |
Light lunch |
| 14:30 |
Samos Summit Session 3: Workshop on Citizens Science Air Quality – the COMPAIR ProjectChair: Harris Alexopoulos, Senior Researcher, University of the Aegean, Greece |
| 14:30 |
The COMPAIR Project IntroductionJurgen Silence, Senior Project Manager, Digital Flanders, Belgium |
| 14:45 |
Hands-on Experience on the CompAir Tools and the Carbon Footprint Simulation DashboardChristos Karelis, PhD Researcher, University of the Aegean, Greece |
| 15:30 |
Evaluation of the Carbon Footprint Simulation DashboardHarris Alexopoulos, Senior Researcher, University of the Aegean, Greece |
| 20:00 |
Welcome ReceptionVenue: Luigi, Port of Karlovasi |
| Time | |
|---|---|
| 09:30 |
Morning Coffee |
| 09:55 |
Samos Summit Session 4: Worldwide Initiatives for Digital Transformation and InteroperabilityChair: Thomas Lampoltshammer, Assistant Professor, Deputy Head of the Centre for E-Governance, Danube University Krems, Austria |
| 10:00 |
EU Interoperability AcademyAndrea Halmos: Deputy Head of Unit & Victoria Kalogirou: Programme Manager/Seconded National Expert/ Project Manager – Interoperability Unit, DG DIGIT, European Commission. |
| 10:25 |
“Interoperability Maturity Tools”: A unified package to measure the interoperability maturity of digital public services”Irene Matzakou, Manager, Deloitte Greece |
| 10:50 |
Experiences from developing a Holistic Framework for Integrated Public ServicesNoemi Milo, Consultant at Deloitte, Italy |
| 11:05 |
MGOV4EU: Drivers and Barriers for Mobile Government and Cross-border Service InteroperabilityThomas Lampoltshammer, Assistant Professor, Deputy Head of the Centre for E-Governance, Danube University Krems, Austria |
| 11:30 |
Coffee break |
| 11:55 |
Samos Summit Session 5: AI and NLP Approaches for GovernanceChair: Euripidis Loukis, Professor, University of the Aegean, Greece |
| 12:00 |
AI Capacity in Public Administrations & Value Creation with AIColin van Noordt, PhD Researcher, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia |
| 12:20 |
Monitoring a National Healthcare Service System: NLP for PolicymakingNina Rizun, Ass. Professor, Gdańsk University of Technology, Fahrenheit Universities, Poland |
| 12:45 |
Fostering the Digitisation of the Public sector and Green Transition in Europe through the use of an Innovative European GovTech PlatformFrancesco Mureddu, Director, Lisbon Council, EU |
| 13:05 |
Chatbots for public services: Possibilities and ChallengesMoinul Zaber, Senior Academic Fellow, United Nations University, Portugal |
| 13:30 |
Light lunch |
| 14:30 |
Keynote Speech 2: Working in Digital Public Sector OrganizationsNoella Edelmann, Senior Researcher, Danube University Krems, Austria |
| 14:50 |
Samos Summit Session 6: Workshop on Chatbot Technology – The PYTHIA ProjectChair: Zoi Lachana, PhD Researcher, University of the Aegean, Greece |
| 14:55 |
The PYTHIA Project IntroductionGiorgos Karamanolis, CEO, Crowdpolicy Ltd., Greece |
| 15:05 |
Hands-on Experience on the PYTHIA PlatformThodoris Papadopoulos, Zoi Lachana, PhD Researchers, University of the Aegean, Greece |
| 15:40 |
Evaluation of the Pythia toolsHarris Alexopoulos, Senior Researcher, University of the Aegean, Greece |
| 20:00 |
Samos Summit and OpenGov Summer School Dinner |
| Time | |
|---|---|
| 09:30 | Morning Coffee |
| 09:55 | |
| 10:00 | Workshop on Research Project Opportunities (Interactive Session)Harris Alexopoulos, Yannis Charalabidis, University of the Aegean, Greece |
