Homo Digitalis with double representation at Digital World Summit Greece

Homo Digitalis has the great honor and pleasure to participate with double representation at the Digital World Summit Greece, on Tuesday 28 May at the National Hellenic Research Foundation!

Specifically, our Vice President and Partner at Digital Law Experts (DLE), Stefanos Vitoratos, will participate as a moderator in the 1st panel of the conference, on the topic “AI: The intersection between regulation and innovation”, in a fascinating panel discussion featuring Dimitris Gerogiannis (President AI Catalyst), Lillian Mitrou (Professor, Department of Information & Communication Systems Engineering, University of the Aegean), Charalambos Tsekeris (President of the National Bioethics & Technology Ethics Committee), Yannis Mastrogeorgiou (Special Secretary of Long Term Planning, Presidency of the Greek Government) and Fotis Draganidis (Director of Technology at Microsoft Hellas).

Our Director for Human Rights & Artificial Intelligence, Lambrini Gyftokosta, will participate as a speaker in the 2nd panel of the Digital World Summit Greece 2024, on the topic “Cybersecurity, Citizen Security and Artificial Intelligence”! This very interesting panel will be moderated by Konstantinos Anagnostopoulos (Co-founder & Director, Athens Legal Tech), while Natalia Soulia (Senior Associate | Privacy, Data Protection & Cybersecurity, KG Law FIrm), Thomas Dombridis (Head of the General Directorate of Cybersecurity of the Ministry of Digital Governance), Antonis Broumas (Head of the Law Department of the Ministry of Digital Governance), Antonis Broumas (Head of the Law Department of the Ministry of Digital Governance), and the Head of the Law Department of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Greece) will also be present as speakers.

You can register and read more about the conference and its programme here.


Joint Statement of 18 organisations about EU’s White Paper on “How to master Europe's digital infrastructure needs”

Homo Digitalis joined epicenter.works and other 16 organisations, supporting an open internet and a competitive telecommunications market in the European Union!

With our statement, we express our concerns and observations on the current discussions on the future of the EU telecoms sector regulatory framework. Following the publication of the European Commission’s White Paper on “How to master Europe’s digital infrastructure needs” (the “White Paper”), and ahead of the upcoming Telecommunications Council of 21 May 2024, we call on EU Member States to take a pro-competitive, consumer centric approach and oppose any proposals for premature and unjustified changes to the EU telecommunications regulatory framework.

We are especially concerned that the European Commission’s White Paper, in its proposed scenario 5, second bullet point 2, suggests “recommending no markets for presumptive ex ante regulation”. This would amount to a removal of obligations for former monopolist Telecoms incumbents, measures which would result in reduced competition, hinder rollout of high-capacity infrastructure and limit the availability of affordable options for European consumers and businesses.

We therefore regret such considerations of the European Commission in the White Paper and in various public statements since its publication, including that “rules on interconnection should apply to everyone”, or that “an arbitration mechanism could be foreseen”.

We call on EU ministers to take a pro-competition, positive innovation, and consumer centric approach, strongly opposing any policy scenario that may result in legal uncertainty and detrimental consequences for European consumers, businesses and the open internet.

You can read our joint statement here.


We participate in InfoRights 2024 in Corfu

Homo Digitalis has the great pleasure to participate in the Third Interdisciplinary Conference, organized by the Corfu Reading Society on 17 & 18 May 2024 entitled “Human Rights in the Information Age: Benchmarks of History, Law, Ethics and Culture”.

Our member Christos Zanganas will represent Homo Digitalis at the Conference, and on Saturday 18 at 12:00 he will present Homo Digitalis’ work for the protection of human rights in relation to the information society in Greece!

We would like to thank the organizers for the very honorable invitation!

You can register for free to attend the conference in person or read more about it here.

The focus of the interdisciplinary themes of the conference is human rights in relation to information in terms of history, regulation (law and ethics) and culture. It is co-organised by the Cultural and Historical Heritage Documentation Laboratory of TABM, the IHRC Research Group of TABM, and the Ionian University Library and Information Centre with the collaboration of the UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage and Heritage-related Activities of the Ionian University, as well as the Corfu Bar Association and the Ionian University Museum Collections.


We bring the "Misinformation" and "What The Future Wants" editions of the international exhibition "The Glass Room" to ADAF 2024!

The “Misinformation” and “What The Future Wants” editions of Tactical Tech’s international exhibition “The Glass Room” will be at the Athens Digital Arts Festival 2024 (ADAF2024)!!

In collaboration with Tactical Tech, the exhibition is brought to Greece by Homo Digitalis, Digital Detox Experience and Open Lab Athens, with the Homo Digitalis team and specifically our members Sophia Antonopoulou, Ariana Rapti and Alkmini Gianni, organising the two exhibitions for ADAF 2024!

ADAF 2024 will take place from 16 to 26 May at the Former Santarosa Courts (48 Stadiou & Arsaki). “The Glass Room: Misinformation Edition” will be available to the audience throughout the festival, while “The Glass Room: What the Future Wants Edition” will be presented in the form of a workshop on Saturday 18/5 at 14.00 by our members Sophia Antonopoulou, Ariana Rapti and Alkmini Gianni.

You can buy tickets for ADAF 2024 and read the full festival programme here.

Many thanks to our three members for their time, energy and dedication in organizing these exhibitions, as well as to ADAF for hosting us!

The Glass Room exhibition has travelled to 61 countries around the world, counting 471 award-winning events and more than 350,000 visitors worldwide. In the past, Homo Digitalis, Digital Detox Experience and Open Lab Athens have presented the exhibitions at the National Library of Greece in Athens and at JOIST Innovation Park in Larissa.


Event of the Greek Chapter of IAPP "AI & Personal Data: Challenges & Solutions in the Age of Digital Privacy"

The Presidency of the Hellenic Chapter of the IAPP-International Association of Privacy Professionals, is organizing on 14 May at 18:30 – 19:00 at FHW GSEBEE, Small Business Institute of GSEBEE an event on “AI & Personal Data: Challenges & Solutions in the Era of Digital Privacy”.

The discussion will be moderated by Stefanos Vitoratos Partner – Digital Law Experts, and Co-Founder and Vice President of Homo Digitalis, while speakers include:

-Dr. Prokopios Drogaris, Cybersecurity Expert, Deputy DPO ENISA, CIPP-E

-Maria Alexandra Papoutsi, Managing Associate, KBVL Law Firm Member of Deloitte Legal, CIPP-E/US

-Alexandros Papacharalambous, CEO-CTO AETHON Engineering, Cofounder & VP Product TransiTool

To register and attend the event in person click here, or to register for an online presentation, click here.

Homo Digitalis is honored that all members of the Bureau of the Hellenic Chapter of the IAPP-International Association of Privacy Professionals are members!

 


Homo Digitalis participates for the 4th time in CPDP!

Homo Digitalis participates for the 4th time in CPDP, the most recognized international conference for the protection of personal data and privacy!

After our continuous presence there with panel talks and workshops, this year we are honored to be present with a new medium! Namely, we will be interviewed as part of Avatar.fm, a live radio project organized by the social radio station dublab.de and the privacy salon during the CPDP!

Avatar.fm will set the pulse of the conference from 22 to 24 May, providing a platform for organisations with a leading role in data protection and privacy, highlighting their activities in the field of AI and new technologies!

Avatar.fm will be broadcasting live from the iconic Gare Maritime in Brussels, and will also host recorded broadcasts and live DJ Sets! For those of you not there, you can listen to the shows on dublab.de

Homo Digitalis will be represented in this interview by our Director on Artificial Intelligence & Human Rights, Lamprini Gyftokosta.

Stay tuned for the full programme!


Homo Digitalis' actions in the field of Artificial Intelligence featured in No.1 Academic Legal Journal in the world, the Computer Law & Security Review Journal

The important actions of Homo Digitalis and its allies in the field of border maangement are featured in the internationally renowned and world’s first in its category academic legal journal “Computer Law & Security Review Journal”, published by Elsevier.

In particular, our co-founder Eleftherios Chelioudakis recently published his article in this legal journal (Volume 53, 2024) entitled “Unpacking AI-enabled border management technologies in Greece: to what extent their development and deployment are transparent and respect dataprotection rules?”

We would like to thank the Editors of the Special Issue of the journal entitled “Vulnerability, Marginalisation and Data Protection Law” Katerina Demetzou and Gianclaudio Malgieri for their excellent cooperation.

Elsevier has provided for a short period of time (until 2/6) a link through which everyone can download/read the article completely free of charge, available here.


We participated in a survey of experts on the use of new technologies in the field of education in the framework of the MILES project

In the age of hyper-connectivity, people are inundated by a constant flow of information and news that brings, on the one hand, better and stable information about world events and, on the other hand, many risks associated with fake news and misinformation.

Homo Digitalis had the pleasure to participate in a relevant research-discussion conducted by the MILES project (MIL and PRE-BUNKING approaches for Critical thinking in the education sector) and addressed to experts regarding the use of new technologies in the field of education.

The aim of the debate is to gather information on misinformation in order to develop effective strategies for the education sector. The discussion focused on issues such as digital literacy, the cultivation of critical thinking as a tool for identifying fake news, the role of education and the education system, and exploring possible policy interventions.

Homo Digitalis was represented in the research debate by the Director of Human Rights & Artificial Intelligence, Lambrini Yftokosta. We would like to thank the civil society organization KMOP Social Action and Innovation Centre for the inclusion and the honorary invitation.


Our participation in the event "Artificial Intelligence Meets Education" at the JOIST Innovation Park was a great success

Our Director on AI & Human Rights, Lamprini Gftokosta, spoke at the JOIST Innovation Park in the event “Artificial Intelligence Meets Education” under the auspices of the Regional Directorate of Education of Thessaly!

We would like to thank JOIST and its representative, Ms. Katerina Diminikou, as well as Mr. Nikos Zervas, Director of Secondary Education of Larissa for the invitation to participate in their event, and the more than 200 teachers who were there.

Homo Digitalis spoke about digital literacy, the provisions of the AI Act for education and our experiences in secondary schools in the country. Of course, the active presence was also given by Homo Digitalis member in Larissa, Anastasios Arampatzis, who spoke about The Glassroom Misinformation Exhibition and the detection of deepfakes!”

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