Participation of Homo Digitalis in the “Copyright & Access in the Age of AI” event in Cyprus.
Homo Digitalis is delighted to participate as a speaker at the event organised on Monday, 11 May, in Nicosia by Knowledge Rights 21, the Foundation for Parliamentarism and Participatory Democracy (House of Representatives – Parliament of Cyprus), and the Cyprus Association of Librarians and Information Scientists (CALIS).
Distinguished speakers will discuss issues relating to the use of Artificial Intelligence technologies by modern libraries. Through its presentation, Homo Digitalis will focus on personal data protection, the prohibition of discrimination, and the environmental footprint of the use of large language models.
We warmly thank Knowledge Rights 21 for the invitation and inclusion. Homo Digitalis will be represented by our Executive Director, Eleftherios Chelioudakis.
We look forward to welcoming you to our event, “Data, Rights & Power: In the Age of AI Hype”.
Next Thursday, 14 May, we look forward to welcoming you from 18:00 to 21:00 at the Athens Bar Association (60 Akadimias Street) for Homo Digitalis’s event titled “Data, Rights & Power: In the Age of AI Hype”! Admission is free and no registration is required.
During the event, we will present our 2025 Annual Report, highlighting the organisation’s awareness-raising activities, advocacy initiatives, and legal actions throughout the past year.
In addition, we will host three Fireside Chats, where we will discuss and exchange views with the audience on our work in the field of Artificial Intelligence, specifically:
Fireside Chat No. 1: The Hellenic Police Smart Policing Programme: Key Lessons from HDPA Decision 45/2025 – Commentary by Polyna Sini.
Fireside Chat No. 2: The Use of LLMs in Education: OpenAI’s Collaboration with the Ministry of Education – Commentary by Tania Skrapaliory.
Fireside Chat No. 3: Smart Traffic Enforcement Cameras: Implementation Status and Compliance Challenges – Commentary by Stergios Konstantinou.
The event is organised with the support of the European AI & Society Fund. The sessions will be moderated by Eleftherios Chelioudakis, Executive Director of Homo Digitalis.
We look forward to seeing you there to discuss Artificial Intelligence and the latest developments concerning the Digital Omnibus and Digital Omnibus on AI packages, as well as how these developments affect the national implementation of the AI Act.
Interview of Homo Digitalis with WIRED Greece on the ban on social media use by children under the age of 15.
Homo Digitalis was delighted to participate in the first edition of WIRED Greece magazine!
More specifically, in April we shared our views in an article by journalist Vasilis Tatsiopoulos regarding the proposed measure of the Greek Government on banning the use of social media by children under the age of 15.
You can read the article here.
We would like to thank the journalist for his interest in our work and activities. Homo Digitalis was represented by our Executive Director, Eleftherios Chelioudakis.
Homo Digitalis successfully participated in a scientific online event on the Digital Omnibus package
On Thursday, February 26, 2026, Homo Digitalis had the honor of delivering a presentation at a scientific online event organized by the Society of Administrative Studies in collaboration with the European Laboratory for Bioethics, Technoethics and Law of Panteion University, on the topic of the European Commission’s proposals to amend provisions on personal data protection (Digital Omnibus).
Homo Digitalis was represented by Stefanos Vitoratos, while presentations were also delivered by Dr Giorgos Rousopoulos (Hellenic Data Protection Authority) and Dr Zoe Kardasiadou (Official at the European Commission, Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers).
The discussion was moderated by Dr. Fereniki Panagopoulou-Koutnatzi, Associate Professor at Panteion University, while opening remarks were delivered by Dimitrios Skaltsounis, President of the Society of Administrative Studies and former President of the Council of State.
We express our warm thanks to the organizers for the honorable invitation and for the opportunity they offered us to participate in a fruitful dialogue and a meaningful exchange of arguments and views.
Homo Digitalis successfully completed its participation in the AI & Ethics Conference
On Friday, February 20, Homo Digitalis had the great pleasure of speaking at the AI & Ethics Conference!
The conference panels sparked discussions with a critical perspective, while public institutions, the academic community, the market, and civil society exchanged ideas and views on how artificial intelligence can remain human-centered while also being compatible with the protection of Fundamental Rights.
We would like to warmly thank the organizers for their kind inclusion, KEAN – Cell of Alternative Youth Activities, as well as Raina Melissinou and Konstantinos Kechagias for their gracious invitation. Our team was represented by our Executive Director, Eleftherios Chelioudakis.
Homo Digitalis participates in the Panhellenic Conference “Hematology as an Interdisciplinary Meeting Point: From the Algorithm to the Human”
What does it mean to put the Human above the Algorithm? This question lies at the heart of the Panhellenic Conference “Hematology as an Interdisciplinary Meeting Point: From the Algorithm to the Human”, organized by the Interdisciplinary Society for Research in Hematology on March 26–28, 2026, in Ioannina.
Three days of free debates, AI workshops, interdisciplinary sessions, and open discussions on topics that are rarely spoken about openly — from toxic behavior in hospitals to patients’ rights in the age of data.
We warmly thank hematologist and Associate Professor of Hematology at the School of Health Sciences, Department of Medicine, University of Ioannina, Eleftheria Chatzimichail, for the honorable invitation to Homo Digitalis and other members of the Greek AI Network (GAIN) to participate.
Our member, Dimos Kostoulas, will represent Homo Digitalis at the event.
The countdown has begun, and we look forward to seeing you there!
Free registrations: https://ets.betterevents.live/form/diep2026
The presentation by Homo Digitalis was successfully completed as part of the SURE program
On February 16, Homo Digitalis delivered an educational presentation as part of the program “SURE – Strategies for Using Rights and Achieving Equality” and the conference “Experience Exchange Conference – Strategic Litigation Using EU Law and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights”.
The conference was organized by the Centre for Peace Studies (Centar za mirovne studije), Human Rights House Zagreb, and Green Action / Friends of the Earth Croatia, in collaboration with the Croatian Ombudswoman (Pučka pravobraniteljica) and the Justice and Environment network.
Our organization was represented by our Executive Director, Eleftherios Chelioudakis, who spoke about the case concerning the KENTAVROS and HYPERION systems.
We warmly thank the organizers, especially Cvijeta Senta and Ivan Novosel for their kind invitation, as well as Itxaso Domínguez de Olazábal and European Digital Rights for the opportunity to participate.
We celebrate Safer Internet Day with students
On February 10, we celebrated Safer Internet Day 2026 together with students from different countries, including Greece, Italy, and Turkey!
As part of the eTwinning project “D.A.Y.S. of Citizenship,” founded by the 5th Gymnasium of Kalamata and co-founded by the Italian school I.S. Andrea Torrente – Casoria (NA), we held an online discussion on:
▪️ social media and the way they are designed to capture the attention of both young people and adults, often leading to addiction,
▪️ the use of Artificial Intelligence to create deepfakes and the risks they entail,
▪️ cyberbullying, as well as the tools and practices available to help us protect ourselves effectively.
At the end of the presentation, we also played an educational quiz, putting into practice what we learned!
We warmly thank the teacher of the 5th Gymnasium of Kalamata, Tzina Mouselimi, for the kind invitation, as well as all the teachers who participated for their collaboration.
Homo Digitalis was represented by Eleftherios Chelioudakis.
