Homo Digitalis' speech on Artificial Intelligence at an event organized by the Youth Council of the Stavros Niarchos Cultural Center

This Sunday 4/2 at 17:00-19:00 (free entrance without registration) the Youth Council of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) is organizing and curating a series of 4 short talks on AI at the Book Tower of the National Library of Greece!

Homo Digitalis was invited to speak on issues of intellectual property and legal personality of AI based on the latest developments where newspapers, artists and authors are suing companies like Open AI.

We will be represented at the event by AI & Human Rights Director Lamprini Gyftokosta.

The aim of the event is to have an open discussion with the audience and not just a monologue by the speakers! We look forward to seeing you in person and discussing these and many other topics with them:

-Panagiotis Koromilas, PhD candidate at the National Centre for Physical Sciences Research “Demokritos” NCSR “DEMOKRITOS”
-Orfeas Menis Mastromichalakis, PhD candidate and researcher at the Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence and Learning Systems of the National Technical University of Athens and
-Maria Mavropoulou , visual artist

 


Participation of Homo Digitalis in the 3rd LAW FORUM ON DATA PROTECTION

We are pleased to announce that two representatives of Homo Digitalis will speak at the 3rd LAW FORUM ON DATA PROTECTION, organized by CLEON Conferences & Communications on Thursday 8/2/2024 in Athens!

Our Director of Human Rights & Artificial Intelligence, Lambrini Gyftokosta, and our Vice President of the Board of Directors, Stefanos Vitoratos, will participate in the panel discussions and talk to the other speakers and the audience!

We are honored that for the third consecutive year, the conference is held under the auspices of Homo Digitalis and other major players in the field, such as the Hellenic Association of Data Protection and Privacy , ISC2 Hellenic Chapter, PA.SY.S.DI.K. HARIMA, Association of Compliance Officers in Greece – ASCO Greece and DPO Network.

More information can be found on the organizer’s website here.

 


We participated in the DFF's Berlin event on the use of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights in our legal actions

Last week we participated in the workshop organised by DFF in Berlin focusing on the importance of using the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights in our legal actions!

DFF launched the digiRISE project to raise awareness of the potential of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights in defending and protecting digital rights.
The workshop was attended by Privacy International, Access Now, Share Foundation and many other civil society organisations.

Homo Digitalis was represented by Elpida Vamvaka, President of the Board of Homo Digitalis.

Many congratulations to the DFF team for the organization!

 


Request for a meeting at the Ministry of Digital Governance for AI ACT

On Friday 29/9, Homo Digitalis requested a meeting before the Minister of Digital Governance, Mr. Dimitris Papastergiou, in the context of the trilateral negotiations taking place at EU level for the adoption of the proposed AI Act. In addition to our request for a meeting with the Minister, we attach a one-page statement, in which we briefly set out the specific issues we wish to discuss in more detail with him.

Our aim is to present to the Minister and to the Greek Government’s representation at EU Council level our views on the proposed provisions in more detail and to learn more about Greece’s positions in the trilateral consultations already taking place.

 


Now you can watch our talk at CPDP2023

Would you like to watch what Homo Digitalis said at the CPDP Conferences 2023, but you were not there??

No problem! The presentation of Stergios Konstantinou, who represented us, is freely available!

You can watch it here.

 


Our third speech at the CPDP was a success

Last Friday we spoke at the workshop “The Right of Access to Police Databases” organized by Vrije Universiteit Brussel in the framework of CPDP Conferences 2023, next to representatives of EDPS – European Data Protection Supervisor , Europol and Université Saint-Louis – Bruxelles!!

Homo Digitalis was represented by Stergios Konstantinou, talking about our relevant actions / cases and the legal framework in Greece and Cyprus!

We would like to thank the organizers for the kind and honorable invitation and their interest in our actions!

 


Our participation in the 8th Data Privacy & Protection Conference 2023

Homo Digitalis has the great pleasure and honor to participate in the 8th Data Privacy & Protection Conference 2023, on 31/05, at OTE Academy Amphitheatre!

There we will talk about Homo Digitalis’ actions before the DPA, giving a brief overview of our cases on Electronic Communications Metadata Preservation, Biometric Data Bases, Artificial Intelligence Systems, and much more!

We would like to thank the organizers BOUSSIAS, LAWYER | The Business Magazine for their honorary invitation and interest in our activities, as well as for providing a number of free invitations for our members!

Homo Digitalis will be represented in our presentation by our Board Secretary Eleftherios Chelioudakis

You can register and see the detailed agenda of the conference here.

 


Homo Digitalis speaks for the 3rd consecutive year at RightsCon

Homo Digitalis speaks for the third consecutive year at RightsCon, the largest international conference for the protection of Human Rights in the modern digital age!

This year we are hosting our own session entitled “How to beat a Centaur? A closer look into technology-led border management in Greece”, in which we will talk about the use of new technologies, such as the KENTAYROS surveillance system, in the field of border management in Greece.

More than 1850 applications were received from organisations in 132 countries. The selection of our proposal by the organisers is a great honour and is another important recognition of our actions and our contribution to the protection of digital rights at an international level.

Our Board Secretary, Eleftherios Chelioudakis, will represent us at the session. We would like to thank the organizers for accepting our proposal!

RightsCon2023, organized by Access Now for the twelfth time this year, will take place with a physical presence in Costa Rica, while online participation is also possible. You can register and learn more about the program here.

 


Our speech at REDA 2023 at the European University Cyprus

The important international conference REDA 2023 (Regulation and Enforcement in the Digital Age) is taking place on May 5th at the European University Cyprus!

There our member and lawyer Stergios Konstantinou will participate with a speech in the thematic session “EDPB: Binding Dispute Resolution on the WhatsApp case”.

You can find out more information about the conference programme and the free registration to attend the conference in person here.