Speech by Homo Digitalis at the 9th Conference of Young Lawyers in Thessaloniki

ELSA Thessaloniki and the Association of Trainee and Young Lawyers of Thessaloniki (EANDiTh) are organizing the 9th Conference of Young Lawyers today and tomorrow at the Thessaloniki Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

It is a great honor for Homo Digitalis to participate in this event, and we sincerely thank the organizers for their kind invitation.

More specifically, tomorrow, November 1, from 10:45 to 12:15, during the first panel of the day entitled “Contemporary Issues of Liability in the Digital World,” our member Melina Skondra will speak.
She is a Lawyer admitted to the Supreme Court, DPO, CIPP/E, and holds an MSc in Law & Informatics (University of Macedonia), with unique specialization in relevant fields.
The title of her presentation is “GDPR & Compensation.”

The line-up of the other speakers includes:

  • Spiros Tassis, POTAMITISVEKRIS (TMT, Data & IP), Chairman of the Hellenic Data Protection and Privacy Association, and Member of the Board of the European Federation of Data Protection Officers (EFDPO)

  • Athanasios-Antonios Leontaris, Lawyer / Legal Counsel and Industry Fellow at the Institute for the Future, University of Nicosia

  • Pavlos Salonikidis, Lawyer admitted to the Courts of Appeal, holder of an LL.M. in International and European Legal Studies, Faculty of Law, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

We look forward to seeing you there!

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Speech by Homo Digitalis at an event of the Global Shapers Thessaloniki Hub on AI

It is a great pleasure for Homo Digitalis to participate in the Global Shapers Thessaloniki Hub event series, “Coffee with Shapers”!

The theme of the event is AI & Human Rights and it will take place on Saturday, November 1, 2025, from 16:30 to 20:00, at OKTHESS.

Homo Digitalis will be represented by our members Evi Fotopoulou and Dimos Kostoulas.

Admission is free, and the registration form is available here.

We would like to warmly thank the organizing team and Emily Fisher for the kind invitation!

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Homo Digitalis speaks at the 1st Seminar of the GNCHR Educational Seminar Series on “Artificial Intelligence: Levels of Protection”

With great success and active public participation, on Monday, September 29, 2025, the opening event of the Educational Seminar Series of the Greek National Commission for Human Rights (GNCHR) took place in the event hall of the Athens Bar Association (DSA), under the theme:
“The Next Day of Rights: Artificial Intelligence – Sustainability – Securitization.”

Homo Digitalis had the great honor of contributing with a presentation in the first seminar of the series, titled “Artificial Intelligence: Levels of Protection.”

Opening remarks were delivered by Marinetta Gounari–Chatzisarantou, Vice President of the Athens Bar Association, while the event was moderated by Giannis Ioannidis, First Vice President of the GNCHR.
Speakers at the seminar included, in order:

  • Sofia Kastranta, Senior Legal Advisor, Special Legal Service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

  • Dr. Efrosini Siougle, Expert Scientist in Informatics, Head of the Advisory and Compliance Mechanisms Department of the Hellenic Data Protection Authority

  • Eleftherios Chelioudakis, LL.M, M.Sc, Lawyer and Executive Director of Homo Digitalis

  • Dr. Christos Tsevas, Expert Scientist of the GNCHR

We warmly thank the Greek National Commission for Human Rights for the kind invitation to participate!
You can watch the full event here.

The second seminar will take place at the Athens Bar Association on Monday, October 13, from 17:00 to 19:00, on the topic: “Artificial Intelligence: Rights.”
Find more information here.

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We give a lecture on AI ACT at company bora

Tomorrow, June 20, Homo Digitalis will give a talk-seminar on AI Act before the workforce and partners of the company bora.

Specifically, Homo Digitalis’ AI & Human Rights Manager, Lamprini Gyftokosta, in a 1-hour web presentation in English, will take a deep dive into the important provisions of the new legislation and discuss relevant compliance challenges with the audience!

Many thanks to bora for the kind invitation to host this seminar, and especially to Anastasios Arampatzis, Joe Pettit & David Turner!

You can learn more about bora here.

If you would also like to invite Homo Digitalis to provide a relevant seminar to your employees, you can express your interest at info@homodigitalis.gr