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LDS Country Workshop in Greece

The European Language Data Space is bringing together experts from the Greek Industry, Public Administration and Research to discuss the importance of language data for the development of Language Technologies and AI-based tools in Greece.

  • digital single market | large language model | natural language processing | artificial intelligence
  • Tuesday 9 December 2025, 09:30 - 16:00 (EET)
  • Athens, Greece

Programme

  1. 9 Dec 2025, 09:30 - 10:00 (EET)
    Registrations
  2. 10:00 - 10:10 (EET)
    Opening remarks

    Local organiser

  3. 10:10 - 10:30 (EET)
    Welcome message by the Ministry
  4. 10:30 - 10:45 (EET)
    The Digital Europe Programme and the Common European Language Data Space

    Philippe Gelin, Head of Sector Multilingualism, DG CONNECT, European Commission

  5. 10:45 - 11:05 (EET)
    European Language Data Space: developing a market for language data and services and benefitting from a joint European effort

    Stelios Piperidis, Athena RC, LDS Consortium

  6. 11:05 - 11:25 (EET)
    The Greek national strategy for public data and AI

    Vassilis Karkatzounis, Special Secretary for AI and Data Governance, Ministry of Digital Governance and AI

  7. 11:25 - 11:45 (EET)
    Coffee break
  8. 11:45 - 12:00 (EET)
    The value chain of language data in AI models development

    Vassilis Katsouros, Director, ILSP, Athena RC

  9. 12:00 - 13:15 (EET)
    How ready is Greece for a Greek language data market? (Panel session)

    Moderators: Maria Giagkou, Stelios Piperidis (ILSP, Athena RC)

    Panelists: 
    Fay Makantasi, Research Director, diaNEOsis
    Aris Markou, General Manager, Association of Innovative Applications Enterprises of Greece 
    Alexandros Melidis, Director, GFOSS - Open Technologies Alliance
    Chrysa Nikolaou, Director General, National Library of Greece 
    Alexandros Nousias, Executive Director AI Law & Ethics, NCSR Demokritos  
    George Papanikolaou, CEO, Media2day Publishing SA
    George Andrew Zannos, Managing Director, Organization for the Collective Management of Literary Works (OSDEL)
     

  10. 13:15 - 14:15 (EET)
    Light lunch
  11. 14:15 - 15:30 (EET)
    Pharos, the Greek AI Factory: synergies for enabling excellence in Greek AI

    Moderators: Denia Kanellopoulou (NCSR "Demokritos"), Dimitris Alexandrou (UBITECH)

    Panelists: 
    Yannis Mastrogeorgiou, Special Secretary for Strategic Foresight, Government of Greece 
    Vangelis Karkaletsis, Director, NCSR Demokritos 
    Vassilis Katsouros, Director, ILSP, Athena RC
    Nectarios Koziris, Professor, National Technical University of Athens 
    Panos Louridas, Professor,  Athens University of Economics and Business & GRNET
    Afrodite Sevasti, CTO, Growthfund - The National Fund of Greece 
    Kyriakos Tolias, Director, National Documentation Centre 

  13. 15:30 - 16:00 (EET)
    Discussion – Conclusions

Practical information

When
Tuesday 9 December 2025, 09:30 - 16:00 (EET)
Where
Ministry of Digital Governance
Fragkoudi 11 & Al. Pandou, Kallithea, 17671 Athens, Greece
Languages
Greek, English

Description

LDS Country Workshop in Greece
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