Pioneers for AI Initiatives

Changing tomorrow, today

In the context of the SciFY Academy initiative, SciFY and INNOVATHENS, welcome you to the 40th SciFY Academy with the subject “Pioneers for AI Initiatives: Changing tomorrow, today”, on Wednesday, January 15th, 2023, at 19:00, at INNOVATHENS (venue: Gazi, Athens).

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At a glance:

• We will actively participate in shaping AI systems that change our lives – without having to be an expert
• We will collaborate with innovative organizations in two workshops
• We will innovate in Entrepreneurship and Education.

Details about the event:

1st Section: Innovating for Society, Democracy, Entrepreneurship, and Education.

• Creating Pioneers for Artificial Intelligence in Greece: Mr. Vassilis Giannakopoulos, Marketing & Social Impact Manager at SciFY, will talk to us about the “Pioneers for Artificial Intelligence in Greece” Initiative, its results so far, and the next steps.
• Artificial Intelligence in Parliaments: Dr. Fotis Fitsilis, Hellenic Parliament, Scientific Service, with his valuable experience, will describe to us innovative initiatives that have been launched for the use of Artificial Intelligence in the Hellenic Parliament and in Parliaments of the World.
• Open Data, a “treasure” for innovating with Artificial Intelligence: Mr. Haris Vassiliou, co-coordinator of the Open Entrepreneurship and Innovation working group of HELLAC, will talk to us about how Artificial Intelligence systems utilize Open Data.
• 1st thematic Workshop “Strengthening Entrepreneurship with Artificial Intelligence”: Mr. Michalis Golias, IT Director of the Hellenic Development Bank in his presentation, will describe the entrepreneurship idea that we will deal with during the workshop: the creation of a portal that helps young entrepreneurs make better investment and business decisions by providing valuable information at the time they need it. The service will be provided to all free of charge.
• 2nd thematic Workshop “Participating in the World Competition of Artificial Intelligence for Students”:Mr. Andreas Karampelas, Researcher of AI-Lab, organizer of WAICY GREECE, και Dr. Georgios Vouros, Director of AI-Lab Department of Digital Systems University of Piraeus – Official Partner of WAICY, will talk to us about WAICY (World Artificial Intelligence Competition for Youth). WAICY is a global AI competition that encourages kids to use their knowledge of AI to create projects that solve real-world problems like climate change, human rights, global public health, etc.

2nd Section: Two parallel Workshops, with the aim of having the first results by their end.

• 1st thematic: “Strengthening Entrepreneurship with Artificial Intelligence”
• 2nd thematic: “Participating in the World Competition of Artificial Intelligence for Students”

When registering, the participants will select in which of the two workshops they wish to participate.

More information about the workshop

Two parallel Workshops, with the aim of having the first results by their end. When registering, the participants will select in which of the two workshops they wish to participate. See the two thematics descriptions below:

1st thematic Workshop “Strengthening Entrepreneurship with Artificial Intelligence”

Mr. Michalis Golias, IT Director of the Hellenic Development Bank, in his presentation, “Strengthening Entrepreneurship with Artificial Intelligence”, will describe:

• The Idea of entrepreneurship that we will deal with during the Workshop. It concerns the creation of a portal that helps young entrepreneurs make better investment and business decisions, providing valuable information the moment they need it.
• The Need is clear. Every day, young entrepreneurs design new business endeavors, trying to leverage whatever data is available. Unfortunately, all too often, while the data exists, it isn’t compiled and available in a usable way.
• By openly combining Open Data and Artificial Intelligence systems, our Goal is to create a platform where young entrepreneurs can ask their questions to make better business decisions. The service will be provided to all free of charge.
• In the Workshop that follows, we will plan together how such a portal should be shaped and what the role of artificial intelligence can be.

2η thematic Workshop “Participating in the World Competition of Artificial Intelligence for Students”

Mr. Andreas Karampelas, Researcher of AI-Lab, organizer of WAICY GREECE, and Dr. Georgios Vouros, Director of AI-Lab Department of Digital Systems University of Piraeus – Official Partner of WAICY, in the proposal “Participating in the World Competition of Artificial Intelligence for Students”, will talk to us about WAICY (World Artificial Intelligence Competition for Youth). WAICY is a global AI competition that encourages kids to use their knowledge of AI to create projects that solve real-world problems like climate change, human rights, global public health, etc. It is open to all students worldwide and is held once a year, either virtually or in person. They will also present us with:

• The Idea of entrepreneurship that we will deal with during the Workshop. It concerns the creation of a portal that helps young entrepreneurs make better investment and business decisions, providing valuable information the moment they need it.
• The Need is clear. Every day, young entrepreneurs design new business endeavors, trying to leverage whatever data is available. Unfortunately, all too often, while the data exists, it isn’t compiled and available in a usable way.
• By openly combining Open Data and Artificial Intelligence systems, our Goal is to create a platform where young entrepreneurs can ask their questions to make better business decisions. The service will be provided to all free of charge.
• In the Workshop that follows, we will plan together how such a portal should be shaped and what the role of artificial intelligence can be.

See the event’s program here

Workshop Structure: The Workshop will follow the following steps:

• Participants will be divided into 2 main working groups (Education and Entrepreneurship) according to the preferred topic of interest they selected upon registering.
• Each of these 2 working groups will be further divided into 3 sub-groups.
• Each sub-group will sit at a table where there will be an issue to analyze. They’ll study it for 15 minutes and record its main points on a Flip chart.
• After 15 minutes, the sub-groups will rotate, leaving behind a moderator to briefly explain to the next sub-group sitting at the table what was discussed by the previous sub-group. The newcomer subgroup will improve the approach that has already been made.
• This rotation will be done once more so that all sub-groups have gone through all three tables and discussed all the issues raised.
• At the end, the 2 main working groups will have ten minutes to prepare a mini-presentation with the main results of their work.

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The event is addressed to entrepreneurs, technologists, scientists, and educators, as well as students of the aforementioned fields. The event is also open to anyone interested in artificial intelligence, education, and entrepreneurship.

SciFY Academy is a series of educational activities open to all interested parties by the non-profit organization Science For You – SciFY for the free dissemination of knowledge. There are over 30,000 beneficiaries so far, and the actions continue.

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Event program: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jEjXFgu51fFEfFvHzgckJDiAXyG0NprUQQH8hK9EX68/edit?usp=sharing

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Despina Chalvatzi: dchalvatzi [at] scify [dot] org , 2114004192

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