Archimedes Participates at the AI-Dialogues 2025 Workshop in Methoni, Messenia
On Saturday, 20 September 2025, from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm, a workshop titled "Artificial Intelligence: Pandora's Box or Amalthea's Horn?" will take place at the Kapodistrian School of Methoni, Greece.
The event aims to introduce key concepts of artificial intelligence and to draw attention to its impact on society. As the organizers mention: "Artificial intelligence is one of the most exciting and revolutionary technologies of our time. It refers to the ability of machines to mimic human cognitive functions such as learning, reasoning, problem-solving, and decision making."
The event talks will be the following:
- "Artificial Intelligence and Education" - Professor Timos Sellis
Director of Archimedes Research Unit, Athena Research Center, Greece - "Living with Artificial Intelligence: How It Is Already Changing Our World" - Dr. Katerina Pastra
Founder and Head of the Language & Robots Lab and Lead Researcher at the Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP), Athena Research Center, Greece, and President of the Hellenic Artificial Intelligence Association (EETN) - "The Power of the Authentic Voice in the Age of Artificial Intelligence" - Mr. Manolis Andriotakis
Contributing Author at Kathimerini newspaper, author of several books, and producer of numerous documentaries - "Ethical Challenges in Emerging Technologies: The Case of Artificial Intelligence" - Dr. Eleni Spyrakou
Senior Researcher at the Research Lab of Advanced, Composite, Nano Materials & Nanotechnology (R-NanoLab) at the School of Chemical Engineering (Department of Materials Science and Engineering) of National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece
Organizers of this event are Dr. Georgia (Yuli) Koutrika, Research Director and Group Leader at the DARELab, Athena Research Center, Greece, and Mr. Antonis Tsirigos, President of the Association Of Friends Of Methoni Castle, Greece, and author. Event Partners are the Athena Research Center, Greece, the Association of Friends of Methoni Castle, Greece, the Region of Peloponnese gov.gr, and Archimedes Research Unit, part of the Athena Research Center, Greece. The event is kindly sponsored by the Captain Vassilis & Carmen Constantakopoulos Foundation.
