We are involved in the organization of the International Conference on eGovernment and the International Conference on eParticipation since their start. We are also organizing workshops, panels, and tutorials in scientific conferences. We regularly speak at events, seminars, and forums. An indicative list with some of our relevant activities follows:
Invited Presentations
24/05/2024
Invited speech on the 2nd Interdisciplinary Conference “Law and Informatics” entitled “The use of digital assistants to serve the citizen“.
26/04/2024
Invited speech the “3rd Conference on Innovation and New Technologies in Local Government” entitled “Integrated Public Services“.
13/12/2022
Invited speech European Commission at a conference on the use of artificial intelligence in the field of justice entitled “AI-powered chatbots and tools facilitating access to information“.
29/11/2022
Invited speech at a seminar of the Research Ethics and Ethics Committee organized by the UoM library.
01/11/2022
Invited speech at the opening event of the “Civil Society – Public Bodies Network for Open Government” of the WeOpenGov project.
06/05/2022
Invited speech at a seminar of the Research Ethics and Ethics Committee organized by the UoM library.
14/10/2021
Invited speech at the 2nd IT conference of the regions of Greece. Speech topic: “Co-creation of Integrated Public Services: The inGov project“.
21/01/2021
Invited speech at an event of the UoM Research Ethics and Ethics Committee.
25/02/2020
Invited speech at the “Learning before Studying” event at UoM for the presentation of the Applied Informatics department to students.
24/01/2020
Invited speech at the information event “Ethics and Ethics in Research Day” at UoM on the topic “Issues of self-evaluation and evaluation of research proposals“.
24/01/2020
Invited speech at the information event “Ethics and Ethics in Research Day” at UoM on the topic “Issues of self-evaluation and evaluation of research proposals“.
11/10/2019
Invited speech at the information day “Ethics and Ethics in Research and European Research Council (ERC) – Frontier Research Grants” at UoM on the topic “Managing ethical issues in research proposals“.
02/02/2018
Invited speech at the Second Chance School of Nigrita Penitentiary on the topic “New Technologies“.
10/11/2017
Presentation at the University of Macedonia booth within the framework of the 82nd TIF on the topic “E-Government and E-Learning. Open data – Use of new technologies in public administration and education“.
05/11/2017
Keynote speaker at the IFIP EFOV/ePart international conference co-organized with the EGOSE conference (St. Petersburg, Russia). Title “Creating Value using Open Statistical Data”.
15/06/2016
Invited speech entitled “ERC actions from the perspective of an evaluator” at the conference on the European Research Council (ERC) program in Horizon 2020 organized by the EKT and the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Thessaloniki to inform interested parties.
19/05/2016
Keynote speaker at the international conference CEDEM 2016 (Krems, Austria). Title: “Multidimensional Open Government Data”.
13/04/2016
Invited speech (via videoconference) entitled “Typical ethics issues in H2020 ICT proposals” at the workshop “Ethics pre-screening for H2020 projects” organized by the European Commission, Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content & Technology (DG Connect) in Brussels for the information of its executives (project officers).
09/06/2016
Invited speech (via videoconference) entitled “Typical ethics issues in H2020 ICT proposals” at the workshop “Ethics pre-screening for H2020 projects” organized by the European Commission, Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content & Technology (DG Connect) in Brussels for the information of its executives (project officers).
12/01/2016
Invited speech (via videoconference) at the workshop “Ethics in ICT Project Proposals” organized by the IdealIST 2018 Project of National Contact Points (NCPs) for ICT in Horizon 2020 for its members.
27/11/2015
Invited talk entitled “Big data in social sciences and IT developments” at the workshop “Ethics in research – new challenges from the Social sciences” organized by the European Research Council (ERC) in Brussels.
01/09/2015
Interview on TV100 for the IFIP EGOV/ePart 2015 conference.
01/09/2015
Live interview on the municipal radio station for the IFIPEGOV/ePart2015 conference.
08/05/2015
Presentation entitled “Open statistical data management technologies” within the framework of the 2nd Technology Forum in Thessaloniki.
28/04/2015
Invited presentation entitled “Linked Statistical Open Government Data” at Orebro University in Sweden.
26/02/2015
Presentation at Kalamari High School at a School Career Guidance Day.
11/11/2014
Guest on the live TV show “Listen and See” on TV100.
09/11/2014
Reported in the “Good News of the Day” section of the evening news bulletin of the SKAI television station.
24/10/2014
Television connection with the live show “Tora” on SKAI station.
02/06/2014
Presentation at the 1st Lyceum of Sykies on the topic “Modern Trends in the Internet and Social Media“.
28/02/2011
Telephone interview on the television station “Macedonia TV”.
07/12/2010
Invited presentation at the “eParticipation event” organized by the European Commission in Brussels.
21/10/2010
Invited speech entitled “Ethical Issues in the Project Evaluation Process within the 7th Framework Programme: Addressing the Challenges of Marie Curie Actions” at the information event “Presentation of the Specific Programme “PEOPLE” 7th Framework Programme of the European Commission” organized by the General Secretariat for Research and Technology and CERTH in Thessaloniki.
10/2010
Invited presentation at Money Show 2010, Thessaloniki, Greece.
11/2010
Invited presentation at the 2nd Commando Unit, Naoussa, Greece.
13/02/2009
Invited presentation at the Greek Ministry of Interior entitled “One-Stop e-Government and Connected Governance“
22/10/2008
Invited presentation at the ICT Global Forum, Athens, Greece.
06/07/2008
Invited presentation at the ePSI plus event, London, UK.
19/07/2004
Invited presentation at the EKDDA, Thessaloniki, Greece.
12/05/2004
Invitation to present the eGov project at ECe-gov success stories, Brussels, Belgium.
16/01/2004
Invited presentation at the Greek Ministry of Public Administration and Decentralization.
10/12/2003
Invited presentation at the Public Sector Information (PSI) event, Corfu, Greece.
26/06/2001
Panel member at the 14th Bled e-commerce conference, Bled, Slovenia.
Participation in Events
7/10/2021
Participation in the panel “We need to talk about data – and the society we want to build with it” within the ICEGOV conference, Athens, Greece.
9/7/2016
Organising a workshop “Linked Open Data” within the conference droidcon, Thessaloniki, Greece.
18/5/2015
Organising a workshop “Open Cube Workshop on Linked Statistics” within School of Data (organization: OKFN), Thessaloniki, Greece.
12/3/2015
Organising a workshop “Semantic Linked Data Statistics” within the conference “New Techniques and Technologies for Statistics (NTTS)”, Brussels, Belgium.
22/04/2008
Organising a workshop “Customer-centric public service provision” within eeeGOVdays conference, Prague, Czech Republic.
22/11/2006
Invited speech on “Networking eParticipation Researchers and Practitioners” within the IST event, Helsinki, Finland
27/10/2006
Organising a workshop “The eParticipation Research Challenges” within eChallenges 2006, Conference, Barcelona.
23/03/2006
Organising a workshop “eGovernment Case Studies” and “eGovernment Technologies” within the eGovINTEROP ’06 Conference, Bordeaux, France.
EGOV/ePart Conference Events
2023
Organising a workshop “Integrated Public Service Co-Creation and Provision: Guidelines and Lessons Learnt“
2022
Organising a workshop “The Implementation of Co-creation Principles and Sustainable Outcomes“
2021
Organising a workshop “Conceptual Models for Integrated Public Service Co-Creation and Provision“
2016
Organising a workshop “Open Statistical Data: Potential and Challenges“
2015
Organising a workshop “Create, Expand and Exploit Linked Open Statistical Data“
2010
Organising a workshop “On the Use of Argument Visualisation Tools to Support Policy Formulation“
2009
Organising a workshop “Is eParticipation the saviour, a threat or irrelevant to the future of European democracy? What works, what does not and what to do next“
dg.o Conference Events
2022
Organising a workshop “Framework for Integrated Public Services Co-Creation and Sustainability“, Online.
2017
Organising a workshop “Methods and Tools for Publishing and Reusing Linked Open Statistical Data“, NY, USA.
2017
Participation in the panel “Once Only Principle: Benefits, Barriers and Next Steps“, NY, USA.
2008
Tutorial “Modeling Public Administration Services Using the Governance Enterprise Architecture (GEA) Framework“, Montreal, Canada.
European Conference on Information Systems (as AIS eGovernment SIG)
2014
Organising a workshop “Rethinking Information Systems in the Public Sector: Bridging Academia and Public service“
2013
Organising a workshop “Digital Public Sector Evolution: Big Data, Smart Cities, and Open Innovation“
European Interoperability Study (MODINIS eEurope action)
30/01/2007
Organising a workshop “Key success factors and recommendations on interoperability at regional and local level“, Brussels, Belgium.
24/11/2006
Organising a workshop “Cases providing common infrastructure for Local and Regional eGovernment services” within the European iSummit Conference, Valencia, Spain.
26/09/2006
Organising a workshop “Good Practice on Interoperability in Administrative Practice at Local and Regional Level: Examples from electronic Identification (eID) and eInvoicing/eProcurement Services“, Helsinki, Finland.
12/07/2006
Organising a workshop “Good Practice on Interoperability at Local and Regional Level: Case studies of regional and inter-regional shared eGovernment“, Rome, Italy.
19/04/2006
Organising a workshop “Semantic Interoperability by Example: Experiences from Italy, Denmark, The Netherlands and Sweden” within eeeGov Days conference, Prague, Czech Republic.
09/02/2006
Organising a workshop “Workshop on Good Practice on Interoperability at Local and Regional Level. Examples of Semantic Interoperability in Austria and the United Kingdom“, Vienna, Austria.
14/09/2005
Organising a workshop “Good Practice on Interoperability in Administrative Practice at Local and Regional Level. Examples from Social Welfare and Registration Services“, Brussels, Belgium.
European eParticipation Study (eP Study)
29/9/2008
Organising a workshop “Case Studies and state of the art of eParticipation“, Brussels, Belgium.
16/5/2008
Organising a workshop “eParticipation in Europe: current state and potential“, Brussels, Belgium.