8th International Summer School on Digital Government - opengov2021
The OpenGov Summer School course is equivalent to 3 ECTS credits.
The courses will be offered in various online ways, including lectures, tutorials, collaborative workshops and discussions. Most importantly, the opengov2021 Summer School will include showcasing and hands-on experience with innovative platforms and services that are under development in a number of collaborative research projects.
Furthermore, the summer school programme follows the Samos 2021 Summit one for the first 3 days. The sessions of the Samos Summit have been indicated in the programme below. In addition, this year the summer school is organised in conjunction with the TODO research seminar covering the 2 final days. Additional lectures will be held every day only for the students of the opengov2021 summer school.
opengov2021 Programme
| CEST | 9.00-10.30 | 11.00-12.30 | 13.30-15.00 | 15.00-16.00 |
| EEST | 10.00-11.30 | 12.00-13.30 | 14.30-16.00 | 16.00-17.00 |
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Day 1 - Monday 28th of June 2021 |
Samos Summit Session 1: Introduction to the Samos 2021 Summit | Samos Summit Session 2: Artificial Intelligence in Governance | Samos Summit Session 3: Innovative Digital Ecosystems | Summer School Session |
| Introduction to Samos 2021 Summit and OpenGov Summer School Yannis Charalabidis, University of the Aegean, Greece |
Governing algorithms - Perils and powers of AI in the public sector |
Establishment of Sustainable Data Ecosystems Slim Turki, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), Luxembourg |
Lecture on Different Types of IS in Digital Government Euripidis Loukis, University of the Aegean, Greece |
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| Tour de table - Short Presentation of Speakers Yannis Charalabidis, University of the Aegean, Greece |
Artificial Intelligence (AI): Multidisciplinary perspectives on emerging challenges, opportunities, and agenda for research, practice and policy Yogesh Dwivedi, Swansea University, Wales |
Robotic process automation in local government: a system for efficiency, or just another system to handle? Ida Lindgren, Linköping University, Sweden |
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Keynote Speech: Responsible Use of AI in Governance |
Uncovering the Rules of Digital Government Automation Tomasz Janowski, University Gdansk, Poland and Danube University Krems, Austria |
Ethics in Digital Public Services Elsa Estevez, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina |
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| Approaches and use of AI in the public sector by the European Member States: Analysis of National AI Strategies Colin Van Noordt, University of Tallinn, Estonia |
AI Decision Making for Allocating Government Grant Funds Linda Bower, Digital Tranformation Consultant, USA |
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Day 2 - Tuesday 29th of June 2021 |
Samos Summit Session 4: Workshop on Legal Informatics | Samos Summit Session 5: Innovative Digital Public Services | Samos Summit Session 6: Workshop on Innovative Digital Public Services | Keynote Speech |
| Digital-ready policymaking and digital screening process. Irene Matzakou, Deloitte Greece, Greece Cecile Guasch, European Commission, Belgium |
Blockchain as Innovation Lever for a Better and More Inclusive Society Enrico Ferro, LINKS Foundation, Italy |
Towards building an observatory for innovative public services in Europe Georges Lobo, Peter Ulrich, European Commission, Belgium |
AI as a mean to better inform policy-makers: True or False? Sehl Mellouli, Laval University, Canada |
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| To regulate or not to regulate: opening the AI black box for parliaments Fotis Fitsilis, Hellenic Parliament, Greece |
Digital@KA - a marketplace for digital services in Karlsruhe Richard Wacker, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Germany |
Procurement of innovative public services |
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Towards innovative legislation drafting: LEOS and ManyLaws integration |
The implementation of European e-invoicing Directive and Standard in public procurement in Greece Antonis Stasis - Hellenic Ministry of Digital Governance, Greece |
Elements of Innovation in Digital Pubic Services and how to describe them (Interactive Session) |
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| Cross-border Digital Public Services: Challenges and Opportunities for New Services Robert Krimmer, University of Tartu, Estonia |
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Day 3 - Wednesday 30th of June 2021 |
Session 7: Digital Governance Skills | Session 8: Workshop on New research Ideas | Summer School Session | Summer School Session |
| Building Digital Governance Competencies: Baseline for a Curriculum and Master Programme Gabriela Viale Pereira - Danube University of Krems, Austria |
Responsible digital transformations Leif Skiftenes Flak, University of Agder, Norway |
Lecture on Research methods in Digital Governance Gabriela Viale Pereira - Danube University of Krems, Austria |
Team up and Issue identification Harris Alexopoulos, University of the Aegean, Greece |
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| Interoperability Academy as an enabler for advanced digital skills Victoria Kalogirou, Georges Lobo, European Commission, Belgium |
HORIZON Research Project Opprtunitites Vasiliki Diamantopoulou, University of the Aegean, Greece |
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| The evolution of the Interoperability concept: A European quest for simplicity and universality Joep Crompvoets, Cesar Casiano, Maxim Chantillon, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium |
Participants Interventions (Interactive Session) |
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| Project ETAPAS - Ethical Technology Adoption in Public Administration Service Francesco Murredu, Lisbon Council, Belgium |
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Day 4 - Thursday 1st of July 2021 |
TODO Research Seminar on Open Data & Ethics | TODO Research Seminar on Open Data Barriers and Evaluation | TODO Research Seminar on Open Data Research in the University of Zagreb | Summer School Session |
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Thickening Data and Ethics: From a Networked to an Entangled Paradigm |
An adapted Technology Acceptance framework in assessing user intention to the reuse of National Positioning Infrastructure data in Thailand Agriculture Warakan Supinajaroen, TU Delft, Netherlands |
Legal aspects of open data: from establishing rules and obligations to protecting privacy Anamarija Musa, Tihomir Katulić, University of Zagreb, Croatia |
Team work on research presentation Harris Alexopoulos, University of the Aegean, Greece |
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| Establishing an Open Data Platform. Insights from the Public Transport Industry in Sweden Hosea Ofe, TU Delft, Netherlands |
Multimodal Travel Choice Based on Traveller's Preferences Bia Mandžuka, Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, University of Zagreb, Croatia |
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| Using a game to change civil servants’ attitudes towards open data provision Fernando Kleiman, TU Delft, Netherlands |
Identifying and overcoming the barriers toward open geographical data for public undertakings Frida Boone, Utrecht University, Netherlands |
Open Data and Beyond: From Sharing Data to Sharing Models? Igor Čavrak, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb, Croatia |
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Day 5 - Friday 2nd of July 2021 |
TODO Research Seminar on Open Data Research in the University of Zagreb | Keynote Speech on Open Data | Discussion on current research projects in parallel break out rooms |
Summer School Wrap up Session Yannis Charalabidis, Harris Alexopoulos, University of the Aegean, Greece |
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Interdisciplinary application areas of open data Martina Tomičić Furjan, Nikolina Žajdela Hrustek, Igor Pihir, University of Zagreb, Croatia |
Keynote Speech on Open Data "Open Data developments in public administrations" Pierre Baviera, CEO, Derilinx, Ireland |
Parallel 1: Open Data related Research Moderators: Bastiaan Van Loenen, Frederika Welle Donker, Delft University of Technology |
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The key elements for the open data in agriculture in Croatia. Dragica Šalamon, Filip Varga, Alen Džidić, University of Zagreb, Croatia |
Keynote Speech on Open Data "From collecting and using data to sharing data publicly for reuse." Adriano Amaral, Programme and Product Manager, Derilinx, Ireland |
Parallel 2: Digital Government related Research |
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Geospatial Openness: Selected Research Topics of the Faculty of Geodesy Željko Bačić and Ana Kuveždić Divjak, University of Zagreb, Croatia |