10th International Summer School on Digital Government - opengov2023

SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING - Department of Information and Communication Systems Engineering
26 Jun 2023 to 30 Jun 2023
Samos

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 opengov2023 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 2023 Summit for the first 3 days. The sessions of the Samos Summit have been indicated in the programme below. Additional lectures will be held every day only for the students of the opengov2023 summer school. 

 

The OpenGov2023 Agenda

 

CEST 9.00-10.30 11.00-12.30 13.30-15.00
EEST 10.00-11.30 12.00-13.30 14.30-16.00
  Session 1 Session 2 Session 3

Day 1

Monday, June 26

Samos Summit Session 1: Introduction to Samos 2023 Summit
Chair: Yannis Charalabidis, Professor, University of the Aegean, Greece
Samos Summit Session 2: Innovative Digital Ecosystems
Chair: Enrico Ferro, Links Foundation, Italy
Samos Summit Session 3: Workshop on Citizen Science Air Quality - the COMPAIR Project
Chair: Harris Alexopoulos, Senior Researcher, University of the Aegean, Greece
Welcome by the Mayor
Dimitris Liberis, Mayor of Western Samos
Welcome by the Greek Government
Dimosthenis Anagnostopoulos, General Secretary of Information Systems of the Greek Government
Governments in the era of Metaverse: Opportunities and Challenges
Sehl Mellouli, Professor, Laval University, Canada
Ιntroduction by Lieven Raes, Smart City advisor & consortium coordinator at Information Flanders, Belgium
Introduction to Samos 2023 Summit and OpenGov Summer School and Tour de Table
Yannis Charalabidis, Professor, University of the Aegean, Greece
Innovation Management for Climate Neutrality: The Climaborough Project
Enrico Ferro, Links Foundation, Italy
Hands-on Experience on the CompAir Tools and the Carbon Footprin Simulation Dashboard
Christos Karelis, PhD Researcher, University of the Aegean, Greece

Keynote Speech 1: Innovative Technologies and Uptake: The digiGOV-innoHUB
Theodoros G. Karounos, Head of the Executive Board of the GRNET, European Digital Innovation Hub for Digital Governance, Greece

Fostering the Digitisation of the Public sector and Green Transition in Europe through the use of an Innovative European GovTech Platform
Francesco Mureddu, Director, Lisbon Council, EU
Evaluation of the Carbon Footprint Simulation DashboardE
Harris Alexopoulos, Senior Researcher, University of the Aegean, Greece
Digital and Resilient: Digital Government and the Other Twin Transition
Tomasz Janowski, Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland; Guest Professor, Danube University Krems, Austria
 

Day 2

Tuesday, June 27

Samos Summit Session 4: Worldwide Initiatives for Digital Transformation and Interoperability
Chair: Yannis Charalabidis
Samos Summit Session 5: AI and NLP Approaches for Governance
Chair: Euripides Loukis, Professor, University of the Aegean, Greece
Keynote Speech 2: Working in Digital Public Sector Organizations
Noella Edelmann, Senior Researcher, Danube University Krems, Austria
EU Interoperability Academy
Andrea Halmos: Deputy Head of Unit & Victoria Kalogirou: Programme Manager/Seconded National Expert/ Project Manager -Interoperability Unit, DG DIGIT, European Commission
AI Capacity in Public Administrations & Value Creation with AI
Colin van Noordt, PhD Researcher, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia

Samos Summit Session 6: Workshop on Chatbot Technology - The PYTHIA Project
Chair: Zoi Lachana, PhD Researcher, University of the Aegean, Greece

“Interoperability Maturity Tools”: A unified package to measure the interoperability maturity of digital public services”
Irene Matzakou, Manager, Deloitte Greece
Monitoring a National Healthcare Service System: NLP for Policymaking
Nina Rizun, Assistant Professor, Gdańsk University of Technology, Fahrenheit Universities, Poland

The PYTHIA Project Introduction
Giorgos Karamanolis, CEO, Crowdpolicy Ltd., Greece

Experiences from developing a Holistic Framework for Integrated Public Services
Noemi Milo, Consultant at Deloitte, Italy

Chatbots for public services : Possibilities and Challenges
Moinul Zaber, Senior Academic Fellow, United Nations University, Portugal

Hands-on Experience on the PYTHIA Platform
Thodoris Papadopoulos, Zoi Lachana, PhD Researchers, University of the Aegean, Greece

MGOV4EU: Drivers and Barriers for Mobile Government and Cross-border Service Interoperability
Thomas Lampoltshammer, Assistant Professor, Deputy Head of the Centre for E-Governance, Danube University Krems, Austria
The Sectoral Impact of Private Messaging in Asia
Dionisis Kolokotsas, Director of Public Policy, Asia-Pacific, Whatsapp
Practical Applications of AI to Enhance Government Operations
Linda Bower, Self-employed Independent Consultant, USA
Evaluation of the Pythia Tools
Harris Alexopoulos, Senior Researcher, University of the Aegean, Greece

Day 3

Wednesday, June 28

Session 7: Workshop on New Research Ideas Summer School Session Summer School Session
Workshop on Research Project Opportunities (Interactive Session)
Harris Alexopoulos, Yannis Charalabidis, University of the Aegean, Greece
Mohsan Ali, Maria Ioanna Maratsi, PhD Researchers, University of the Aegean, Greece
Lecture on Digital Governance - Overview and Future Directions - Artificial Intelligence
Euripidis Loukis, Professor, University of the Aegean, Greece
Lecture on Research Methods in Digital Governance
Thomas Lampoltshammer, Assistant Professor, Danube University Krems, Austria

Day 4

Thursday, June 29

Summer School Session Summer School Session Summer School Session
Hands-on Workshop on Interoperability Maturity Tools
Irene Matzakou, Manager, Deloitte Greece
Innovation Management in the Public Sector
Enrico Ferro, Links Foundation, Italy
Workshop, Develop and Discuss with students use-case Scenarios for i-Voting Applications within the Higher Educational Institutions (HEI) sector
Thomas Lampoltshammer, Assistant Professor, Deputy Head of the Centre for E-Governance, Danube University Krems, Austria

Summer School Special Session

CEST 15.30 - 17.00
EEST 16.30 - 18.00

Open Data Future Directions
Héctor Ochoa Ortiz, PhD Researcher, University of Camerino, Italy
Liubov Pilshchikova, PhD Researcher, TUDelft, The Netherlands,
Georgios Papageorgiou, PhD Researcher, University of the Aegean & Huffington Post, Greece
Umair Ahmed, PhD Researcher, University of Camerino, Italy
Mohsan Ali, PhD Researcher, University of the Aegean, Greece
Maria Ioanna Maratsi, PhD Researcher, University of the Aegean, Greece

Day 5

Friday, June 30

Summer School Session Summer School Session Summer School Session

Evaluation Methodologies in Digital Governance
Dimitris Sarantis, Postdoctoral Researcher, United Nations University

Interoperability Academy Workshop
Bernard Claes, Victoria Kalogirou. Programme Managers, Interoperable Europe Academy, DG DIGIT, European Commission

Workshop Facilitators: Katarina Manojlovic, Chysanthi Christodoulaki, Ludovic Mayot. Trasys International Luxembourg - Interoperable Europe Academy

Discussion on the New Ways of Working in Digital Public Sector Organizations
Noella Edelmann, Senior Researcher, Danube University Krems, Austria

Discussion on Research Projects (Assignment: Draft an abstract) - 30 min.
Harris Alexopoulos, Senior Researcher, University of the Aegean, Greece

 

 

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