Denia Kanellopoulou moderates PHAROS session at LDS Country Workshop in Greece
On 9 December 2025, Dr Denia Kanellopoulou represented NCSR “DEMOKRITOS” as moderator during the session “Pharos, the Greek AI Factory: synergies for enabling excellence in Greek AI” at the European Language Data Space (LDS) Country Workshop in Athens.\n\n The workshop brought together experts from industry, public administration, and research to discuss the importance of language data for developing language technologies and AI-based tools in Greece. During the session, panelists from government, academia, and industry explored strategies for fostering AI excellence and collaboration in the national ecosystem.
The panel co-moderated by Dr. Denia Kanellopoulou and Dimitris Alexandrou (UBITECH) featured a distinguished group of experts from across the Greek AI ecosystem. Participants included Yannis Mastrogeorgiou (Special Secretary for Strategic Foresight), Vangelis Karkaletsis (Director of NCSR Demokritos), and Vassilis Katsouros (Director of ILSP, Athena RC). They were joined by Prof. Nectarios Koziris (NTUA), Prof. Panos Louridas (AUEB & GRNET), Afrodite Sevasti (Growthfund), and Kyriakos Tolias (National Documentation Centre).
Denia’s questions to the panelists facilitated the discussions on synergies, AI readiness, and innovation pathways, highlighting the collaborative role of PHAROS AI Factory in supporting Greece’s AI landscape. \n\n AI4IA team was engaged in networking discussions during the event breaks to initiate collaborations with other initiatives, as well as private and public sector actors in Greece.
The LDS Country Workshop in Athens was part of a strategic European initiative aimed at establishing a central European Language Data Space. The main goal was to show how collecting and sharing quality Greek language data can help develop better AI tools. By fostering a robust data ecosystem, the initiative enables the development of large-scale AI models (LLMs), ensuring it remains competitive in the global AI landscape.
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