SATURDAY
08/03/2025
09:45 - 10:00
MAIN SPEECH (will be held remotely via the Teams platform

Greeting

George Linardatos
B.Sc., M.Sc., C.Eng., General Director of Avgouleas-Linardatou Schools
10:00 - 10:30
MAIN SPEECH (to be held remotely via the Teams platform)

VR in the Classroom: A Window to New Worlds of Learning

Tom Kolokitas
VR/AR learning expert - ClassVR, VERDU
Dionysios Karibidis
Professor of Informatics & Educational Robotics, Avgouleas-Linardatou Department

Virtual Reality (VR) can transform teaching, offering experiential experiences that enhance learning. There will be a presentation of the ClassVR platform, used by the Avgouleas - Linardatos schools, and innovative examples from preschool to high school will be shared: from space travel and historical tours, to virtual science experiments. The presentation is aimed at teachers, students, parents and education executives who are interested in learning about the possibilities of VR and how it can be used in the classroom. We will also explore the future prospects of VR in education, combining the power of artificial intelligence and augmented reality.

10:30 - 11:00
MAIN SPEECH (to be held remotely via the Teams platform)

Artificial intelligence is transforming education

Diomedes Spinellis
Professor, Department of Administrative Science and Technology, Athens University of Economics and Business

Over the past two years, we have seen a rapid adoption of applications based on so-called generative artificial intelligence, such as ChatGPT. This has been made possible by long-term exponential increases in computing power, available data, and machine learning performance. Thus, today, artificial intelligence (AI) can transform education, enhancing the experience of students by understanding their needs and behavior, while contributing to the upgrading of the learning process. At the same time, it can improve educational processes, enhancing productivity

teachers and professors. AI also affects the wider educational organization, shaping new needs in strategy, organizational structure and human resource management. These changes are not without risks. AI systems can be used by students to bypass learning, while at the same time they can produce incorrect results, reproduce all kinds of discrimination and exacerbate social inequalities. It is, therefore, important that AI is used correctly, that is, for the benefit of students and teachers.

11:00 - 11:20

Break

11:20 - 11:50
MAIN SPEECH (to be held remotely via the Teams platform)

Interactive Artificial Intelligence assistants in education: the AI4EDU program

Dr. Vasilios Katsouros
Research Director and Director of the Institute for Speech Processing / Athena Research Center

AI4EDU is a European project that focuses on the development of interactive assistants for education, integrating generative Artificial Intelligence technologies. Two main tools have been developed within the framework of the project: a) Study Buddy: An interactive assistant that supports students in studying, providing personalized feedback, help in understanding and summarizing content, as well as self-assessment. b) Teacher Mate: An application that supports teachers in creating educational material, managing student assessment and their personalized support. The presentation will focus on the technological innovations of the AI4EDU project, on how Artificial Intelligence can support teaching and learning, as well as on the prospects for utilizing such tools in the educational process.

11:50 - 12:20
LIVE SPEECH (will take place remotely via the Teams platform)

Artificial Intelligence Literacy for the school of the future

Zoe Gavriilidou
Professor of Linguistics, Democritus University of Thrace, Adjunct Professor, University of Chicago

The aim of this publication is to attempt to define the concept of Literacy in Artificial Intelligence and to identify all those skills that define it as well as those strategies that guarantee the effective use of AI. The paper adopts the view that education in AI from an early age becomes necessary, in order to ensure its ethical and sustainable use by new generations of students. The paper begins with the definition of the concept of Literacy in AI and, then, presents how the use of AI is integrated into education and is closely linked to the literacy of the future for the school of the future.

12:20 - 12:40

Break

12:40 - 13:10
MAIN SPEECH (to be held remotely via the Teams platform)

Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence: ethical challenges of the future

George Hadjivasiliou
Doctor of Philosophy and author of the book "The Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence"

Through the laboratories of artificial intelligence, the spark of a true cosmogony emerges in our days. Artificial intelligence and the digital revolution are a certain protagonist of the 21st century. The colossal possibilities and threats they create will profoundly change our world in the coming decades. They will bring humanity to face some of the greatest challenges it has ever faced. The most crucial of these are sought philosophically by the present lecture. It suggests that artificial intelligence calls us to reflect on modern technology not only technologically - but also philosophically and educationally. New generations are called upon to be educated in the ethics and philosophy of new technology. It is their youthful adopters who will also define their future demands from the unprecedented universe of technology that is now beginning to develop.

13:10 - 13:40
MAIN SPEECH (to be held remotely via the Teams platform)

AI for education leaders: Plan with the Microsoft AI Toolkit

Julia Fischer
Senior Product Marketing Manager, Microsoft

The Microsoft Education AI Toolkit provides education leaders with relevant background knowledge, strategies, and recommendations for launching AI initiatives in primary through university school settings. It also includes stories and technical profiles that showcase how institutions around the globe are already using AI for teaching, learning, and administration. What's inside the toolkit provides those in charge with the necessary information that they need to jumpstart their own AI journey. Get started by exploring the Microsoft Education AI Toolkit and continue reading to learn how K-20 institutions are implementing AI and how copilots address important educational needs https://aka.ms/eduaitoolkit

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