The Department of Informatics and Telecommunications of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens is hosting an event entitled ‘Computer Science in the Era of Artificial Intelligence: ACM President Yannis Ioannidis and Students Discuss the Future of Computing and Society’.
The event will be held at the Main Auditorium of the Department of Informatics and Telecommunications, University Campus, on Tuesday, 19 May 2026 (registration: 09:30 | opening: 10:00 | closing: 13:00).
Programme
09:30–10:00 | Arrival and registration
10:00–10:25 | Opening remarks
Speakers:
Professor Gerasimos Siasos, Rector of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Professor Sophia Papaioannou, Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs, International Relations, and Extroversion
Professor Dimitris Gunopoulos, Chair of the Department of Informatics and Telecommunications
10:30–11:15 | Keynote address
Speaker: Professor Yannis Ioannidis, President of the ACM and faculty member in the Department of Informatics and Telecommunications
11:15–11:30 | Coffee break
11:30–11:50 | Student Spotlight: short presentations (approximately 3 minutes each) featuring award-winning projects and competition entries.
12:00–13:00 | Panel: ‘Society and the Future of Computing’. A discussion with the President of the ACM, bringing together invited speakers and students from across the University.
Participants:
Professor Yannis Ioannidis, President of the ACM
Dr Timos Sellis, Director of the Archimedes Research Unit at the Athena Research Centre
Dr Konstantina Bereta, Director of Research Labs at Kpler
Students from the Department’s undergraduate and postgraduate programmes
13:00–14:00 | Closing and networking session at the University of Athens Museum of Informatics and Telecommunications, in celebration of International Museum Day
For the full programme, please visit https://www.di.uoa.gr/en/highlights/ACM-AI_2026
