The 2007 Seminar was held at the Industrial Museum and the Historical Archives Building of Ermoupolis from Thursday, July 12 to Sunday, July 15 and had the theme: Economic Growth: We Have It. Knowledge Economy: We Abstain

Seminar Program

Thursday 12/7/2007, afternoon (Industrial Museum)

1st Thematic Section: Technology, Knowledge and Development: Historical Dimensions and Contemporary Issues

Speakers: Tasos Giannitsis (University of Athens), Yiannis Kalogirou (NTUA), Vassilis Panagiotopoulos (INE/NHRF)

Speech by Yiannis Kalogirou

Friday 13/7/2007, morning (Industrial Museum)

2nd Thematic Section: Reception and Acceptance of Innovation
Speakers: Klaus Krippendorff (University of Pennsylvania), Artemis Yiagou (Dr. NTUA)

Speech by Klaus Krippendorff

Speech by Artemis Yiagou

Friday 13/7/2007, afternoon (Historical Archive Building)

3rd Thematic Section: Education and Research in the Knowledge Society
Speakers: Alexios Zavras (NTUA), Achilleas Mitsos (former Director General of Research of the EU), Christos Papadimitriou (University of Berkeley)

Speech by Achilleas Mitsos

Saturday 14/7/2007, morning (Historical Archive Building)

4th Thematic Section: The Information and Communications Sector: International Trends and Greek Developments

Speakers: Giannis Giannarakis (DOL), Bent Dalum (Aalborg University), Christos Nikolaou (University of Crete), Angelos Tsakanikas (Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research), Emilia Protogerou (NTUA)

Speech by Giannis Giannarakis

Speech by Bent Dalum

Speech by Emilia Protogerou

Speech by Angelos Tsakanikas

5th Thematic Unit: Public Digital Infrastructures at the Beginning of the 21st Century

Speakers: Bent Dalum (Aalborg University), Thodoros Karounos (NTUA), Christos Bouras (University of Patras)

Speech by Bent Dalum

Speech by Christos Bouras

Saturday 14/7/2007, afternoon (Historical Archive Building)

6th Thematic Unit: The Labyrinth of Information Systems: The Difficult Relationship between Technology and Structural Changes, Conclusions from Case Studies in Greece

Speakers: Elias Vlachos (Agricultural University), Thodoros Darmaros (PLANET), Petros Kavassalis (University of the Aegean), Thodoros Karounos (NTUA), Iro Nikiforou (University of Crete), Thanasis Priftis (NTUA), Marianna Sigala (University of the Aegean), Petros Stefaneas (NTUA)

Presentation by Elias Vlachos

Presentation by Yannis Giannarakis

Presentation by Petros Kavassalis

Presentation by Iro Nikiforou

Presentation by Thanasis Priftis

Presentation by Marianna Sigala

Sunday 15/7/2007, morning (Historical Archive Building)

What does the future hold for us?

Open discussion (English)