The 2008 Hermoupolis Seminar was held at the Industrial Museum and the Building of the Historical Archive of Hermoupolis from Thursday, July 10 to Sunday, July 13, and focused on the topic:
“10 Years of the Information Society in Greece: An Assessment of Progress and its Relation to European Developments”

Seminar Program

Thursday 10/7/2008, evening (Industrial Museum)

Yiannis Caloghirou (NTUA): “The difficult path to effectively utilizing ICTs in Greece: A synthetic assessment”
– Presentation by Yiannis Caloghirou

Natassa Konstantelou (University of the Aegean): “European Developments in the Information Society”
– Presentation by Natassa Konstantelou

Friday 11/7/2008, morning (Industrial Museum)

Maryann Feldman (University of North Carolina): “General Purpose Technologies”
– Presentation by Maryann Feldman

Bent Dalum (Aalborg University): “GSM: A European success story”
– Presentation by Bent Dalum

Natassa Konstantelou (University of the Aegean): “The Development of Wi-Fi Technology”
– Presentation by Natassa Konstantelou

Friday 11/7/2008, evening (Industrial Museum)

Yiannis Caloghirou, Aimilia Protogerou, Vangelis Siokas (NTUA):
“The Greek presence in EU-funded transnational research collaborations in the ICT sector: A Greek paradox within the European paradox?”
– Presentation by Caloghirou, Protogerou & Siokas

Angelos Tsakanikas (IOBE): “The evolution of ICT enterprises in Greece in the context of global sectoral developments”
– Presentation by Angelos Tsakanikas

G. Giannarakis (DOL Media Group): “Informatics and the environment”
– Presentation by Yiannis Giannarakis

Saturday 12/7/2008, morning (Industrial Museum)

Nikitas Nikitakos (University of the Aegean): “Utilizing ICTs in the shipping industry”
– Presentation by Nikitas Nikitakos

Bent Dalum (Aalborg University): “IT Infrastructure in the short and long term”
– Presentation by Bent Dalum

Thanasis Priftis (NTUA): “Transferring public services and processes online: options, conclusions, and prospects”
– Presentation by Thanasis Priftis

Saturday 12/7/2008, evening (Historical Archive Building)

Vasiliki Karounou & Panagiotis Panayiotopoulos (NTUA): “Effective use of ICTs in municipalities: What has changed and what can still change?”
– Presentation by Karounou & Panagiotopoulos

Yiannis Giannarakis (DOL): “The Digital Aegean – ICT in the Archipelago”
– Presentation by Yiannis Giannarakis

Th. Karounos (NTUA): “The development of open-source software in Greece and Europe: Trends and prospects”
– Presentation by Theodoros Karounos

Petros Stefanéas (NTUA): “Accessibility in the Information Society – Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities”

Michalis Asimakopoulos (NTUA): “Readings of the history of Greek technology through the lens of science and technology studies”

Sunday 13/7/2008, morning (Historical Archive Building)

Open discussion: Quo vadis Information Society?