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?
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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 Yannis Giannarakis
Presentation by Petros Kavassalis
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)