FORCE CONFERENCE - July 8, 2021
The hybrid Force Conference inaugurated the project wide discussion on the opportunities and challenges of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). Each of the topics presented below was discussed in a separate session featuring a session coordinator and two guest speakers.
The FORCE Policy papers were distributed among the participants in advance to serve as the contextual basis for the discussion.
Follow the links below to read more on each session:
Introduction
Keynote address:
Konstantinos Arvanitis,
Member of European Parliament, Rapporteur of the Committee on Employment & Social Affairs on Artificial Intelligence
Force Project Presentation:
Yannis Eustathopoulos, Project Supervisor
ENA Institute Youth perspective on the 4IR:
Diana Voutyrakou
Session 1
Key Issues in the post-pandemic era
Moderator:
Dr Selimis
Guest Speakers:
Prof. Mahnkopf, Prof. Vinuesa
Session 2
De-industrialisation & re-industrialisation in the digital era
Moderator:
Prof. Labrianidis
Guest Speakers:
Dr Pontikakis, Dr Angelakis
Session 3
The 4IR & Climate Mitigation-Adaptation
Moderator:
Olivier Vardakoulias
Guest Speakers:
Prof. Doukas, Mr Vidalenc
Session 4
Knowledge commons, open access and social innovation
Moderator:
Dr Dora Kotsaka
Guest Speakers:
Dr. Bauwens, Dr. Kostakis
