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Aegean Talks : Nikos Elenis

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Today, in the “Digital Innovation and Entrepreneurship” course at the Department of Information and Communication Systems Engineering, University of the Aegean, we had the pleasure of hosting a Samos-based entrepreneur.

Nikos shared his experiences, visions, successes, and failures with our students, offering valuable insights from his journey. He also provided ideas for new business ventures, introduced us to the Pythagorean Academy, and listened to our students’ innovative business ideas that could contribute to the economy of Samos and Greece.

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CAREER DAYS IN SAMOS

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The event is attended by more than 80 students from all three departments of the University of the Aegean in Samos. Over the course of two days, more than 20 companies from the fields of information technology, telecommunications, system security, consulting services, financial and insurance institutions will participate with presentations.

The following companies and organizations are taking part in the event:

ACCA
Alpha Bank
DBC Diadikasia
Deloitte
Ernst & Young
INTERAMERICAN
KPMG
Netcompany Intrasoft
Obrela
Pylones
Randstad
RiACT
SingularLogic
SoftOne
SOL CROWE
Witside
ΙΕΣΟΕΛ
Body of Certified Auditors and Accountants

The Career Days continue with:

Graduates from Samos departments sharing their experiences in the job market.
Industry experts offering guidance on résumés and interviews.
Representatives from student associations, organizations, and professional bodies.

For the second day, more than 100 recruitment or career orientation interviews have already been scheduled between students and company representatives.

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Pfizer in Samos

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Following meticulous planning and the successful resolution of unforeseen bureaucratic challenges, the University of the Aegean, in collaboration with Pfizer and Codehub, has launched a specialized, hands-on training program in Business Intelligence systems.
This initiative is tailored for students from the Departments of Computer Science, Mathematics, and Statistics on the island of Samos.

The program has officially commenced and will continue over the coming days in a blended learning format both in-person and online engaging a select group of 80 students.

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The Mayor in the course

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Today, in the “Digital Governance” course, we had the Mayor of Western Samos with us to plan how our students can contribute to the Digital Transformation and development of the island.

Our plans for this semester, which sparked the interest of our students, include:

Creating Wikipedia pages for villages and attractions in Samos, by students.
A study through surveys for citizens and businesses, along with good international practices, on cycling mobility.
Actions promoting cycling and traffic education, by students. A pilot implementation with the 60 electric bikes expected in Karlovasi.
A training program for the Municipality’s staff in the use of internet applications, by students.
Free transportation and guided tours for students to Samos’ attractions, aiming to create “ambassadors” of the island in Greece and abroad (as suggested by Gian Andrea Paolo Garancini from Crete in a recent seminar).

Check out the work of our students from previous semesters:

Digital Map with all the attractions of the Municipality

https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/1/viewer…

Kontakaiika on Wikipedia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kontakaiika

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“iGΟvDIGITAL Awards 2020”

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Pan-European Student Entrepreneurship Competition in Digital Governance, by the University of the Aegean

“iGovDIGITAL Awards 2020”

As part of the international project “Government 3.0”, the University of the Aegean, along with a team of European universities and businesses, is launching the pan-European competition “iGovDIGITAL Awards 2020” to identify the best business plans with applications in the field of Digital Governance.

The goal of the competition is to find, highlight, and promote new innovative ideas and applications that, through the use of digital technologies, can improve the effectiveness of the public sector, offer new high-value-added digital services, and improve citizens’ lives.

The competition is coordinated by the University of the Aegean, specifically by the Center for Research on Electronic Governance of the Department of Information and Communication Systems Engineering, based in Samos. The implementation of the competition also involves the United Nations University, the National Center for Electronic Governance of Germany, the University of Agder (Norway), the University of Krems (Austria), PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC) Greece, SingularLogic Cyprus, and the Lisbon Council organization (Belgium).

The “iGovDIGITAL Awards 2020” is open to students or researchers from European universities and research centers and is conducted in English. The distinguished business ideas will receive:

Guidance from international experts in Digital Governance.
Networking with interested parties from the public or private sector.
Promotion of the proposed solution through media and the European Commission’s network.

The winners of the iGovDIGITAL Awards will be honored at the OpenGov 2020 Summer School on Open and Collaborative Governance, organized in Samos in the summer of 2020. The competition will cover transportation, accommodation, and participation costs for the summer school.

Important dates for the competition are as follows:

Stage 1: Submission of the initial proposal (up to 3 pages) by January 6, 2020.
Stage 2: Submission of the Business Plan for teams that qualify from Stage 1, by March 31, 2020.
Stage 3: Presentation of the final proposal by participants at the Summer School “opengov2020” and awarding of the winners in July 2020, for teams that qualify after Stage 2.

During the competition, teams will receive support and guidance for the proper implementation of their business plan from mentors, experts in digital governance and entrepreneurship from both the private and public sectors. Interested experts who wish to participate as mentors, organizations or companies that want to assist in the organization, are also invited to express their interest on the competition’s website.

For more information and detailed terms of the competition, visit the website: https://www.gov30.eu/submission/

For more about the Center for Research in Electronic Governance, visit http://www.dgrc.gr

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United Nations International Conference on Digital Governance ICEGOV 2020…

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The International Conference on Digital Governance, ICEGOV 2020, in Greece

Under the auspices of the Greek Ministry of Digital Governance

Statements from the organizers and the Secretary General of Information Systems

ICEGOV 2020, the international conference on Digital Governance, organized for the past 12 years by the United Nations University in various parts of the world, will be held in Athens for the first time in its history, from March 31 to April 3, 2020.

The conference takes place under the auspices of the Greek Ministry of Digital Governance and in cooperation with the European Commission, the Hellenic Parliament, the Central Union of Municipalities of Greece, the Municipality of Athens, and the Local Government IT Company (DAEM). The publicity partner is the Huffington Post Greece.

ICEGOV 2020 is co-organized in Greece by the Research Center for Electronic Governance of the University of the Aegean, in collaboration with and at the facilities of the Harokopio University of Athens, with the support of laboratories and groups working on Digital Governance from many Greek universities.

After the previous editions in India (2017), Ireland (2018), and Australia (2019), the conference in Greece will focus on the participation of representatives and officials from the public sector in Southeastern Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Middle East. The conference will be attended by officials from the UN, the European Commission, experts in digital governance from the private and public sectors from around the world, company representatives, organizations, researchers, students, and active citizens.

More than 200 papers from 70 countries have already been submitted for review at the conference.

Yiannis Charalampidis, Associate Professor at the University of the Aegean, Department of Information and Communication Systems Engineering in Samos, and President of the Conference Organization Committee, stated: “With ICEGOV coming to Greece for the first time, the pulse of global digital governance will beat in Athens in April and for much of 2020. I believe the conference will significantly help the Greek public sector, the scientific community, and Greek businesses developing related Digital Governance solutions with an international orientation.”

Dimitris Sarantis, researcher at the United Nations University in Guimarães, Portugal, and one of the co-chairs of the conference, stated: “ICEGOV, the annual global institutional meeting of scientific, business, and governmental figures in digital governance, will take place for the first time in a Southeastern European country and will focus on ‘Digital Governance in the Age of Emerging Technologies and Globalization.’ We are particularly looking forward to the presentation of innovative technologies and solutions in key areas of public administration, as well as the development of collaborative ways to address contemporary challenges.”

Professor Dimosthenis Anagnostopoulos, Secretary General of Information Systems at the Ministry of Digital Governance, said: “The ICEGOV international conference is a unique opportunity for Greece to interact with experts in digital governance, government officials, and organizations from around the world. As we have already started implementing very important projects related to digital governance, we must seize this unique opportunity to engage with international best practices and present developments from the Greek public sector, as well as from Greek businesses and startups active in the field, to an international audience. Congratulations to the University of the Aegean and Harokopio University for the organization, which we will support with all our might.”

More information about the ICEGOV 2020 international conference can be found at: www.icegov.org

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The Aegean University is organizing in Greece the United…

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ICEGOV 2020, the conference organized for the past 12 years by the United Nations University in various parts of the world, will be held in Athens, Greece, for the first time in its history, from March 31 to April 3, 2020.

ICEGOV 2020 is co-organized in Greece by the Research Center for e-Government of the University of the Aegean, in collaboration with and hosted at the facilities of Harokopio University in Athens, with the support of laboratories and teams working on Digital Governance from many Greek universities.

Following recent editions in India (2017), Ireland (2018), and Australia (2019), the conference in Greece will focus on the participation of public sector representatives and officials from Southeastern Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Middle East. The conference will feature experts from the private and public sectors worldwide, UN and European Union officials, company representatives, organizations, researchers, students, and active citizens.

Representatives from all groups involved in the Digital Transformation of states and public sector organizations are invited to attend the conference:

Researchers and solution implementers can submit their papers on a wide range of topics: Digital Transformation, Open Data, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Internet of Things, Government 3.0, Legal & Policy Informatics, and their applications in policy are some of the themes of the conference. PhD candidates in the field of Digital Governance can submit the progress and achievements of their doctoral dissertations and receive guidance from experienced researchers and professors. Business and public sector organization executives can submit short papers with their solutions or experiences and present them to an international audience.

Additionally, there will be special sessions with invited speakers, special presentations for public sector representatives, social events, and awards for the best papers and presentations. All papers will be published in the ACM Digital Library Proceedings, while the best papers will be published in the Government Information Quarterly, the most prestigious scientific journal in the field (SCI, Impact Factor 5+).

Yiannis Charalampidis, Associate Professor at the University of the Aegean, Department of Information and Communication Systems Engineering in Samos, and Conference Chair, stated: “We are happy that, after an international competition, we took on the organization of ICEGOV 2020. So, after India, Ireland, and Australia, the pulse of Global Digital Governance will beat in Athens in April and for much of 2020. We want to help the Greek public sector, the Greek scientific community, and especially Greek companies developing relevant solutions and services with an international orientation to seize this significant opportunity, and we look forward to their ideas and proposals.”

More information about the international conference ICEGOV 2020, as well as the call for papers, with a submission deadline at the end of September 2019, can be found at : www.icegov.org

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Berkeley University and the University of the Aegean are…

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Students from the University of California, Berkeley, as part of their studies in entrepreneurship and innovation at the Sutardjia Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology (SCET), collaborated with a team of students from the University of the Aegean, from the Department of Information and Communication Systems Engineering in Samos, under the coordination and supervision of professors from both universities.

Choosing one of the three topics proposed by Professor Yiannis Charalampidis from the University of the Aegean in the Data-X course at Berkeley, taught by Professor Ikhlaq Sidhu, the Berkeley team’s first goal was to create an open database encompassing a wide range of data for the Aegean Islands.

Παράλληλα, και δουλεύοντας 10.000 μίλια και 10 “ώρες” πιο μακριά, η Ελληνική Ομάδα αποτελούμενη από μεταπτυχιακούς φοιτητές στην Ηλεκτρονική Διακυβέρνηση και στην Ψηφιακή Καινοτομία του Τμήματος Μηχανικών Πληροφοριακών και Επικοινωνιακών Συστημάτων στη Σάμο, που υλοποιούσαν τη Διπλωματική τους εργασία, συγκέντρωνε δεδομένα από εθνικούς και τοπικούς ιστότοπους, κυρίως της Ελλάδας.

Η ομάδα του Berkeley ολοκληρώνοντας πρώτη, παρέδωσε χρήσιμες πληροφορίες και ενδεικτικές οπτικοποιήσεις δεδομένων, αναγνωρίζοντας τη συμβολή των «Ελλήνων». Με τη σειρά της η Ελληνική ομάδα, παρέδωσε ένα πιο πλήρες, διαδικτυακό σύστημα, βασισμένο στα τελευταία πρότυπα και εργαλεία ανοικτού λογισμικού (CKAN, WordPress), με δυναμικές οπτικοποιήσεις των νησιωτικών δεδομένων και την ικανότητα «έξυπνης» ανίχνευσης επιχειρηματικών ευκαιριών.

Η «βάση ανοικτών δεδομένων για επιχειρηματίες» είναι σε δοκιμαστική λειτουργία στο http://islab.samos.aegean.gr/openaegean/ ενώ στελέχη της Δημόσιας Διοίκησης και της Τοπικής Αυτοδιοίκησης καλούνται σε συνεργασία, καθώς το Πανεπιστήμιο Αιγαίου προσεγγίζεται ήδη από φορείς και ξένες πρεσβείες.

Κοινές επιστημονικές εργασίες πραγματοποιούνται σε σταθερό, ανερχόμενο ρυθμό, ανάμεσα σε ομάδες φοιτητών του Πανεπιστημίου Αιγαίου, σε συνεργασία με ξένα ΑΕΙ, βρισκόμενες σε διάφορα στάδια σχεδιασμού και ανάπτυξης.

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Participation of students from the Department of Information and…

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The undergraduate students of the Department of Information and Communication Systems Engineering, Georgios Kakouliadis and Nikolaos Athanasiou, will participate in the Mindspace Trip (https://www.mindspace.gr/trip) in the USA, which connects young people with entrepreneurship.

They will present two projects:

The NGO company BrainFirst (https://brainfirst.gr), which aims to bridge the gap between technology and education, and
The IT services company Petaflop Solutions (https://petaflopsolutions.com), where, utilizing the knowledge they have gained from the university as well as their personal study, they provide comprehensive digital solutions for businesses.

More information: https://paratiritis-news.gr/details.php?id=217707

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University of the Aegean participates in and is awarded…

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The participation of student teams from the University of the Aegean in the 3rd Innovation Marathon for smart cities, “City Challenge,” which was organized in Athens by the Central Union of Municipalities of Greece (KEDE), was completed with great success. Over 150 participants took part in the competition, presenting innovative ideas for transportation, waste management, citizen participation, safety, and quality of life in modern cities.

The University of the Aegean had more than 15 students in the final, making it the largest participation from a Greek university, with the following teams:

Design your City – A participatory governance platform for proposing ideas for municipal projects, utilizing cryptocurrencies to reward citizens who participate (implemented by Christos Soterelis, Zacharias Mitzelos, Nikolaos Bousios, and Iosifina Maragkou / University of the Aegean)

Bee Open – A Liquid Democracy application for local government (implemented by Christos Christou, Panagiotis Keramidis, Athanasios Kapsalis, and Nikolaos Stylianos Potaris / University of the Aegean)

Think Out Of The Code – An application for managing volunteering in municipalities (implemented by Konstantinos Kalyvas, Filippos Alexakis, Athanasios Moira, Nikolaos Katsilidis / University of the Aegean and Despoina Kalyva / University of Patras)

OctoQueue – A smart queue management application for museums, archaeological sites, and other city attractions (implemented by Emelia Myriam Michail, Maria Durmetaki, and Markos Paleologos / University of the Aegean)

After the evaluation process of over 30 proposals that reached the final stage of the competition, the Design your City team from the University of the Aegean won second place in the competition, with a cash prize of €3,000. The participation of the University of the Aegean students was supported by KEDE, the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Unit, and the University of the Aegean’s Property Exploitation and Management Company.