“Data and Society” is the title of the E’ Lecture Series organized by the National Documentation Center (EKT) within the framework of the Educational Events program “Science Society” of the National Research Foundation (EIE). The series includes three events, which will take place every Tuesday from April 21 to May 5 2015, at 19:00, in the auditorium of the EIE (Vas. Konstantinou 48, Athens). During the events, talks will be given on the role of Data in Science, Entrepreneurship and Creativity.
Speakers from different sectors and with different orientations are coming to start a public dialogue about how the use of data changes our everyday life and our society.
Why does the introduction of big data into the research process open the way for a different type of science? What is the role of data in addressing social challenges? How are data linked to smart specialization and regional development? What does it mean for a startup to make use of open data? What does art say about a society that increasingly depends on digital data and computational networks for its existence?
With the three talk sections, the issues that data raises in science, entrepreneurship, and creativity are addressed, and their impact on the Knowledge Society is explored.
During the event, titled “Data and Science” on April 21, the speakers will be: Eva Sahini (Director of the National Documentation Center) on the importance of Open Science and the role of NDC in the dissemination and promotion of Greek scientific output, Nikos Demertzis (Director & Chairman of the Board of EKKE, Professor of the Department of Communication & Media, University of Athens) on open research data in the social sciences, the initiatives and the role of the National Center for Social Research (EKKE), Argiro Zenetu (Director of Research, Hellenic Center of Marine Research) on research data in marine sciences and the contribution of citizens to research.
The next event, on April 28, is titled “Data and Entrepreneurship” and speakers: Georgía Tzénou (coordinator Enterprise Europe Network-Hellas, National Documentation Center) with the topic “Research Data for innovative startups – Services of the NDC”, Konstantinos Kokkinoplitis (CEO RISE) with the topic “Innovation – Regional Development and Data” and George Karamanolis (Co-Founder & CTO Crowdpolicy) with the topic “Open data for the development of the Digital Economy – The importance of leveraging the informational wealth of organizations with crowdsourcing methodologies”.
The series concludes on May 5, with the event “Data and Creativity” and its speakers: Prodrómo Tsiavó (Head of the Intellectual Property Management Unit, National Documentation Center) and the topic “The art of data and data for art: where are we today?”, Daphne Dragóna (Digital Art Curator) and the topic “Contemporary Art and Data: The Transmediale experience”, and Mariana Christofi & Maria Varela (Visual Artists) and the topic “Can an artistic group be sustainable? The Frown Tails experiment”.
Within the framework of the 5th Cycle of Lectures of the NHRF Educational Events 2015, the SaaS Services (https://saas.ekt.gr) developed by EKT and concern the organization, documented storage, secure preservation and open availability of digital scientific and cultural content and are based on cutting-edge technologies, such as the SaaS model (Software as a Service) and Cloud Computing.
The SaaS Services, which are addressed to entities that produce or hold approved content of science and culture, are developed within the framework of the Action “Platform for Provision of Deposit, Management and Dissemination Services of Open Data and Digital Content”, which is implemented by the National Documentation Center within the framework of the Operational Programme “Digital Convergence” (ESPA), with co‑financing from Greece and the European Union – European Regional Development Fund.
The program of the Special Educational Events ”Science Society”, for many years, is organized with the aim of disseminating scientific knowledge and information to the scientific community and the general public. It is noted that the EIE covers a wide range of cognitive fields, both humanities as well as natural and technological sciences. The EIE is an interdisciplinary research center, which today consists of three research Institutes, one in the area of Humanities and two in the area of Natural Sciences, and the National Documentation Center (EKT).
It is noted that entry is free, and a certificate of attendance will be issued for the entire series of events of the cycle to each interested party.
The speeches will be broadcast live at https://media.ekt.gr/live.
The detailed schedule of the events is available on the websites www.ekt.gr and www.eie.gr.
More information about the 5th Lecture Cycle “Data and Society” is provided at tel. 210 7273915 (Ioanna Sklavounou, sklavounou@ekt.gr), while general information about the Educational Events of EIE is provided at tel. 210 7273516 (Maria Kontogianni, mkont@eie.gr).
Internet addresses
Lecture Cycle “Data and Society”
https://www.ekt.gr/news/events/ekt
Educational Events EIE
https://www.eie.gr/epistimiskoinonia/openscience-gr.html
