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🎙️ Final Conference — Beyond the Algorithm: From Research to Action for Democratic Renewal

Last week, Brussels hosted Beyond the Algorithm, the joint final event of the Horizon Europe projects AI4GOV, KT4D, ITHACA, and Orbis project eu.

It was organised by the AI, Big Data & Democracy Task Force and the European Alliance for Social Sciences and Humanities (EASSH).

🤝 A special thank you to our coordinator Konnektable Technologies Ltd., Epameinondas Koutavelis and Angelos Liapis for their contributions throughout the event.

We also extend our thanks to Konstantinos Moustakas from the Πανεπιστήμιο Πατρών University of Patras for his valuable input.

👏 Huge appreciation to all speakers, chairs, attendees, and partners across AI4GOV, ITHACA, ORBIS, the Task Force, and EASSH for creating a meaningful and engaging day dedicated to strengthening democratic processes in the digital age.

✨ The event explored trust, digital literacies, and democracy-centred technologies.

Undoubtedly, it showed how research can turn into practical action for fair, transparent, and inclusive governance.

👉 More: https://kt4democracy.eu/events/final-event

🚨 𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘽𝙚𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙡𝙜𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙢: 𝙁𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝 𝙩𝙤 𝘼𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝘿𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙘𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙍𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙬𝙖𝙡!

𝗢𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝟯 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗼 until Brussels hosts this major final event of the 𝗔𝗜, 𝗕𝗶𝗴 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 & 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗧𝗮𝘀𝗸 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲, bringing together 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗼𝗻 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 – 𝗔𝗜𝟰𝗚𝗢𝗩, 𝗞𝗧𝟰𝗗, 𝗜𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗖𝗔 and 𝗢𝗥𝗕𝗜𝗦.

This is your opportunity to join leading experts, policymakers and civil society organisations to explore how AI and Big Data can 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 and 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁.

⏳ 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝗼𝗼𝗻! 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀:
📍 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟰, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱
📌 𝗜𝗻-𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝘃𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆

🔗 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: https://kt4democracy.eu/form/taskforce-event-beyond-algorithm

⏳ 𝟴 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗼 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 “𝗕𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗺: 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗥𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗹”!

We’re proud that 𝗜𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗖𝗔 will be represented in 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝟮 – “𝗟𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀: 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗩𝘂𝗹𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁” through our partner 𝗔𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘀 𝗟𝗶𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘀, who will co-chair the session.

🧑‍💻 In a world shaped by Artificial Intelligence and Big Data, digital and civic literacies are essential to turn uncertainty into real agency. This panel will look at how we can build skills, confidence and participation for all – and will end with 30 minutes of open discussion.

🎙️ 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗿𝘀:
🟣 𝗔𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘀 𝗟𝗶𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘀 – CEO, Konnektable Technologies Ltd. (ITHACA Project)
🟡 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗼𝘀 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗶𝘀 – Project Manager, Gruppo Maggioli (AI4Gov Project)

🎤 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀:
🔸 𝗞𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗺𝗽 – Head of Unit, Media Convergence & Social Media, DG CNECT, European Commission
🔹 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗔𝗹𝗺𝗲𝗶𝗱𝗮 – Policy Analyst, European Commission
🔸 𝗝𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝗘𝗱𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗱 – Professor, Trinity College Dublin (KT4D Project)
🔹 𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗮 𝗟𝗶𝗺𝗮 – Research Fellow, Trinity College Dublin (KT4D Project)
🔸 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗼 – Professor, Politecnico di Milano
🔹 𝗜𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗶 – Researcher, Politecnico di Milano (ORBIS Project)

📅 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲: 𝟰 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 (welcome coffee from 09:00)
📍 𝗩𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲: 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 – 𝗟𝗼𝘂𝗶𝘀𝗲, 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲 𝟮𝟬, 𝟭𝟬𝟱𝟬 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘀

👉 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲: https://kt4democracy.eu/events/final-event