Conference Program 2026

24th Nov 2026

24th Nov 2026

25th Nov 2026

25th Nov 2026

Opening Ceremony
08:30-09:00

Welcome Addresses – Invited Representatives

09:00-09:10

Introduction Address by the President of the Conference:
Professor Stratos Theodosiou

Session 1a: Human Identity, Intelligence and Education in the Posthuman Age

Coordinator: Ioannis Panagiotopoulos

09:10–09:25

Metropolitan Athanasios of Achaia (GR) - Human is Forever

09:25-09:40

Very Revd. Dr. Aristarchos (Vasileios) Gkrekas (GR) - 

Beyond the Posthuman: Orthodox Christian Anthropology and Human Sovereignty in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

09:00-09:10

Welcome Address

Session 3: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine and Healthcare

Coordinator: Nikos Papadakis

09:10–09:25

John Lekakis (GR) - 

Artificial Intelligence in Medicine

09:25-09:40

Nikos Gavalas (GR) -

AI in Healthcare: From Basic Research to Applications in the Clinic

14:30–15:00

Discussion – Q&A

15:00–15:15

General Conclusions by the President of the Conference:

Professor Stratos Theodosiou

15:15–15:45

closing ceremony

09:40–09:55

Ioannis Panagiotopoulos (GR) - 

Pilgrimage in a Post-Human World: Embodiment, Sacred Space, and Digital Substitution

09:55–10:10

Noboru Konno (JP) - 

Beyond the Posthuman: Knowledge Ecology and the Relational Human in the Age of AI

10:10–10:25

Dr. Dionysios Tsirigotis (GR) - 

Modernity, Mediation, and Democratic Legitimacy in the Posthuman Age

10:25–10:40

Stratis Panourios (GR) - Sophocles' Philoctetes: A Tragedy of Utility in the Posthuman Age

10:40–10:55

Anna Lazou (GR) -Human Creativity in the Arts and Sciences and Types of Intelligence in the AI Era

10:55–11:10

Babis Michailidis (GR) - Navigating the Modern Labyrinth: Unleashing the Four Navigation Capabilities and the Poetic Mind for Future Leadership

09:40-09:55

Apostolos Beloukas (GR) - 

AI-Enabled Self-Testing and Wearables: The Future of Diagnosis and Health Monitoring

09:55–10:10

Georgia Melagraki (GR) -         

Hybrid Intelligence in Decision-Making for Human Health and the Environment

10:10–10:25

Ilias Maglogiannis (GR) - 

Using AI to Manage Stress and Improve Working Conditions

10:25-10:40

Nikos Papadakis (GR) - From Speckle to Spectrum: Learned Inversion of a Passive Neuromorphic Acoustic Sensor

10:40-10:55

George Pierrakos (GR) - Healthcare Access Inequalities and Structural Challenges in Greece

10:55-11:10

Discussion – Q&A

11:10-11:25

coffee break

11:10–11:25

Nikitas Nikitakos (GR) - 

Collaborative Intelligence in Human–Machine Decision Support

11:25–11:40

Konstantinos Kalemis (GR) & Konstantina Kallini (GR) - 

The Emergence of Cognitive Sovereignty: Reclaiming Human Agency in the Age of Generative Artificial Intelligence

11:40–11:55

Discussion – Q&A

11:55–12:10

coffee break

Session 4: Humanity, Science, Sustainability and the Future

Coordinator: George Boskou

11:25-11:40

George Boskou (GR) -  Nutrition Sovereignty and Nutrition Justice

11:40-11:55

Xenophon Moussas (GR) - 

The Role of Causality and Laws of Physics in the Transformation of the Human in the Posthuman Age: The Example of the Antikythera Mechanism

Session 2: Society, Culture, Democracy and the Future of Humanity

Coordinator: Dr. Christos Karapiperis

12:10–12:25

Sofia Kallou (GR) - 

Emotional Intelligence and Its Necessity in the Era of Intelligent Machines

12:25–12:40

Dimitrios Papachristos (GR) - 

Ethics and Deontology in Decision-Making by Intelligent Machines

12:40–12:55

Dimitrios P. Kosteletos (GR) - 

Human Transformation, the End of Meaning in the Posthuman Age

11:55-12:10

Konstantinos Kalachanis (GR) - 

Humanity and the Universe: Beyond the Anthropic Principle towards a New Philosophical Understanding of Modern Astrophysics

12:10–12:25

Konstantinos G.-A. Niarchos (GR) - Man and the Absolute according to Plato and Aristotle

12:25-12:40

Angeliki Vasileiou (GR) - Humanity Reinvented: A Change of Era – Part I

12:40-12:55

Spyros Vliamos (GR) - The Transformation of the Human Mind in the Posthuman Age: Co-Evolution of Knowledge, Resilience, and the Future of Social Sciences

12:55–13:10

Mohammad M. Banat (Jordan) & Konstantinos Kalemis (GR) - Ethical Intelligence for AI-Native Communication Networks

13:10–13:25

Kyriakos Maridakis (GR) -

The Transformation of the Human in the Posthuman Age: Cultural Diplomacy as a Bridge between Culture, International Relations and Global Cooperation

13:25–13:40

Antonios Zairis (GR) -

New Cultural Background and New Entrepreneurial Spirit in Retail: The Great Transformation

13:40–13:55

Angeliki-Agapi Vrettou (GR) - 

Democracy in the Digital Age: Reshaping Geopolitics in the Algorithmic Era

13:55–14:10

Antonis Litke (GR) - 

A Network-Effect-Aware Recommendation Engine for Multimodal Shared Mobility

12:55-13:10

Stratos Theodosiou (GR) - 

Discussing a Unified Unity of Knowledge

13:10–13:25

Anil Kumar Singh (IN) - 

Post Human Economy: Technological Inequalities and Work-Culture Diversity in India

13:25–13:40

Marc Roux (FR) - 

New Frontiers of Humanity

13:40-13:55

Panagiotis Pafilis (GR) - Nature in the City: Urban Biodiversity and Biophilia in 21st Century Metropolises

13:55–14:10

Konstantinos Arvanitis (GR), Nikos Papadakis (GR) - When Is Retrieval Enough? A Survey of Stopping Decisions in RAG

14:10–14:30

Anna-Maria Kanzola (GR), Brandon Randolph-Seng (US), & Panagiotis E. Petrakis (GR) - Is Serendipitous Discovery in Danger?Implications of the Shift from Humanism to Post-humanism in the Era ofArtificial Intelligence

14:10–14:25

Konstantina Ziropoulou (GR) - 

Can Immersion Preserve Humanity? Virtual Reality Theatre and Ethical Witnessing in the Posthuman Age

14:25–14:40

Basilio Petkidis (GR) - Energy, Automation and Inequality in the Post-Human Economy

14:40–14:55
Discussion – Q&A

14:55

end of day 1