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๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Democracy Beyond Algorithm: From Research to Action โ€“ 4 December 2025

Today Brussels is hosting Beyond the Algorithm: From Research to Action for Democratic Renewal โ€“ the joint final event of the Horizon Europe projects AI4GOV, KT4D, ITHACA and Orbis project eu, under the AI, Big Data & Democracy Task Force and the European Alliance for Social Sciences and Humanities.

๐Ÿค Our partner from Konnektable Technologies Ltd., Epameinondas Koutavelis, presented โ€œHow AI & Big Data Technologies Are Transforming the Capacity to Form, Lose, and Rebuild Trustโ€ within the ITHACA project.

๐Ÿงฉ The programme is built around three thematic panels:

๐Ÿ”น Trust โ€“ insights from AI4GOV and ITHACA plus policy perspectives and recommendations
๐Ÿ”น Literacies โ€“ moderated by Angelos Liapis and Spiros Borotis, with contributions from ORBIS, KT4D and European Commission representatives
๐Ÿ”น Democracy-Centred Technology โ€“ findings from KT4D and ORBIS with high-level policymakers and experts

This afternoon, a keynote panel will open space for reflection and debate, followed by closing remarks and a brokerage session combined with an exhibition of tools and methodologies developed by the Task Force.

27/11/2025

โณ ๐Ÿณ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ผ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—น โ€œ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—น๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—บ: ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—”๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—นโ€!

We are pleased to highlight ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—น ๐Ÿฏ โ€“ โ€œ๐——๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜†-๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜†โ€, taking place on ๐Ÿฐ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ:๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ:๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ ๐—–๐—˜๐—ง.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป:
๐Ÿ’ป How can we design and deploy AI and data systems that serve democratic goals by default?

We are especially proud that ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ. ๐—ž๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐˜€ (University of Patras) will represent the ๐—œ๐—ง๐—›๐—”๐—–๐—” ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ-๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฟ of this important discussion.

๐ŸŸฃ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€:
โ€ข ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜€ โ€“ University of Piraeus (AI4Gov Project)
โ€ข ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ. ๐—ž๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐˜€ โ€“ University of Patras (ITHACA Project)

๐ŸŽค ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€:
โ€ข ๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐——๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—ผ โ€“ The Open University (ORBIS Project)
โ€ข ๐—˜๐—น๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—Ÿ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด โ€“ Democratic Society (KT4D Project)
โ€ข ๐—š๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ผ โ€“ Director, EASSH
โ€ข ๐—ญ๐—ถ๐˜…๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—™๐˜‚ โ€“ Manager, PUBLIC

๐Ÿ“… ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ: ๐Ÿฐ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ
๐Ÿ“ ๐—ฉ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฒ: ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ โ€“ ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ, ๐—•๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€

๐Ÿ“ข ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ โ€” secure your spot for this action-oriented discussion on the future of democracy and technology.

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ: https://kt4democracy.eu/events/final-event

OECD AI Policy Observatory Portal 12/11/2025

๐ŸŒ Need a quick view of national AI strategies? The OECD.AI Policy Navigator makes cross-country comparisons easy with 1,300+ initiatives, 80+ jurisdictions, smart filters, and timestamped updates.

Explore the dashboards: https://oecd.ai/en/dashboards/overview

OECD AI Policy Observatory Portal Organisations developing advanced AI systems can participate by submitting a report. By sharing information, they will facilitate transparency and comparability of risk mitigation measures.

09/11/2025

๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ - ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—น๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—บ: ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—”๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด.

It's your chance to be part of a crucial conversation on how AI and Big Data are shaping democracy and civic participation in Europe.

Join us in Brussels on 4 December 2025 for insightful panel discussions, showcasing the synergies between ๐—”๐—œ๐Ÿฐ๐—š๐—ข๐—ฉ, ๐—ž๐—ง๐Ÿฐ๐——, ๐—œ๐—ง๐—›๐—”๐—–๐—”, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—•๐—œ๐—ฆ.

๐Ÿ”Ž ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ:
๐—ง๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—”๐—œ
๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ
๐——๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜†-๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜†

This is a fantastic opportunity to explore how collaborative research can create inclusive digital solutions for the future of democracy.

๐Ÿšจ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐˜ โ€“ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†:
https://kt4democracy.eu/form/taskforce-event-beyond-algorithm

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