02/02/2026
🔎 Winter School Highlight | Panel & Round Table Discussion
Ethical AI, Digital Citizenship, and Library Responses to Global and Local Threats
💭 This round table brings together key voices from policy, law, and the library sector to examine the ethical dimensions of artificial intelligence and its impact on democratic life, cultural institutions, and public information ecosystems.
🙏🏻 We warmly thank all participants for their meaningful contributions and thoughtful participation:
Modarator: Professor Emmanouel Garoufallou, Director of MetaDATA LAB, LISA-IHU, Greece
📍Maria-Nefeli Chatziioannidou, Member of the Hellenic Parliament, Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for Greece. Serves as alternate (substitute) for the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development, and the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media, Greece
📍Spaska Tarandova, Executive Director, Global Libraries – Bulgaria Foundation (GLBF), Member, Standing Committee of the Public Libraries section of IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions), Member, INELI (International Network of Emerging Library Innovators), Board Member, Bulgarian Library and Information Association, Bulgaria
📍Associate Professor Andreas Vlachidis, Department of Information Studies, University College London, UK
📍Giorgos Glossiotis, KR21 and IFLA, Greece
Assistant Professor Despotidou Anna, Law School, Aristotle University, Greece
📍Assistant Professor Despotidou Anna, Law School, Aristotle University, Greece
📍Associate Professor Aneta Doncheva, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Library and Information Studies and Cultural Policy, Bulgaria
📍Giuseppe Vitiello, Senior Adviser Europe, Rete delle Reti delle Biblioteche italiane
