PHAROS AI Factory, Greece’s national ecosystem for accelerating Artificial Intelligence innovation, contributed to the Agentic AI Conference 2026, held on 16 June 2026 and organised by Boussias Events, through the participation of Alexandros Nousias, AI Law, Governance & Ethics Lead at NCSR “Demokritos” and representative of PHAROS AI Factory, who joined the panel discussion “The Future Agentic Ecosystem”. 

As Agentic AI systems become increasingly autonomous and capable of operating across multiple environments, the discussion focused on one of the most pressing challenges facing Europe: how to ensure that technological innovation is accompanied by trustworthy governance.

During the panel, mr. Nousias emphasised that while the EU AI Act provides the regulatory foundation for trustworthy AI, building trustworthy Agentic AI requires more than regulatory compliance. It also depends on robust evaluation methodologies, transparent governance mechanisms and trusted infrastructures capable of supporting continuous assessment throughout the AI lifecycle. 

Particular emphasis was placed on the importance of embedding governance into AI systems by design. As prompt-based instructions increasingly function as executable system logic, documenting, securing and validating these mechanisms becomes a fundamental requirement for the development of trustworthy AI.

Within this context, PHAROS AI Factory was presented as part of Europe’s emerging AI ecosystem, supporting the development, testing, and deployment of trustworthy AI systems. By providing advanced AI infrastructure, computing resources and specialised expertise, PHAROS enables researchers, start-ups, SMEs and public sector organisations to develop AI solutions that combine technological innovation with transparency, security and compliance with the EU AI Act.

As Greece’s AI Factory, PHAROS continues to contribute to the development of a European AI ecosystem where trustworthy AI is enabled not only through regulation, but also through the infrastructures, methodologies and expertise needed to translate policy into practice.

Watch Mr. Alexandros Nousias’ intervention (in Greek) here.