Pharos at Microsoft AI Tour Greece event, June 16, 2025

Pharos AI Factory participates in today’s Microsoft AI Tour Greece event, June 16, 2025, at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC), Athens. The session is set to highlight Pharos’ contribution, through HPC infrastructure and cross-border collaborations to accelerate AI innovation in Greece. 

Date: 16 June 2025
Location: Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, Athens, Greece
Venue & Time: Bookcastle, 16:45 – 17:15 pm (EET)

Panel discussion: “Pioneering AI and Innovation: Transforming Greece from Classroom to Boardroom” with distinguished speakers from Pharos the Greek AI Factory consortium, including GRNET and Growthfund: 

  • Stefanos Kollias, Chairman GRNET, Professor Emeritus NTUA 
  • Afroditi Sevasti, CTO, Growthfund 
  • Marinos Giannopoulos, CEO, Enterprise Greece 
  • Dimitris Tasias, Partner, Government & Public Sector Technology Consulting Leader, EY Greece 
  • Rachel Wortman Morris, Director, NextGen Learning – Microsoft & Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Washington 

Moderator: Katerina Sourouni, National Technology Officer, Microsoft

Pharos – The Greek AI Factory consortium partners from GRNET and Growthfund will showcase how Pharos will use HPC infrastructure and the DEADALUS supercomputer to transform Greece’s technological ecosystem and position itself as a central hub for innovation and growth.

More information on the Microsoft AI Tour Greece event here

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The project has received funding from the European High-Performance computing Joint Undertaking (JU) under grant agreement No 101234269 and the Greek Ministry of Digital Governance.

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