“In about 20 days we present the next generation of gov.gr, the AI ​​gov.gr” announced the Minister of Digital Governance, Dimitris Papastergiou within the framework of the 27th ANNUAL ECONOMIST GOVERNMENT ROUNDTABLE, which is being held at Kavouri Grand Resort Lagonissi.

As he pointed out “where today we probably have difficulty finding what we want, with a very simple guide, a Chabot now in natural language gov.gr will answer everything we ask it in relation to what we are looking for. “Well, a new gov.gr much faster, more interoperable, more efficient for even greater interaction with citizens”.

The minister underlined that the next step is to move from the circulation of digital documents to the circulation of data. “Until the end of the year, some first basic steps for some first basic functions will be done simply by accepting from our side through the wallet the desire of some organization to take some of our data.” Mr. Papastergiou also spoke about the issue of broadband. “We must run even faster to implement and prepare the next fastest Greece” he pointed out and referred to the programs, smart readiness, according to which “about 120 thousand buildings will be able to become smarter with the platform that has already been opened , with fiber optic”, in the gigabit voucher, ufbb “in order to cover more areas outside urban centers as there is a demand for even better speeds”. Regarding the issue of cybersecurity, Mr. Papastergiou referred to the new bill that provides for the establishment of a cybersecurity regulatory organization. “We no longer go to check the narrow core of the State, but we go to 2000 bodies of the public and private sector, so that there are common instructions, upgrades, common information, certifications and checks in order to be more secure.” He reiterated the major IT projects that are ‘running’ such as the digitization of justice, the electronic health record and civil protection. “Today we ‘ran’ an excellent project in Penteli to see if new technologies can help detect fires. Within less than a minute within a radius of 5 km we had pinpointed the location of the fire. Finally, the change of the country’s satellite program with a greater emphasis on geo-inspection, to now be able to use much more accurate satellite photos to plan the next policies. This is the next Greece, which we must build together.” Finally, Mr. Papastergiou commented that it is important that artificial intelligence, technology be put at the service of man.

Michael Jacobides, Sir Donald Gordon professor of entrepreneurship and innovation, Professor of strategy, London Business School pointed out that there is no immediate threat from artificial intelligence as it cannot “completely replace the workforce. The way it works is to enhance the capabilities of companies’ human resources.” As he said, “Companies need to use AI in chatgpt and determine how it fits into their operations.” That’s why he spoke of the need to develop skills, “we need to improve the experience of people who learn and we see what we can do to create schools for people who want to follow this field professionally”.

Iwona Sikora, Senion vice-president and general, Europe, Iron Mountain noted that “although we have a lot of information in digital form, it is not accessible, nevertheless there is valuable information, as in the information in the fields of justice, health, etc. “So digitization and using artificial intelligence to extract that data is very important.” He even emphasized that we use a digital transformation platform based on the use of artificial intelligence and that allow interoperability between the various systems and thus offer the maximum possible value to the data that is fragmented in the organizations.

For his part, Alexandros Bregiannis, CEO, Nova ICT pointed out that “artificial intelligence is changing the world in which we live, work and generally interact. Many of the projects that our company ‘runs’ use artificial intelligence solutions and applications.”

Referring to projects that are ‘running’ at the moment and concern the area of ​​civil protection, he spoke about the project on the mountain of Ymittos, where with artificial intelligence algorithms “we can predict fire incidents in time or detect burns and quickly with corresponding algorithms also predict the spread of the fire in the forest area”. At the same time, he added that “artificial intelligence can be married with the 5G network and really give many new services.”

Mr. Bregiannis added that it is deemed necessary to train and retrain all professionals, so that they can make use of artificial intelligence as it is deemed necessary in all sectors. “It’s not a trend or a new fashion, but it affects the whole society horizontally.”

Carlos Escario, Principal partner, Huete&Co, Senior principal and program leader, The Chalfont Project referring to the longevity of companies by speaking of battles that must be fought by the organizations themselves, “even if we continue to obsess about the new technology that will follow but by losing our real values ​​then we may lose the battles”.