<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Dear AI
Professors, students, professionals, enthusiasts,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">the International AI Doctoral Academy (</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.i-aida.org/" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">AIDA</span></a><span style="color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">)</span><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span><span style="color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">is excited to invite you to attend online
the upcoming <b>AIDA Symposium “AI Education Beyond Borders” </b>as part of the
4<sup>th</sup> European AI Network of Excellence Community Workshop. </span><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">This hybrid (local/online) event will be held on <b>27 June
2024</b>, in CERTH, Thessaloniki, Greece. This Symposium is the 5<sup>th</sup>
one in the AI Mellontology Symposium series.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">It is </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(13,13,13);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">an excellent opportunity for knowledge sharing
among AI researchers and practitioners</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> on AI education, notably on: </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">AI University education (all disciplines,
including CS/CSE/ECE and AI Departments),</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"></span></li>
<li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Curriculum of AI studies</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"></span></li>
<li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">AI tools (e.g., LLM and GenAI) for all
education levels</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"></span></li>
<li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">AI educational material and courses (AIDA,
AIoD platforms)</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"></span></li>
<li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Global AI education</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"></span></li>
<li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Lifelong AI learning, reskilling and
upskilling.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(13,13,13);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Th</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">is AIDA</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(13,13,13);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> symposium will feature panel</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">
discussion</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(13,13,13);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">s on the following topics:</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p>
<ol style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm" start="1" type="1">
<li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="color:rgb(13,13,13);margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">AI University
Education </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></li>
<li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="color:rgb(13,13,13);margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Training AI
Expertise for Europe: Initiatives and the EU AI PhD Curriculum</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></li>
<li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="color:rgb(13,13,13);margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">AI tools in
education (impact of LLMs and Generative AI in education, exams, essays).</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></li>
<li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="color:rgb(13,13,13);margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">AIDA and AoD
platform and experience </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></li>
<li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="color:rgb(13,13,13);margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.vision4ai.eu/community-workshop-2024/#track3" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)"><span style="color:rgb(13,13,13);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-weight:normal;text-decoration-line:none">Harnessing Generative AI for Inclusive Global
Education</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"></span></li>
<li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="color:rgb(13,13,13);margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">First
responders education on AI for natural disaster management </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></li>
<li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="color:rgb(13,13,13);margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">EBU Academy
School of AI: How EBU Academy is upskilling Europe’s Public Service Media
on AI</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></li>
<li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="color:rgb(13,13,13);margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Innovation for
Education: How AI can revamp long-life learning</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></li>
<li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="color:rgb(13,13,13);margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">AI in
journalism and misinformation: Overview, audiovisual applications, and
media literacy needs</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></li>
</ol>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(13,13,13);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Time s</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(13,13,13);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">chedule: 8:30 to 16:30 EEST (UTC + 3 hours)</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(13,13,13);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">The symposium will be addressed by Prof. C. Feidas, Rector of
the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Further information and registration for free <b>online</b>
participation [</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.vision4ai.eu/community-workshop-2024/#day2" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">HERE</span></a><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">]. The
participation links (Webex) will be sent to you shortly after your
registration.</span></span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0cm 0cm;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Feel free to share this invitation with your contacts or spread the word
on your communication channels and social media and share our <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/events/7203425185335541760/about/" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">LinkedIn
event</a>!</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:5pt 36pt 5pt 0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">This
event is organized by AIDA and the <a href="https://www.vision4ai.eu/community/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">European Networks of Excellence Centres in AI and Robotics (AI
NoEs)</a> funded by the European Union. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0cm 0cm;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">The</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80)"> </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">International AI Doctoral
Academy (AIDA), a joint initiative of the European R&D projects <a href="https://ai4media.eu/" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">AI4Media</a>, <a href="https://www.elise-ai.eu/" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">ELISE</a>,
<a href="https://www.humane-ai.eu/" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">Humane AI Net</a>, <a href="https://tailor-network.eu/" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">TAILOR</a>, <a href="https://www.vision4ai.eu/" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">VISION</a>, </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">supports
a world-level AI education and research program. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0cm 0cm;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">AIDA offers regular AI excellence lecture series, short courses,
semester courses, and seasonal schools with the participation of hundreds of
academics and serving a growing community of AI PhD students and researchers.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 12pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(36,36,36);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">If you want to stay informed on future AIDA
educational offers and activities, you can register in the email lists <a href="https://lists.auth.gr/sympa/info/aida" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">AIDA
email list</a> and <a href="https://lists.auth.gr/sympa/info/cvml" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">CVML email list</a>.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Best regards</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Prof. Ioannis
Pitas</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">AIDA Symposium Chair</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p><img src="cid:ii_lx39dter0" alt="Community Workshop 2024_AI4Media.png" width="542" height="305"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><br></span></p></div>