University
of
Aegean

• The
University
of
Aegean
consists
of
five
Schools
– School
of
Business
(Chios)
– School
of
Social
Sciences
(Lesvos)
– School
of
Environment
(Lesvos
+
Limnos)
– School
of
Humanities
(Rhodos)
– Department
of
Products
and
Systems
Design
Engineering
(Syros)
– School
of
Sciences
(Samos)
• and
eighteen
Departments
that
offer
18
undergraduate
(BA
or
BSc)
and
28
postgraduate
(MA
or
MSc)
programmes
• in
modern
interdisciplinary
thematic
areas
• in
6
Aegean
islands

Awards
to
the
University
given
by
the
president
of
the
Greek
Democracy

The
Department
of
Information
Communication
Systems
Engineering
• offers
advanced
programs
of
studies
concerning
ICT
and
their
exploitation
in
firms
and
public
organizations
• both
undergraduate
(5
years
of
studies
à Engineering
Degree)
• and
postgraduate
à five
MSCs:
– Digital
Innovation
and
Entrepreneurship
– E-­‐Governance
– Information
&
Communication
Systems
Security
– Communication
&
Computer
Networks
– Intelligent
Information
Systems

The
Information
Systems
Laboratory
• A
multi-­‐disciplinary
team,
• doing
research
and
high-­‐level
consulting,
internationally,
• involved
in
numerous
international
research
collaborations
• A
team
of
15
skilled
researchers
(professors,
post-­‐
doc,
PhD
and
MSc students,
senior
engineers)
• with
more
than
50
collaborating
experts,
• and
strong
links
with
public
and
private
sector

Activities
• Research
projects
in
Greece
and
European
Union
(FP7/ICT,
CIP/PSP,
e-­‐Infrastructures,
REGPT,
LIFE,
INTERREG,
Greek
CSF,)
• High-­‐level,
innovation-­‐oriented
consulting
for
Governments,
worldwide
(typically
in
partnership
with
consulting
companies
and
other
institutions)
• Industry-­‐Academia
programmes and
projects
(Student
practice,
industry-­‐oriented
theses,
PhD
research,
targeted
research)
• Scientific
events
and
competition
(WeGovAwards,
The
Samos
Summit,
Aegean
Start-­‐Ups)
• Dissemination
and
Training
activities

Projects
eGovernance
• The
Greek
eGovernmentInteroperability Framework
(eGIF):
• ICTE-­‐PAN:
FP7
project
on
process
modelling methodologies
and
tools
for
Intelligent
Collaboration
and
Transaction
Environments
in
Public
Administration
Networks
• ERMIONE: E-­‐learning
Service
for
the
Interoperability
Network
in
the
area
of
European
cultural
heritage
to
allow
for
more
trans-­‐European
cooperation(e-­‐Ten)
• eDialogos: empowering
eParticip ationby providing
fundamental
democratic
actions
to
the
citizens
(e.g.
e-­‐
Voting,
e-­‐Consultation,
opinion
polls,
e-­‐Complaining)
• Electronic
Services
Systems
Design
for
various
Greek
Municipalities
(Samos,
Trikala,
AnoLiossia)
and
Regions

Projects
eGovernance &
Web
2.0
• SHARE-­‐PSI:
ICT-­‐PSP
project
-­‐ European
network
for
the
exchange
of
experience
and
ideas
around
implementing
open
data
policies
in
the
public
sector
• EU-­‐Community: FP7
project on
Social
Media
networking
with
established
online
media
and
stakeholder
groups
to
cultivate
transparency,
enhance
efficiency
and
stimulate
fresh
ideas
for
EU
policy
-­‐ making.
• PADGETS: FP7
project
on
Policy
Making
through
eParticipationwith a
set
of
novel
tools
in
an
environment
of
multimedia
Web
2.0
applications.
• NOMAD:
FP7
project
on
Policy
Formulation
and
Validation
through
non
moderated
crowdsourcingand collaboration
• ENGAGE:
FP7project
on
Infrastructure
for
Open,
Linked
Governmental
Data
Provision
towards
Research
Communities
and
Citizens
• NET
EUCEN:
FP7
Project
on
Enabling
Innovative
Visions
to
shape
the
EU
Future
Services
• FEED:
FP7
project
on
eParticipationfor Energy
and
Environment
(municipalities
from
Netherlands,
Czech
Rep,
Greece
and
UK)
• LEXIS:
FP6
project
on
participative
legislation
formation
(Greek,
Austrian,
Lithuanian
parliament)

Projects
eBusiness,
EIS,
Interoperability
• PLUG-­‐IN: Provision
of
basic
and
composition
of
value-­‐
added
interoperable
services
mostly
to
SMEs
-­‐Enterprise
Mashups
• INTEGRATE: Technology
innovation
in
SME’s,
a
network
of
Greek
SME’s
and
international
technology
providers
• Heraclitus
II:
Operational
Programme”
Education
and
Lifelong
Learning
2007-­‐2013”
on
Enterprise
Information
Systems
• INTEROP-­‐Vlab: the
European
Interoperability
Virtual
Lab,
with
members
in
10
European
countries.
• Several
projects
and
studies
on
Enterprise
ModellingTools,
Enterprise
Portals
and
Knowledge
Management
systems
for
businesses
and
administrations.

• We
welcome
you
in
this
historic
civilization
and
science
development
place,
• and
especially
our
young
colleagues,
the
students
attending
the
Summer
School
on
Open
and
Collaborative
Governance
• for
a
fruitful
sharing
of
recent
research
and
development
that
each
of
use
has
conducted
• for
productive
discussions
and
exchange
of
views
• on
how
ICT
can
be
used
creatively
for
innovations
in
government,
business
and
society
• in
order
to
contribute
to
overcoming
the
multi-­‐
dimensional
crisis
that
our
world
experiences