Sessions

Three cities, one conversation

From the UK House of Commons to the Old Parliament in Athens and the Sorbonne in Paris, each session of the AI Democracy Forum takes the question of AI and democracy to a place where democratic ideas were made.

Committee Room 10 at the Houses of Parliament, set out for the session — Committee Room 10 · Houses of Parliament

I. Inaugural session

London: Can democratic values keep pace with technological power?

The Forum opened at the UK Houses of Parliament under the auspices of Rt Hon Sir Roger Gale MP, hosted by the Hellenic Tech Network and the Board of British Cypriots, as the first event in a global series on AI and democratic governance.

Date19 November 2025, 7–9pm

VenueCommittee Room 10, Houses of Parliament, London

SpeakersRt Hon Sir Roger Gale MP (Chair), Joan Hoey, Prof Andreas Vlachos, Prof Neophytos Loizides, Yiannis Theodorou, Dimitris Alexandridis, Louis Loizou, Marina Antoniou, Prof Elias Dinenis

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Full audience at the AI & Democracy Forum in Athens — Full audience · Old Parliament, Athens

II. Athens session

Athens: Democracy in the age of artificial intelligence

The dialogue continued at the National Historical Museum, Old Parliament Building, one of the most symbolically significant sites in the history of democracy, with two panels on AI, democratic governance, public trust and civic participation.

Date19 February 2026, 6–9pm

VenueNational Historical Museum, Old Parliament Building, 13 Stadiou St, Athens

SpeakersNiki Kerameus, Lars Rasmussen, Kostas Chalkias, Tetiana Revun, Antonis Mavropoulos, Stella Bompotsiari, Louis Loizou, Mia Kollia, Georgios Dagkoulis

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III. Paris session Upcoming

Paris: A tale of three cities and democracy in the age of AI

From Athens to Westminster to the Sorbonne, we gather around one defining question: can democracy endure, and can it govern intelligence itself, in the age of artificial intelligence?

DateSaturday 14 November 2026, 12–4pm

VenueAmphi Descartes, Sorbonne Université, 17 Rue de la Sorbonne, 75005 Paris

SpeakersProfessor Bernard Franco, Louis Loizou, Dr Stellina Kavvada, Dr Argyro Kavvada, Dr Eva Kouvella, and a Student Symposium