The DataGEMS project participated in the 13th International Summer School on Digital Government – OpenGov26 (July 6th – 10th, 2026), held in Samos, Greece, bringing together an international community of researchers, academics and practitioners to exchange knowledge and discuss the future of digital governance.
Organised by the Department of Information and Communication Systems Engineering of the University of the Aegean, the event featured the 12th International Summit on Digital Government (Samos Summit) alongside the OpenGov26 Summer School. The programme focused on some of the most key topics in digital governance, including Artificial Intelligence, open data, smart cities, digital public services and innovative approaches to education, while fostering collaboration among academia, public sector organisations and European research projects. It also covered topics such as AI for digital governance, data-driven decision making, policy modelling and interoperability, which are highly relevant to the development of AI-driven solutions for governmental and parliamentary data and services.
During the event, Dr. Georgia Koutrika, Research Director at Athena Research Center and Coordinator of the DataGEMS project presented the project’s approach to AI-powered data discovery in parliamentary language resources. The lecture “DataGEMS approach for AI Data Discovery in parliamentary language resources” highlighted how DataGEMS leverages AI, semantic technologies and natural language processing to enhance the discovery, interoperability and reuse of multilingual legislative datasets.