Open Panel
As part of the 2025 Media Literacy Festival, ACS Athens hosted a captivating panel discussion titled “AI and Creativity Ethics: Navigating the Moral Landscape of Creativity.”
Achilleas Laskaratos, MD, Constantino Roselli, MEP Nikos Papandreou, Dr. Antonis Karampelas, Dr. Peggy Pelonis, Stavros Vlachoyannis
Filmed for television and open to the school community and its partners, the event brought together educators, futurists, scientists, and European policymakers to explore the moral challenges and cultural transformations driven by artificial intelligence.
Moderated by Mr. Stavros Vlachogiannis, the panel featured distinguished voices including Dr. Peggy Pelonis (President of ACS Athens), Dr. Antonis Karampelas (Chair of Technology), MEP Nikos Papandreou, futurist Constantino Roselli, and medical AI researcher Achilleas Laskaratos.
From groundbreaking neurotechnology that restores movement in paralyzed patients, to the complex challenges of AI regulation and authorship, the discussion bridged science, ethics, and imagination. Dr. Pelonis emphasized the need to build critical thinking skills from a young age, while Mr. Papandreou highlighted the struggle to balance creativity and legal frameworks, noting, “A creative mind is a free mind.”
Thanasis Palos, Achilleas Laskaratos, MD, Constantino Roselli, MEP Nikos Papandreou, Dr. Peggy Pelonis, Dr. Antonis Karampelas, Stavros Vlachoyannis, John Papadakis
Dr. Laskaratos shared compelling insights from his team’s work in Switzerland, using brain-spine interfaces and AI to help patients walk again—technology he described as building a “digital bridge” between thought and motion.
The discussion also addressed responsible AI development, algorithmic bias, and the importance of transparency and co-creation.
This event exemplifies ACS Athens’ commitment to preparing students to become ethical, informed, and compassionate global citizens—equipped to engage with emerging technologies in thoughtful and transformative ways.