The University of Aegean consists of five schools located across six Aegean islands in Greece, as well as eighteen departments that offer undergraduate and postgraduate programs. The Department of Information Communication Systems Engineering in particular offers both undergraduate and postgraduate degrees related to information and communication technologies. It also runs the Information Systems Laboratory, which conducts research and consulting through projects funded by the European Union and Greek government on topics like e-governance, e-business, and interoperability.

1. University
of
Aegean

3. • 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

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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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)

11. 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.

12. • 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