AI Democracy Forum | Paris Session
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? The democratic question of AI is no longer theoretical. It is becoming constitutional and civilizational.
Date: Saturday 14 November 2026
Time: 12 midday – 4pm
Venue: Amphi Descartes, Sorbonne Université, 17 Rue de la Sorbonne, 75005 Paris, France
Programme
Opening Keynotes
Professor Bernard Franco, Professor of General and Comparative Literature at Sorbonne University; Former President, European Society of Comparative Literature
Louis Loizou, Co-Founder & CEO, IVORI Lab; Co-chair, AI Democracy Forum
Speakers
Dr Stellina Kavvada, Lawyer, specialised in International, European & Comparative Law; LLB Université Paris 2, LLM Université Paris 1, PhD Sorbonne Université; Fulbright Scholar, Columbia University; Professor; CEO, Kavvadas Academy
Dr Argyro Kavvada, Chief Scientist, Program Manager, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Georgia Kouvela-Piquet, International Lawyer Paris & Athens Bars Associations, Founder & Président of Hellenic-French Academy of Cultural Diplomaty
Student Symposium
Moderated by Dr Stellina Kavvada and Marina Antoniou, Executive Board Member and Co-founder, Hellenic Tech Network
Leandros-Ioannis Kouros, École de Droit, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne; Président, Association de la Jeunesse Hellénique de Paris
Athanasios Gatsis, École de Droit, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne; Membre du Conseil d’Administration, Association de la Jeunesse Hellénique de Paris
Markella Fountouli, École de Droit, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
Eleni Kardamyla, Master of Science; PhD Candidate in Speech Language Pathology, Université Européenne de Chypre et Académie de Paris
Maria Moniodi, PhD Candidate in Architecture and Cultural Management, Académie de Paris
Closing Remarks
Louis Loizou and Doros Partasides, Co-chairs, AI Democracy Forum
Event co-ordinators: Marilena Michael and Vera Kyriakou, students at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and members of the Zorbas in Paris Greek-Cypriot Association.
More speakers to be announced.