Panathenea festival spotlights innovation, art and ambition

Participants successful past year's Panathenea, hosted astatine the Athens Conservatory. [www.panathenea.org]

Athens is preparing to big the 2nd Panathenea festival, an planetary lawsuit organized by young Greeks that blends technology and the arts.

What began arsenic a small, uncertain effort has grown into a large gathering for innovation. Co-founder and CEO Lefteris Katsiadakis said attendance is expected to emergence from 3,500 past year to 10,000 this year.

The three-day festival, held May 27-29 astatine Zappeion Hall, will impact astir 440 organizers and volunteers. Participants see representatives of large concern funds and technology companies, alongside founders and executives from crossed the innovation sector. Discussions will absorption connected artificial intelligence, defence and robotics.

The programme besides expands into movie and music, with artists networking with manufacture representatives. More than 80 parallel events will take spot crossed Athens, underscoring the city’s cardinal relation successful the festival.