When: Monday, March 16, 2026 | 12:00-13:30
Where: ACG Events Hall

Organized by
ACG Office of Public Affairs, as a pre-event to the official launch of Deree Business Week 2026

In collaboration with
Kathimerini

Supported by
the Public Affairs Student Task Force

About the event:

The 1st ACG Distinguished Speakers Series 2026 “AI at Work: Performance, Practice, and the Future” meets the 2026 Deree Business Week as a pre-event, one day before BW’s official opening.

How do we know if AI is actually doing a good job? Join us for an eye-opening session that unpacks the topic of AI performance—the technical evaluations used to ensure these tools are accurate and reliable for specific tasks. We will explore how people currently use AI in their daily work and hear how it is changing day-to-day routines and professional habits. Looking ahead, we will also discuss how AI is restructuring teams and changing the skills that employers value most. As the workforce evolves, understanding how to work alongside AI will be just as important as the work itself.

To guide us through this discussion on the future of work and the specific skills you will need to thrive in a shifting talent landscape, the 1st ACG Distinguished Speakers Series 2026 proudly welcomes Rohit Patel, Director, Meta Superintelligence Labs in a discussion with Dr. Nick Antonopoulos, Vice President of Academic Affairs, Research and Innovation, The American College of Greece. Welcome remarks will be offered by Claudia Carydis, Vice President of Public Affairs, The American College of Greece.

Launched in January 2024, the ACG Distinguished Speakers Series (DSS) features top business experts, policy makers, academics, diplomats, and community leaders coming from the US. Speakers present and discuss topical issues and engage in an interactive discussion on the areas of their expertise, while sharing points & tips from their personal professional trajectory.

The event is free and open to the public.
Please register by March 11.

For further clarifications, please contact [email protected]

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About the speakers

Rohit Patel is a Director in Meta Superintelligence Labs, where he works on building the company’s next generation of AI models. His primary research areas are Reinforcement Learning and AI Evaluations, in which he actively publishes. He is also a digital advisory board member at private equity firm Baypine, and founder of the AI research lab, QuickAI. Known for making complex AI concepts clear and actionable, Rohit speaks on generative AI, the future of LLMs and AI’s business impact. He holds a PhD in Game Theory from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management, and is a statistician by training.

 

Professor Nick Antonopoulos is currently the Vice President Research & Innovation as well as the founding Dean of the School of Science & Technology at The American College of Greece. Nick is responsible for all research & commercialization activities of the College as well as its graduate studies provision. He is also leading the School of Science & Technology operations and forming its strategy for the future. Nick is a research Professor in the field of distributed systems and applied AI with over 200 peer reviewed papers published and a current h-index of 30.

From January 2019 to May 2025, Nick was Deputy Vice Chancellor, Research & Innovation and Merchiston Campus Principal at Edinburgh Napier University. His key responsibilities included the line management of three Deans of School as well as leadership & responsibility for all the University’s research, innovation and commercial engagement activities including Continuing Professional Development (CPD).

Prior to this role, Nick was Pro Vice-Chancellor Research & Innovation at the University of Derby since March 2017. Between April 2014 – March 2017, Nick was the founding Dean of the College of Engineering & Technology and since December 2015 the University of Derby Technical Coordinator of the framework collaboration with CERN.

Until April 2014, Nick was Head of School of Computing & Mathematics and Assistant Dean (Research) of the Faculty of Business, Computing & Law in the same University. Prior to joining the University of Derby in March 2009, Nick was a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) and Director of the MSc Degrees at the Department of Computing, University of Surrey, UK. Nick holds a BSc in Physics (1st class) from the University of Athens in 1993, an MSc in Information Technology from Aston University in 1994 and a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Surrey in 2000.

Prior to joining the academia he worked as a networks consultant for ICL and Fujitsu Services and was the co-founder and director of a company developing Web-based management information systems. He has successfully acted as expert witness in high profile legal cases involving email synchronisation systems. Nick has altogether 30 years of academic experience across multiple academic and senior leadership roles in British Universities.

Nick is a Fellow of the Higher education Academy (FHEA), the British Computer Society (FBCS) and the International Academy, Research and Industry Association (FIARIA).