Dear Friends,
From the halls of UN HQs in NYC, to an old, renovated brewery in Leuven, Belgium, and from there to the floors of the UN, WIPO, ITU, and WHO in Geneva, these past months have been a season of meaningful dialogue, global engagement, and growing momentum.
We are proud to share our latest updates and upcoming opportunities for collaboration, all of which are organized around our three new program areas:
Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings Scholarships
Partnership Announcement: Nanopoulos Foundation, Inc. Signs MoU with Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings Foundation
We are pleased to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings Foundation, strengthening a shared commitment to advancing scientific excellence, education, and international collaboration. Through our Foundation’s credibility and outstanding scientific excellence, Greece becomes officially an Academic Partner of the program!
Ten students of Greek origin from around the world, will now have equal opportunity alongside students from other countries to be present at this niche global gathering which honors excellence and innovation: exactly what we stand for!
Learn more about the Nobel Laureate Meetings here: www.lindau-nobel.org .
AI Health Literacy Hub
Health Nexus Forum, Leuven, Belgium
We hosted our inaugural “Health Nexus Forum”, under the theme “Shaping Responsible AI Through Digital Literacy and Governance” in an old brewery in Leuven, Belgium, June 24–26, 2026. But rest assured: we only had a cold beer at the end of our discussions. 😉
The Forum brought together an exceptional lineup of internationally recognized leaders from government, academia, international organizations, healthcare, and industry to explore the future of artificial intelligence in healthcare. The ambitious inaugural first year, featured high-level participation with speakers from the European Parliament, the European Research Council, DG SANTE, UNICEF, WHO-affiliated experts, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), UNDP, the Atlantic Council, the NATO Innovation Fund, leading universities, global health innovators, and many more. You could feel the energy shifting the old brewery which hosted us!
Publication: “AI Health Literacy as a Foundation for Responsible AI in Healthcare: A Framework for Trustworthy Implementation,” by Dr. Olga Tzorztatou Nanopoulou, Frontiers in Digital Health, July 20, 2026
As artificial intelligence continues to transform healthcare, this timely paper highlights a critical challenge and something I have poured all my energy and care into the past years: you cannot achieve responsible AI in healthcare without placing AI health literacy at the heart of its governance. It is not an afterthought; it is the foundation trust is built on.
In this paper I introduce a novel framework to strengthen trust, ethical governance, informed decision-making, and the safe adoption of AI across healthcare systems.
Read the full publication and share your thoughts: Read the full publication .
Publication: “Advancing Children’s Rights in the Era of Genetic Innovation,” Santa Slokenberga, Paraskevi Papadopoulou, Olga Tzortzatou-Nanopoulou, Brill editions
Very proud to share a new scholarly contribution, a book chapter we co-authored with Santa Slokenberga and Paraskevi Papadopoulou: Chapter 11: Children and Innovative Genetic Therapy in Europe: Human Rights Considerations.
The chapter examines how emerging gene therapies for children can advance while safeguarding human dignity, equitable access, and the best interests of the child. This chapter reflects the Foundation’s ongoing commitment to responsible innovation at the crossroads of science, ethics, and policy.
Read the full publication and share your thoughts: Brill .
Research Grant: Prestigious National Research Grant on Neurorights
We’re proud to share that SAB Member Professor José-Antonio Seoane of the University of La Coruña has been awarded a research grant by the Spanish State Research Agency of the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities!
The project, “The Regulation of Neurotechnologies: Neurorights (NEURODER),” will run from 2026 to 2029. It will address the ethical, legal, and policy implications of rapidly evolving neurotechnologies and explore emerging frameworks for protecting neurorights in an era of unprecedented advances in neuroscience and brain technology.
The Nanopoulos Foundation has been invited to participate in the project, contributing the lived experience and perspectives of our community members. This is an amazing opportunity for our Task Force members to help shape how neurorights are understood and protected.
We’re deeply grateful to Professor Seoane for his trust and collaboration, and we look forward to working alongside him and our Collaborating Partner, Cosmo-logos, Research Center for Science and Culture, on this important work.
United Nations COSP9 Side Event
The AI Health Literacy Hub were honored to co-sponsor a United Nations side event during the 9th Session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (COSP9), organized by the Permanent Mission of Greece and the Permanent Mission of Latvia to the United Nations.
The discussion brought together policymakers, advocates, and community leaders to explore how emerging technologies, including AI, can support more inclusive societies while protecting the autonomy, rights, and dignity of persons with disabilities.
A particularly powerful contribution came from disability advocate Hector Acevedo, an active member of our Foundation’s AI Health Literacy Hub program. whose personal story reminded participants that innovation must remain grounded in human experience, resilience, and empathy.
Inaugural UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance, UN, Geneva, Switzerland and AI for Good Global Summit 2026, UN, Geneva, Switzerland
We participated in the inaugural, by invitation only, UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance and at the AI for Good, both of which took place this year in Geneva, Switzerland. With our team’s trusted members, Advisor for the Region of Africa Pascoal Bento, and Advisor for the Region of Europe, Danai Spentzou, we conducted a series of important meetings with regional and international institutions, with the goal of building strategic partnerships.
Both events brought together global leaders from government, academia, industry, civil society, and the UN agencies to explore how artificial intelligence can advance sustainable development and address pressing global challenges making these days for all of us who participated, memorable!
Partnership Announcement: Nanopoulos Foundation and Kleon Tsetis Foundation Sign Strategic MoU
We are delighted to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between our Foundation and the Kleon Tsetis Foundation, formalizing a strategic partnership with the visionary Julia Tseti and her team, dedicated to advancing AI Health Literacy, scientific innovation, and responsible digital health transformation.
Building on a collaboration that began in May 2025, through the Foundation’s flagship initiatives including the BioMedAI Summer School and the Health Nexus Forum, this partnership establishes a framework for expanding joint activities at the intersection of healthcare, artificial intelligence, education, and public engagement. This partnership marks an important step toward creating a more inclusive, informed, and equitable digital health future through education, research, and cross-sector collaboration.
Online Knowledge-Sharing Program: Global Dialogues
This session explored who should govern AI in health, which priorities should guide decision-making, and how legal, ethical, technical, and social dimensions shape responsible AI adoption. The discussion highlighted the critical role of high-quality, large-scale health data in ensuring AI can genuinely transform health systems while maintaining public trust.
▸ José-Antonio Seoane · Professor of Philosophy of Law, Universidade da Coruña; Member, Spanish Bioethics Committee
▸ Leremy Colf · Associate Professor, University of Oklahoma; Nonresident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council GeoTech Center
▸ Matt Hulse (Moderator) · Global Lead for Digital Health, World Bank Group
Our most recent Global Dialogues session tackled one of the deepest unresolved tensions in health AI: epistemic justice, who gets to produce knowledge, whose data shapes algorithms, and who ultimately benefits. Bringing together a physician from Ethiopia, a community organizer from the United States, and a data scientist bridging clinical research and computation, this webinar challenged prevailing assumptions about AI fairness and surfaced the structural roots of knowledge inequality in global health systems.
▸ Leo Anthony Celi (Chair) · Senior Research Scientist, MIT; Clinical Research Director, Laboratory of Computational Physiology
▸ Melat Bawoke · Physician, Ethiopia
▸ Hector Acevedo · Community Change Catalyst, United States
▸ Dimitrios Proios (Moderator) · Clinical Data Scientist & Ph.D. Candidate, University of Geneva
The latest session of the Global Dialogues Webinar Series, explored how stronger collaboration between European and global innovation ecosystems can accelerate the development and adoption of AI solutions, particularly in healthcare. Speakers highlighted emerging innovations from developing economies, where resource constraints are driving practical, scalable, and high-impact applications of AI.
▸ Lana Graf · Global Lead for AI and Deep Tech Investments at the World Bank Group
▸ Orestis Trasanidis · Head of the EIT AI & Robotics Community and Managing Director of the EIT Hub Silicon Valley
Building Global Research Pathways through BioMed-AI
Our Foundation continues to demonstrate how education, scientific collaboration, and international partnerships can create meaningful opportunities for the next generation of researchers.
What began four years ago as the “BioMed-AI Summer School” initiative, has evolved into a dynamic global network that connects students, researchers, and institutions committed to advancing biomedical artificial intelligence.
During the third edition of the BioMed-AI Summer School, hosted by the International Agency for Research on Cancer/WHO (IARC), valuable discussions and new professional connections led to the establishment of a research internship collaboration between Nanopoulos Foundation and the Centre for Health and Care Innovation Research (CHIR) at City St George’s, University of London.
Through this new partnership, Herbson Maambo, Thaw Thaw Win Win, Ola Al Barazi, Setu Mondol, and Simran Rawat are currently undertaking research internships under the supervision of Professor Divya Srivastava and Professor Charitini Stavropoulou. This collaboration exemplifies our mission to create an ecosystem where education extends beyond individual events, bringing together talented minds, building lasting international partnerships, and transforming ideas into tangible research opportunities.
And don’t miss out on the opportunity to get involved and be a part of our growing community: nanopoulosfoundation.org/virtual-hub/
Quantum Brain
Book Release
Authored by Co-Founder, world-renowned theoretical physicist, cosmologist (and my husband J), Dimitri Nanopoulos, “The Quantum Myth of Sisyphus: An Essay on the Quantum Origin of the Absurd” was realeased in his hometown, Athens, Greece, marking a full circle of his long scientific journey… The evening brought together an engaged audience of scientists, academics, students, and readers for a profound conversation exploring the convergence of quantum mechanics, cosmology, philosophy, and the fundamental nature of reality.
Within the first two weeks from its release, the book hit a record category sale of more than 9,000 copies. All income from sales will be channeled to our Foundation’s flagship program Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting Scholarships.
Find the book in Greek here: vivliopoleiopataki.gr . Coming soon in English and French!
A Special Journal Honor for Co-Founder Prof. Dimitri V. Nanopoulos
The scientific journal Universe (MDPI) published a themed Special Issue, “Particle Physics and Cosmology,” dedicated to Dimitri in recognition of his foundational contributions to supersymmetry, Grand Unified Theories, string model building, and cosmology.
Guest-edited by four leading physicists, the issue brings together eight papers from voices across the field, including a review by longtime collaborators and friends, including Professor John Ellis, Ignatios Antoniades and more.
What a great honor for a beautiful mind!
Find the Special Issue here: MDPI Universe .
Workshop: Quantum Computing and Bio-Inspired Technologies
Together with Dr. George Kanellos Lab., “Quantum Optical Communications Research Laboratory” (QoRe Lab) at the Department of Informatics and Telecommunications, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens we hosted a workshop on “Quantum Information Processing on Biology-Inspired Hardware for Quantum Computers”.
Among the distinguished speakers were Dr. Andreas Mershin, Lecturer at MIT and Chief Scientific Officer of RealNose; and Professor Nikolaos Emmanouel Mavromatos, Professor of Physics at the National Technical University of Athens and Emeritus Professor at King’s College London.
Partnership Announcement: Nanopoulos Foundation and FEMINNO Sign Strategic MoU
We are delighted to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with FEMINNO, a global organization dedicated to advancing innovation, entrepreneurship, leadership, and opportunities for women in science, technology, healthcare, and business.
This partnership with powerhouse founder and CEO Seda Papoyan, establishes a framework for collaboration on initiatives that promote innovation, digital health, education, entrepreneurship, leadership development, and inclusive technology ecosystems.
An Evening of Poetry, Nature, and Legacy at the Landcraft Garden Foundation
After all the above, I needed some rest and “culture therapy” so I attended an evening event at the Landcraft Garden Foundation in Long Island celebrating the legacy of poet, civil rights advocate, and gardener Anne Spencer, together with dear friend and collaborator Dr. Sozita Goudouna.
The program included readings by distinguished poets and a screening of Earth I Thank You: The Garden and Legacy of Anne Spencer. I can still recall the scent of the flowers surrounding me… What a magical evening!
Learn more about the event here: Landcraft Garden Foundation .
Supporting Women Leaders Through Global Networks
I am personally so proud to support my friends Hulya Kurt and Bojana Trivic Noguera from Women Presidents Organization Switzerland’s Chapter and their upcoming leadership convening in Geneva, an exclusive gathering designed to bring together accomplished women entrepreneurs and business executives for an evening of learning, connection, and peer exchange. The event featured Anni Wilhelmi, Head of Global Expansion at the Women Presidents Organization (WPO), alongside distinguished leaders.
Discussing the challenges of leadership and the critical role that trusted peer networks play in supporting professional development, never gets old!
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