Programme |
Thursday 23 November 2006 |
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17:00-18:30 |
Registration
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Opening Ceremony: Addresses
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18:30-18:45 |
Lazaros Efraimoglou, President of the Foundation of the Hellenic World |
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18:45 |
George Voulgarakis, Minister of Culture
(the address will be delivered by Mr. Dimitris Efraimoglou, FHW’s Managing Director)
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19:00 |
Christos Folias, Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance |
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19:15 |
Christos D. Lambrakis, President of the Athens Concert Hall |
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1st LECTURE |
19:30-20:15 |
Ioannis Tsoukalas, General Secretary of the General Secretariat for Research and Technology, Ministry of Development
"Digital Technology and Culture: the Greek reality and perspectives"
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20:15-20:30 |
Discussion - Questions |
20:30 |
Welcome Reception |
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Friday 24 November 2006 |
1st SESSION
Chairman: Panos Konstantopoulos, Professor of Information Systems, Athens University of Economics and Business and the Foundation for Research and Technology
Culture and Society in the Digital Age |
09:40-10:10 |
Athanasios Gaitatzes, Foundation of the Hellenic World,
"Athens: A virtual tour through the Agora of the Ancient City" |
10:10-10:20 |
Stelios Christakos, Director of the Managing Authority of the Operational Program "Information Society",
"Culture and Information Society" |
10:20-10:40 |
Martin Howe, Vice President, Visualization & Operations, SEOS Ltd,
"Immersive Visualisation Theatres, a new medium for discovery and comprehension"
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10:40-11:00 |
Dimitris Papageorgiou, Assistant Professor, Cultural Technology and Communication Dept, University of the Aegean,
Thomas Mavrofides, Multimedia Designer/programmer,
Cultural Technology and Communication Dept, University of the Aegean,
"Cultural representation and new technologies; difficulties and perspectives"
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11:00-11:15 |
Questions |
11:15-11:30 |
Break |
11:30-11:50 |
Dimitris
Efraimoglou, Managing Director of the Foundation
of the Hellenic World
"Present and future of the cultural center «Hellenic Cosmos»" |
11:50-12:10 |
Antony Eddison, Head of School of Media, Art & Design, University of Bedfordshire,
"Chocolate covered broccoli! Some compelling uses for digital media in the teaching of regional history in primary education "
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12:10-12:30 |
Yiannis Skourogiannis, Interactive Media Designer, Ambient Media Consultant, Artistic Director of "e-phos" International Film and New Media Festival,
"STELLART - Audiovisual rendezvous with our history through digital technology"
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12:30-13:45 |
Questions |
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2nd
LECTURE |
12:45-13:30 |
Adrian D. Cheok, Professor, Director of Mixed Reality Lab, National University of Singapore,
"Social and physical interactive paradigms for mixed reality entertainment"
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13:30-13:45 |
Discussion - Questions |
13:45-16:00 |
Tour - Visit of Hellenic Cosmos Facilities |
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2nd
SESSION
Chairman: Konstantinos Giannakis, User Interaction Manager, Velti SA
Emerging Theories and Practices for Creating Interactive User Experiences |
16:00-16:20 |
Panos Trahanias, Professor, Computer Science Dept, University of Crete, Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH),
"Mobile robots as interactive tour-guides in exhibition sites"
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16:20-16:40 |
Ann Blandford, Professor, Director of the UCL Interaction Centre, University College London
"Experiences of the library in the digital age"
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16:40-17:00 |
Sofia Tsekeridou, Assistant Professor, Athens Information Technology
"Digital multimedia libraries: prospects and research challenges"
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17:00-17:20 |
Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann, Director of MIRALab / C.U.I., University of Geneva,
George Papagiannakis, MIRALab / C.U.I., University of Geneva, et al.
"Real-time realistic rendering and subtle body movements for virtual actors"
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17:20-17:40 |
Questions |
17:40-18:00 |
Break |
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3rd
LECTURE (Keynote Speaker of the Conference) |
18:00-19:00 |
Christos Papadimitriou, Professor, Computer Science Division, University of California at Berkeley
"Logicomix: from Aristotle to the internet via sequential art"
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19:00-19:15 |
Discussion - Questions |
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Saturday 25 November 2006 |
3rd
SESSION
Chairman: Vangelis Christodoulou, Foundation of the Hellenic World and Adjunct Faculty, Cultural Technology and Communication Dept, University of the Aegean
Arts and Entertainment: A Glimpse of the Future |
10:00-10:20 |
Manthos Santorineos, Assistant Professor, Athens School of Fine Arts and Artistic Director of Fournos Center and Medi@terra Festival,
"Digital Art is not just another "new medium". It is a "new world" that we should learn to live in"
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10:20-10:40 |
Nikolaos Soulakellis, Assistant Professor, Dept of Geography, University of the Aegean,
Apostolos Papakonstantinou, PhD Candidate, Dept of Geography, University of the Aegean,
"GeoVisualisation and Game Engines. New approach in visualization of archaeological areas"
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10:40-11:00 |
Blair Parkin, Managing Director, Visual Acuity Ltd, Non-Executive Director of the VR Centre at the University of Teesside
"The Impact of New Media Technologies on the Cultural Heritage Landscape; including project reviews of FHW, Greece; The Freedom Park, South Africa; Digital City, UK; and The British Museum, UK"
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11:00-11:15 |
Questions |
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4th
LECTURE |
11:15-12:00 |
Hiroshi Ishii, Professor, Head of the Tangible Media Group, MIT Media Laboratory
"Tangible Bits: beyond pixels"
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12:00-12:15 |
Discussion - Questions |
11:00-11:15 |
Break |
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4th
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Arts and Entertainment: A Glimpse of the Future (continued) |
12:30-12:50 |
Sofia Mitilineou, PhD Candidate, Cultural Technology and Communication Dept, University of the Aegean
Vangelis Christodoulou, Foundation of the Hellenic World and Adjunct Faculty, Cultural Technology and Communication Dept, University of the Aegean
Evangelia Sampanikou, Assistant Professor, Cultural Technology and Communication Dept, University of the Aegean,
"Word and Space; an interactive digital creation" |
12:50-13:10 |
Miltos Manetas, Artist, Founder of the Neen Art Movement,
"Websites are today's most radical and important art objects"
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13:10-13:30 |
Voltnoi, Audio Artist,
"Sound Silence Space"
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13:30-13:45 |
Questions |
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13:45 |
Concluding Speech |
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