Programme

Thursday 18 November 2004 (Academy of Athens, Eastern Hall)

17.00-18.30

Registration

 

Opening Ceremony: Addresses

18.30-18.45

Lazaros D. Efraimoglou, President of the Foundation of the Hellenic World

18.45-19.00

Dimitris Sioufas, Minister of Development

19.00-19.15

Petros Tatoulis, Deputy Minister of Culture

 

1st LECTURE

19.15-20.00

Richard J.A. Talbert, Professor, University of North Carolina
"Atlas, Pleiades and the Oikoumene: the Creation, Sharing and Dissemination of Knowledge by the Ancient World Mapping Center"

20.00

Welcome Reception

 

Friday 19 November 2004 (Hellenic Cosmos, Building 7)

1st SESSION

Chairman: Dr. Dimitris Paleothodoros, Archaeologist, Foundation of the Hellenic World, University of Thessaly

Digital management of cultural heritage and its use in the educational process

09.30-09.50

Athanasios Gaitatzes, Foundation of the Hellenic World
"Olympia and the Ancient Olympic Games - Techniques for the Production of Multi-Sensory and Educational Virtual Worlds"

09.50-10.10

Natasha Siouzouli, Theater Researcher, Centre for Ancient Drama "DESMOI"
"Presentation of the Database of the Centre for Ancient Drama 'DESMOI'"

10.10-10.30

Nikolaos Gouraros, Archive Director, Field of IT and New Technologies, Lambrakis Press SA
"Selection, Digitization, Enrichment, Access: Digital Knowledge Databases in the Service of Education"

10.30-10:50

Panos Konstantopoulos, Professor, Athens University of Economics and Business, Foundation for Research and Technology
"Towards an Infrastructure of Standards and Methods for the Completion and Preservation of the Digital Cultural Reserve"

10.50-11.10

Discussion - Questions

11.10-11.30

Break

11.30-11.50

Paul Debevec, Researcher-Assistant Professor
Charalambos Poullis, Researcher, University of Southern California
"Digitizing the Parthenon: Estimating Surface Reflectance Properties of a Complex Scene under Captured Natural Illumination"

11.50-12.10

Sophia Daskalopoulou, Professor, Vice-Rector, University of the Aegean, President of the Department of Cultural Technology and Communication
"Culture and New Technologies"

12.10-12.30

Vassilis Pappas, Assistant Professor, University of Patras,
Nikolaos Polydoridis, Professor, President of the Department of Architecture, University of Patras
"Bridges of Knowledge and Culture"

12.30-12.50

Vaggelis Christodolou, Foundation of the Hellenic World, University of the Aegean
"Digital, Non Interactive Exhibits: Approach, Creation, Incorporation"

12.50-13.15

Discussion - Questions

13.15-16.00

Lunch - Visit at Hellenic Cosmos, Building 1

 

2nd SESSION

Chairman: Vassilis Pappas, Assistant Professor, University of Patras

Cultural institutions, museums and sponsors

16.00-16.20

Dimitris Efraimoglou, Managing Director of the Foundation of the Hellenic World
"Hellenic Cosmos: A Seven-Year Course in Culture and Technology"

16.20-16.40

Dionysios Simopoulos, Professor, Director of the Eugenides Planetarium
"Integration into space: the Experience of the New Digital Planetarium at the Eugenides Foundation"

16.40-17.00

Aglaia Archodidou-Argyri, Director of the 20th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities
"The Use of Modern Technologies in Approaching Archaeological Sites. The Example of Emporio in Chios"

17.00-17.20

Gerfried Stocker, (one of the) Managing Director(s) of the Ars Electronica Center
"Landscape of Memory"

17.20-17.40

Discussion - Questions

17.40-18.00

Break

 

2nd LECTURE

18.00-19.00

George Metakides, Professor, University of Patras, former Director of the Information Society Technologies Programmes (IST), European Union
"Presentation of the key note speaker of the Conference"

Nicholas Negroponte, Professor, co-Founder and Director of the Media Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

 

Saturday 20 November 2004 (Hellenic Cosmos, Building 7)

3rd LECTURE

09.30-10.10

Jose Encarnacao, Professor, Director, Fraunhofer Institut fur Graphische Datenverarbeitung

"HEyeWall - Perfect Pictures for Perfect Displays"

 

3rd SESSION

Charmain: Dr. Panagiotis Psicharis, Director of the Field IT and New Technologies, Lambrakis Press SA

New forms of perceiving and representing space

10.10-10.30

Dr. George Sidiropoulos, Foundation of the Hellenic World, University of Thessaly
"3D City, Unresolved Realism"

10.30-10.50

Zisis Kotionis, Substitute Professor, University of Thessaly
"Virtual Attica: Navigation on the Map"

10.50-11.10

Menno-Jan Kraak, Professor, International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation
Alexandra Koussoulakou, Assistant Professor, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
"Geovisualization, the Space - Time - Cube, and Archaeology"

11.10-11.30

Vassilis Bourdakis, Assistant Professor, University of Thessaly
"VR Urban Models and their Application in Planning"

11.30-11.40

Discussion - Questions

11.40-11.50

Break

 

4th SESSION
New forms of perceiving and representing space

11.50-12.10

George Tzirtzilakis, Assistant Professor, University of Thessaly, Architect
"The Installation as a Territorial Machine. Towards a Post-Species Condition of Objects"

12.10-12.30

Andreas Aggelidakis, Architect/Artist
"Urban Animation

12.30-12.40

Discussion - Questions

 

4η ΔΙΑΛΕΞΗ

12.40-13.30

K. Bhta, Composer

 

Concluding Speech

 

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