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'''Yiannis Laouris''' has enivioned the [[Reinventing Democracy in the Digital Era]] project and serves as its [[Project Director]]. He is Chair of the Board of <ref>http://www.futureworldscenter.org Future Worlds Center</ref> and Executive Board Member of the <ref>http://www.globalagoras.org Institute for 21st Century Agoras</ref>. Yiannis has been the founder of many organizations including <ref>http://www.futureworlds.eu/wiki/CYBER_KIDS CYBER KIDS</ref>, <ref>http://ekkotek.com Ekkotek High-tech business incubator</ref>, <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology_for_peace Technology for Peace</ref>, <ref>http://www.cyprussystemssociety.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page Cyprus Society for Systemic Studies</ref>. He currently serves as Acting Dean for the <ref>http://www.nets-uni.net N.E.T.S. Mediterranean Graduate School of Applied Social Cognition</ref> and as Head of the <ref>http://www.futureworlds.eu/wiki/Futures_Design_Unit Futures Design Unit of Future Worlds Center</ref>. | '''Yiannis Laouris''' has enivioned the [[Reinventing Democracy in the Digital Era]] project and serves as its [[Project Director]]. He is Chair of the Board of <ref>http://www.futureworldscenter.org Future Worlds Center</ref> and Executive Board Member of the <ref>http://www.globalagoras.org Institute for 21st Century Agoras</ref>. Yiannis has been the founder of many organizations including <ref>http://www.futureworlds.eu/wiki/CYBER_KIDS CYBER KIDS</ref>, <ref>http://ekkotek.com Ekkotek High-tech business incubator</ref>, <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology_for_peace Technology for Peace</ref>, <ref>http://www.cyprussystemssociety.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page Cyprus Society for Systemic Studies</ref>. He currently serves as Acting Dean for the <ref>http://www.nets-uni.net N.E.T.S. Mediterranean Graduate School of Applied Social Cognition</ref> and as Head of the <ref>http://www.futureworlds.eu/wiki/Futures_Design_Unit Futures Design Unit of Future Worlds Center</ref>. | ||
Yiannis | Yiannis is a social and business entrepreneur, a neuroscientist and systems engineer, active in multiple dimensions. | ||
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<td width="30%" align="left" valign="top">__TOC__</td><td valign="top" width="70%">{{#ev:youtube| TWsjky3i9g4 | 250 | left |A Cyprus Community Media Centre production on [[Reinventing Democracy in the Digital Era (2012)]] in Nicosia Sep, 2012}}</td></tr> | <td width="30%" align="left" valign="top">__TOC__</td><td valign="top" width="70%">{{#ev:youtube| TWsjky3i9g4 | 250 | left |A Cyprus Community Media Centre production on [[Reinventing Democracy in the Digital Era (2012)]] in Nicosia Sep, 2012}}</td></tr> | ||
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<td width="30%" align="left" valign="top">__TOC__</td><td valign="top" width="70%">{{#ev:youtube| x3bw1TH_oio | 250 |left|TEDx Talk Zooming out time, given in Pireaus, Athens May 30, 2014</td> | <td width="30%" align="left" valign="top">__TOC__</td><td valign="top" width="70%">{{#ev:youtube| x3bw1TH_oio | 250 |left|TEDx Talk Zooming out time, given in Pireaus, Athens May 30, 2014}}</td> | ||
<td width="30%" align="left" valign="top">__TOC__</td><td valign="top" width="70%">{{#ev:youtube| 0Ob4Frrovsc| 250 |left|On TV about [[Cyberethics]], the safer internet center of Cyprus}}</td></tr> | <td width="30%" align="left" valign="top">__TOC__</td><td valign="top" width="70%">{{#ev:youtube| 0Ob4Frrovsc| 250 |left|On TV about [[Cyberethics]], the safer internet center of Cyprus}}</td></tr> | ||
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Yiannis is a strong promoter of using technology as a means to achieve positive social change. In 1992, he launched [[CYBER KIDS]], a nation-wide experiment, with the vision that introducing advanced computer technology in the lives of a critical number of young children using an educationally relevant and socially responsible, peace-enhancing curriculum would allow them to “transcend” the country’s educational and political life and move the new generation a decade ahead. By 1999, the number of ]]children who benefited from their curriculum exceeded 15,000, which is approximately equal to 20% of the country’s youth population (ages 6-15). In 1997, together with other peace builders, he founded the Technology for Peace project, which supported Cypriot peace builders in their communication and planning at a time when no telephone signals or people could cross the cease-fire zone. | Yiannis is a strong promoter of using technology as a means to achieve positive social change. In 1992, he launched [[CYBER KIDS]], a nation-wide experiment, with the vision that introducing advanced computer technology in the lives of a critical number of young children using an educationally relevant and socially responsible, peace-enhancing curriculum would allow them to “transcend” the country’s educational and political life and move the new generation a decade ahead. By 1999, the number of ]]children who benefited from their curriculum exceeded 15,000, which is approximately equal to 20% of the country’s youth population (ages 6-15). In 1997, together with other peace builders, he founded the Technology for Peace project, which supported Cypriot peace builders in their communication and planning at a time when no telephone signals or people could cross the cease-fire zone. | ||