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'''Yiannis Laouris'''  supervises the [[Reinventing Democracy in the Digital Era]] project and serves as Project Director. He is Chair of the Board of [[Future Worlds Center]] and Executive Board Member of the [[Institute for 21st Century Agoras]]. Yiannis has been the founder of many organizations including  [[CYBER KIDS]],  [[Ekkotek High-tech business incubator]], [[Technology for Peace]],  [[Cyprus Society for Systemic Studies]]. He currently serves as Acting Dean for the [[N.E.T.S. Mediterranean Graduate School of Applied Social Cognition]] and as Head of the [[Futures Design Unit]] of  [[Future Worlds Center]].
'''Yiannis Laouris'''  supervises the [[Reinventing Democracy in the Digital Era]] project and serves as Project Director. He is Chair of the Board of [[Future Worlds Center]] and Executive Board Member of the [[Institute for 21st Century Agoras]]. Yiannis has been the founder of many organizations including  [[CYBER KIDS]],  [[Ekkotek High-tech business incubator]], [[Technology for Peace]],  [[Cyprus Society for Systemic Studies]]. He currently serves as Acting Dean for the [[N.E.T.S. Mediterranean Graduate School of Applied Social Cognition]] and as Head of the [[Futures Design Unit]] of  [[Future Worlds Center]].


Yiannis is a trong 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 served as invited Expert of the [[Core Foresight 2050]], think tank groups created by the Digital Futures Task Force of the European Commission to anticipate global changes on the planet and to advice the EC on how ICT could facilitate shape those futures by 2050. As member of the [[The Onlife Initiative]], together with 11 other  philosophers and natural scientists he co-autghored the Onlife Manifesto, which  
Yiannis served as invited Expert of the [[Core Foresight 2050]], think tank groups created by the Digital Futures Task Force of the European Commission to anticipate global changes on the planet and to advice the EC on how ICT could facilitate shape those futures by 2050. As member of the [[The Onlife Initiative]], together with 11 other  philosophers and natural scientists he co-autghored the Onlife Manifesto, which  


Yiannis is a trong promoter of  
A number of more recent projects


 
* Reinventing democracy (YiA 1.3)
Reinventing democracy (YiA 1.3)
* Youth envisage and design their ideal future (YiA 5.1)
Youth envisage and design their ideal future (YiA 5.1)
* Reinventing Democracy in the Digital Era (2012)
Reinventing Democracy in the Digital Era (2012)
* Engaging citizens to reinvent democracy
Engaging citizens to reinvent democracy


* Member of the Wisdom Research Network of the University of Chicago<ref>[http://wisdomresearch.org/members/laouris.aspx Wisdom Research Network of the University of Chicago]</ref>.
* Member of the Wisdom Research Network of the University of Chicago<ref>[http://wisdomresearch.org/members/laouris.aspx Wisdom Research Network of the University of Chicago]</ref>.
* Represents Cyprus as Delegate of the [[Commonwealth Cybercrime Initiative|Cybercrime Initiative]] launched by the Commonwealth in 2011.


He has served in the past or continues to serve:
<u>Laouris has served in the past or continues to serve in many European networks such as:</u>
* As National Representative and/or Expert in many European Research Networks
* As National Representative and/or Expert in many European Research Networks
** [[COST 276: Knowledge Management]] (Invited Expert 2005-2006)
** [[COST 276: Knowledge Management]] (Invited Expert 2005-2006)
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==Publications==
Yiannis authored '''Masks of Demons''', a book that exposes stereotypes between so-called "'lifelong"' enemies. He also published a short book '''Citizens Commandments''' in which he presents the demands of normal people from their leaders.He has has over 50 peered reviewed papers in experimental neuroscience, neuropsychology, neuro-education, collective wisdom and structured dialogue and over 150 conference presentations.


==Role in Tech4Peace project==
Founding member of the [[Technology for Peace]] project, together with [[Harry Anastasiou]], [[Dervis Besimler]], [[Bekir Azgin]] and [[Hrach Gregorian]].
===CYBER KIDS===
[[CYBER KIDS]] was a nation-wide experiment launched in 1992 in Cyprus by Yiannis Laouris, George Vakanas and Maria Symeonides 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). During the same period, the organization trained and employed 186 young and talented university graduates, thus combating brain drain while simultaneously spreading the [[CYBER KIDS Philosophy]] and knowledge to many more spheres of social life.
Yiannis has over 50 peered reviewed papers in experimental neuroscience, neuropsychology, neuro-education, collective wisdom and structured dialogue and over 150 conference presentations.
Yiannis authored [[Masks of Demons]], a book that exposes stereotypes between so-called "'lifelong"' enemies. He also authored two books


==Awards==
==Awards==
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