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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 <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''' supervises the [[Reinventing Democracy in the Digital Era]] project and serves as 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>. | ||
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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. |