MADE Group

MEET Digital Culture Center is now hosting a Webinar on Data and Media Literacy! Berlin, Riga and Thessaloniki are connected to Milan and you can join too, wherever you are.

Workshop on memes, modified images, synthetic media, fake news, data-visualisation, artificial intelligence and immersive narratives, with the aim of developing a critical sense towards the information one encounters online, questioning the great ethical challenges of digital and creating content in a more conscious manner.

Link to watch it live on Zoom:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81034402352?pwd=K0hMQ0x4MnBuSFdzdmhNN0RUVXpvQT09

AUGE NEXT is aimed at shaping the future of Europe, of its cities and its citizens, in a more sustainable, inclusive and resilient way. It seeks to engage transnational teams of artists, youths, and activists across four countries, facilitate the sharing of ideas for a joint creation of a new EU awareness on climate engagement, improved working and living conditions, while fostering a renewed sense of European togetherness.

AugE | Augmented Europe AugE | Augmented Europe is a project co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union.

AUGENEXT, Athens by MADE Group!

➡Artathon, Expanded Metaverse, 25th November 2022

Last week we questioned the post-covid effects through the lens of the metaverse and the digital transformation we have experienced in recent years!

What are the challenges related to future scenarios regarding virtual environments? How can we co-create this future in a participatory and inclusive way? How will we be experiencing art, aesthetics, and culture, or what will the future workplace look like?

📍Full Program

12:00 Welcome & Introduction (MADE)
12:30 Meta-realities in the Metaverse
Stylianos Iordanis, Machine Learning Engineer (Technology)
Christiana Kazakou, Researcher, curator & producer (Digital Arts)
13:00 Inspirational Talks
Emilio Perez, Artist
Michela Magas, President, Institution of Industry Commons
14:00 - 16:00
➡Future Scenarios
- Dimitrios Panopoulos, Labour Market Data Analyst, Labour Market Diagnostic Mechanism Department, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
➡Un-disciplinary Access
- Charalambos Tsekeris, Researcher at the National Centre for Social Research, Vice-Chairman of the National Bioethics & Technology Ethics Committee
➡Immersive Virtual Worlds
- Amalia Agathou, Interdisciplinary artist and strategy and innovation consultant (ΖΟΟΜ)
- Theodore Georgiadis, CEO, RoiMat, Digital Marketing Agency
16:00 Metaverse Cafe: Illusion or Reality?
17.00 - 18.00 AUGENEXT Live Transnational connection with partners (ΜΕΕΤ Digital Culture Center, RIXC, Public Art Lab,
18:00 Greetings and Conclusion

Find out more on https://augenext.eu

Fourth Edition of The Athens Roundtable — The Athens Roundtable on AI and the Rule of Law Join the fourth edition of The Athens Roundtable to advance and widen the global dialogue on the enforcement of AI policies and regulations, coordinated efforts toward AI standards and benchmarks, and the adoption of AI in alignment with human rights and democratic values.

𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀!
Last but not least, we are delighted to have Christiana Kazakou, an interdisciplinary researcher, curator, producer and artist who works for various organizations and groups whose work spans the spectrum of arts, sciences, technology and society. Christiana is also a Program Engagement Specialist for Leonardo/ISAST (International Community of Arts, Science & Technology), and LASER Talks, an international program to foster interdisciplinary dialogues and community building in over 50 cities and 5 continents worldwide and a partner of MADE GROUP in the curation & production of S+T+Arts in Greece and other European projects such as Augmented Europe.

Find Christiana’s bio here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christiana-kazakou-74a15222/
Join us on November 25th! https://bit.ly/3zICPlk

𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀!
We are excited to host Theodore Georgedakis, CEO, RoiMat, Digital Marketing Agency. He has a vast experience of more than 20 years on Marketing and Communication and he will deliver a talk on “Metaverse: The Merging Of Real And Digital Life”.

Find Theodore’s bio here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/theodore-georgedakis/
Join us on November 25th! https://bit.ly/3zICPlk

𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀!
Another distinguished speaker on our panel will be Charalambos Tsekeris, Principal Researcher at the Institute of Social Research of the National Centre for Social Research, with the subject "Sociology of the Internet." He coordinates the research project World Internet Project - Greece, focusing on the use of the Internet in Greece, and holds an honorary position of Associate Professor at the School of Public Leadership, University of Stellenbosch, and is a Research Partner at the Anti-Corruption Education and Research Centre of the same University.
Speaker’s bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tsekeris/?originalSubdomain=gr

Don’t miss the chance to learn from top experts in the field at 𝗔𝗨𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗫𝗧 𝗔𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗻: 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲! Register today https://bit.ly/3zICPlk

𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀!
Dimitris Panopoulos, Head of the Labour Market Research and Documentation Unit of the Ministry of Labour, Social Security and Social Solidarity of Greece, is another valuable addition to our line-up of speakers!
Find out more about Mr. Panopoulos: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dimitrispanopoulos-/?originalSubdomain=gr
Reserve your seat for the 𝗔𝗨𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗫𝗧 𝗔𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗻: 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲! https://bit.ly/3zICPlk and join a timely dialogue!

Magas bridges the worlds of science and art, design and technology, academic research and industry, with a track record of over 25 years of innovation.

Having been awarded the “European Woman Innovator of the Year” for 2017 and the Innovation Luminary Award for Creative Innovation in 2016, we are honored to have her in our lineup! Learn more about Michela’s bio: https://michelamagas.com/about/ and register today for the 𝗔𝗨𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗫𝗧 𝗔𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗻: 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲! ➡️ https://bit.ly/3zICPlk

Meeting on Friday with the best team!

Join the AUGE NEXT Climate, Art and Energy Arthathon organized by RIXC Center for New Media Culture as the closing part of UPDATE Festival onsite at Liepaja University and online on November 25, at 11:00!
REGISTER NOW HERE: https://forms.gle/fRmJuxsmLJQNmv2d7

The arthathon will feature a series of workshops, discussions and lecture on Climate, Art and Energy. How much do we actually know of interconnections and how our daily life affects our planet, climate, energy, and resources? Climate change and energy are the challenges of the present and future. Now more than ever, art and creativity are approaches that can show new ways to work and interact and raise awareness of these different issues, envisioning more imaginative and sustainable future scenarios

ABOUT
AUGE NEXT | Augmented Europe – Next Challenges is a project co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme by the European Union. Youths and emerging artists will be involved in co-creation programmes to build communities through the ARTATHONS (Nov. 25), which will be simultaneously organized in the partner cities of Milan, Liepaja, Berlin and Athens by MEET Digital Culture Center (Italy), RIXC Center for New Media Culture (Latvia), MADE Group (Greece), Public Art Lab (Germany).

Read more:
http://rixc.org/
https://augenext.eu/