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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

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!
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!