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Registration fees:
- 70 Euro prior to December 5, 2016
- 100 Euro after December 5
- 25 Euro 2016 University Students
Certificates of attendance will be awarded.
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2017 European Conference on Ambient Intelligence (AmI 2017)
Call for Full Papers and Short Papers
2017 European Conference on Ambient Intelligence (AmI 2017) – Towards a Smart and Human-Centered Internet of Things
26-28 April 2017 – Málaga (Spain) – http://www.ami2017.eu
The 2017 European Conference on Ambient Intelligence (AmI 2017) has a focus on the role of Ambient Intelligence “Towards a Smart and Human-Centered Internet of Things”. It will take place in Málaga, Spain, from 26-28 April 2017. We invite submission of full papers and short papers presenting original research. AmI 2017 is an interdisciplinary venue for leading international researchers, designers, and practitioners that present and discuss new results in Ambient Intelligence.
Important Dates
Submission deadline: 23. December 2016
Author notification: 17. February 2017
Camera-ready deadline: 1. March 2017
Focus Areas
Enabling Technologies, Methods and Platforms
Sensors and Actuators, Reliability and Quality of Sensor Data, Combination of Multiple Sensor Modalities, Indoor vs. Outdoor Tracking, Interactive and Smart Materials and Physical Computing, Modelling Context Awareness and Location-based Services, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Smart Environments, Ambient Intelligence Platforms and Multi-Agent System, Self-organization in Socially Aware Ambient Systems, Emergent and Collective Ambient Intelligence, Evaluation Methods and Techniques for Ambient Intelligence, Living Labs, Context Laboratories, and Experiential Landscapes
Objectives and Approaches of Ambient Intelligence and Internet of Things
Human-Centred Design of Ambient Intelligence Environments, Citizen-Centred Design and Civic Computing, User Requirements for Ambient Intelligence Environments, Security and Privacy as a core theme of Ambient Intelligence, Social Technologies and the Internet of Things, Impact of Ambient Intelligence and IoT on Society
From Information Design to Interaction and Experience Design
Multi-Modal/ Multi-Sensory Interaction, Tangible and Gesture-based Interaction, Implicit vs. Explicit Interaction, Symmetric Interaction in Real and Virtual worlds, Space-Time Dispersed Interaction, Crowd and Swarm-based Interaction
Application Areas of AmI and IoT
Industrial Internet – Industry 4.0, IoT and Logistics, Product Memory, Sustainability and Fair Trade, Smart Homes as opposed to Smart Houses, Ambient Assisted Living, Healthcare and Well-being, Personal Health and Tele-monitoring, Smart Cities and Smart Airports, Media Façades and Urban Computing, Hybrid Cities, Connected Cars and Autonomous Driving, Pervasive Games in Hybrid Worlds, Immersive Entertainment Environments
Submission Requirements
The papers must be anonymized to facilitate blind review. Authors are encouraged to minimize any references that may reveal the identity of the authors and their institutions. Relevant references to an author’s previous research should not be suppressed but instead referenced in a neutral way. Submissions will be accepted and managed using EasyChair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ami17). All papers will be reviewed by at least three Program Committee members.
We support both Full Papers (max. 16 pages) and Short Papers (6 pages) that will be presented at the conference. Details can be found at our homepage http://ami2017.eu/cfp/
Organizing committee
Program Co-Chairs
Andreas Braun, Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research IGD & Fraunhofer Ambient Assisted Living Alliance, Germany
Reiner Wichert, Center for Research in Security and Privacy CRISP, Germany
General Chair
Antonio Maña, Universidad de Málaga & Safe Society Labs, Spain
Honorary Chair
Norbert Streitz, Smart Future Initiative, Germany
Local Organization Chair
Hristo Koshutanski, Univ. de Málaga & Safe Society Labs, Spain
Download here the call for paper!
ABP-2016: Conference Results
Download here the results from the International Conference of the transnational project «SONET-BULL – Using ICT networking tools with peer learning and crowdsourcing to train school communities to counter student bullying», which took place on Tuesday, September 20, 2016 in Athens.
International Conference on Anti-Bullying Practices
The DAISSy research group (http://daissy.eap.gr) of the Hellenic Open University organizes the International Conference on Anti-Bullying Practices on Tuesday, September 20, 2016, during hours 9.30 – 17.00 at the AMALIA HOTEL, 10 Amalias Av., Athens (located opposite to the National Gardens).
The conference is organized in the context of the transnational project «SONET-BULL – Using ICT networking tools with peer learning and crowdsourcing to train school communities to counter student bullying» (http://www.sonetbull.eu/), which is coordinated by HOU.
The Conference will present the project main outcomes: training outline, educational material, learning objects and online peer-learning results, as recorded on the platform, through individual or group projects. Emphasis will be given to the presentation of best practices and educational activities such as those implemented by teachers – members of the Network. The Conference will also discuss contemporary anti-bullying approaches and theories, as well as the exploitation prospects of project results.
The Conference is addressed to members of the educational community (directors of schools, teachers, parents), managers responsible for planning and implementation of educational policies (at Regional offices and School Divisions, School Counselors, persons responsible for scientific and educational guidance), mental health specialists, students and researchers in humanities fields and generally to any person interested in the issue of school bullying.
You can find more information about the conference here.
Download the programme of the conference here!
International Conference IME-2016: Intercultural Mediation in contemporary Europe: challenges and possibilities
Hellenic Open University, with the support of Olympic Training and Consulting (project co-ordinator), organizes the international conference “Intercultural Mediation in contemporary Europe: challenges and possibilities”, in the context of multi-lateral project “TIME: Training Intercultural Mediators for a Multi-cultural Europe” (http://www.mediation-time.eu). The conference will take place on September 8 & 9 2016, in the Airotel Stratos Vassilikos hotel, 114 Michalakopoulou str., Athens, Hellas.
The conference is the third in a series of events organized by the DAISSy research group of the Hellenic Open University (http://daissy.eap.gr) during the past years. It is addressed to researchers and practitioners of IM and associated disciplines, including among others social workers and researchers who interact with immigrants, members of immigrant communities, personnel of educational institutions, training centers, NGOs and voluntary organizations, employees of public administration and local authorities.
The conference will promote exploitation of the results of project TIME (Training Intercultural Mediators for a Multicultural Europe), which was funded under Erasmus+, aiming to identify and discuss challenges, explore possibilities, exchange knowledge on practices and interventions and present successful IM policies.
You can find more information about the conference here.
Download the programme of the conference here!
Hellenic Conference on Innovating STEM Education
University of Athens, Greece
16-18/12/2016
In recent years, there has been a focus on promoting the uptake of STEM subjects in schools. This has been driven by the need to ensure that young people gain the knowledge and skills essential to help them participate in a society in which mathematics, science and technology are increasingly important. Nevertheless, reform efforts, including curriculum development have treated the STEM subjects mostly in isolation. Recognizing that education within the individual STEM disciplines has great value and that efforts to improve discipline-centered teaching and learning should continue, this conference considers the potential benefits—and challenges—of an explicit focus on integration. In order to prepare students to address the problems of our society, it is necessary to provide students with opportunities to understand the problems through rich, engaging, and powerful experiences that integrate the disciplines of STEM.
The conference provides a platform for dissemination of best practice in teaching and learning in Greece, and will inspire and empower STEM educators to improve teaching quality, to Increase engagement in STEM education and career pathways, to connect students with real life industry relevancy, and to drive creativity, inquiry based learning, problem-solving & project based learning.
Read more information about the HiSTEM2016 Conference here
Final Conference of eCult Skills project organised by HOU with great success!
With great success were fulfilled the operations of the International Conference “Digital Challenges for M
useum Experts” organized by the Hellenic Open University in 22th September 2015 at the Gate Athens Hotel in Athens.
Website: http://ecultskills-conference.eap.gr/
The Conference was organized in the context of the eCult Skills project: http://ecultskills.eu/ which investigates the emergence of new job roles as a result of the latest ICT developments and their adoption by the museums, and aims to present project outcomes and discuss possible exploitation routes.
The conference gathered scholars, museum professionals, museum representatives, organizations and networks, and ICT researchers and engineers creating a forum to meet and exchange experiences, ideas and plans on the interplay between Culture and Technology.
At the beginning of the Conference was attended many officials gave a welcome speech such as Dr. Jenny Albani, the Vice President of the Hellenic Committee of ICOM/ Directorate of Museums, Hellenic Ministry of Culture, Mrs. Lila de Chaves, the President of Heritage & Museums/ member of the Board of Trustees of European Museum Forum and Dr. Vasileios Dagdillelis, the President of National Organization for the Certification of Qualifications and Vocational Guidance in Greece.
The conference contained three sessions and workshops. The first Session entitled “Outcomes and the impact of the eCult Skills Project” were presented the research results from the participant countries of the project. In the second Session with the title “Museums in the digital era” we had museum representatives from different and diverse museums (national, foreign, small-sized, university museum, public or private) portraying their own perspective, through case studies, showing applications, DB, installations and educational programmes based on the new technologies. In the third session divided at two basic groups of speakers we had the opportunity to host universities/ academics and VET institutions that presented the currently provided study programmes/ curricula/ skills needed for the museum expert. The ICT experts testified their experience from collaborating with museums underlying the demanded qualifications regarding ICT and Culture. In addition to the sessions, in the final workshops a fruitful discussion was developed among partners of the Project, audience and speakers aiming at the evaluation of the job role profiles and the evaluation of the exploitation potential of the project outcomes.
It is noteworthy that entries surpassed all expectations of the organizing committee and 150 participants flocked to the conference venue. The participants in their assessment expressed the most enthusiastic comments on the selection of the speakers, the themes, the space and the logistical organization. To all participants were issued a handbag with material of hardcopies and cd of the Conference Proceedings.
The content and the themes of the Conference were received ample recognition of the presence and contribution of prominent professors, museum employees, ICT experts, Researchers and Boarding members in national & international committees while the papers showed great scientific interest.
Newsletter European Web Site on Integration – Greece (July-September 2015)
| July-September 2015 | Ιούλιος-Σεπτέμβριος 2015 | |
| NEW! Web Site users need to have an ECAS (European Commission Authentication Service) account for data security reasons in order to submit content on the new version of EWSI and to edit their subscription to our newsletter. We invite you to create an ECAS account here. More information on the registration procedure can be found here | ΝΕΑ! Οι χρήστες Web Site, προκειμένου να υποβάλουν περιεχόμενο για τη νέα έκδοση του EWSI και να πραγματοποιήσουν εγγραφή στο ενημερωτικό δελτίο μας, για λόγους ασφάλειας δεδομένων πρέπει να έχουν λογαριασμό ECAS (European Commission Authentication Service). Σας προσκαλούμε να δημιουργήσετε ένα λογαριασμό ECAS εδώ. Περισσότερες πληροφορίες σχετικά με τη διαδικασία εγγραφής μπορείτε να βρείτε εδώ. | |
| Good Practices | Καλές πρακτικές | |
| Greece: Training cultural mediators with social networking software (SONETOR)The SONETOR project aims to assist Cultural Mediators working with immigrants by providing them an online training platform. This platform aims to facilitate the up-skilling and re-skilling of Cultural Mediators. Read more.“AGREE – Agricultural job Rights to End foreign workers Exploitation” project aims at creating a new culture of work against all forms of exploitation and lawlessness through the promotion of the rights and opportunities of redemption. Read more. | Ελλάδα: SONETOR, «Κατάρτιση διαπολιτισμικών μεσολαβητών αξιοποιώντας το νέο λογισμικό Κοινωνικής Δικτύωσης»Το SONETOR στοχεύει στην ενίσχυση των γνώσεων, των δεξιοτήτων και των ικανοτήτων των Πολιτισμικών Διαμεσολαβητών στην δουλειά τους με τους μετανάστες, μέσω της ανάπτυξης καινοτόμου περιεχόμενου και προγραμμάτων Επαγγελματικής Κατάρτισης και Εκπαίδευσης. Διαβάστε περισσότερα εδώ.Το πρόγραμμα «ΑGREE – Δικαιώματα στις αγροτικές εργασίες με στόχο να σταματήσει η εκμετάλλευση των αλλοδαπών εργατών» στοχεύει στη δημιουργία και προώθηση μιας νέας κουλτούρας εργασίας εναντίον όλων των μορφών εκμετάλλευσης και ανομίας. Διαβάστε περισσότερα εδώ | |
| Latest documents | Βιβλιοθήκη | |
| Indicators of Immigrant Integration 2015: Settling In. This joint publication by the OECD and the European Commission presents the first broad international comparison across all EU and OECD countries of the outcomes for immigrants and their children in five areas: employment, education and skills, social inclusion, civic engagement and social cohesion. Read more. MIPEX 2015: International Key Findings. Integration policies in the 38 MIPEX countries are ambivalent about equal rights and opportunities for immigrants. Scoring 52/100, integration policies in these developed democracies create obstacles for immigrants to fully participate in economic, social and democratic life. Read More. “IRMA – Governing the irregular migration: States, Actors, Intermediaries” Final PublicationsHow do migration control policies affect the plans and actions of prospective (and actual) irregular migrants? And why some policies are more successful than others? These are the central questions addressed by the IRMA Case studies, the Comparative report, the Policy paper and the maps of Migratory routes. Read more. | Δείκτες ένταξης των μεταναστών 2015 Η κοινή έκθεση του ΟΟΣΑ και της Ευρωπαϊκής Επιτροπής παρουσιάζει την πρώτη ευρεία διεθνή σύγκριση από όλα τα κράτη-μέλη της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης και τις χώρες του ΟΟΣΑ σχετικά με τα αποτελέσματα που αφορούν τους μετανάστες και τα παιδιά τους.Διαβάστε περισσότερα εδώ…MIPEX 2015 Τα σημαντικότερα αποτελέσματα από τη διεθνή έρευνα Οι περισσότερες πολιτικές σχετικά με την αγορά εργασίας επικεντρώνονται στην παροχή βοήθειας στους μετανάστες να βρουν θέσεις εργασίας – οι περισσότερες το κάνουν μετά από διάρκεια παραμονής 10+ χρόνια, αλλά συχνά οι θέσεις εργασίας είναι χαμηλότερης ποιότητας ή με μισθούς κάτω από το όριο…Διαβάστε περισσότερα εδώ… «IRMA Διακυβέρνηση της μη-νόμιμης μετανάστευσης: Κράτη, Δρώντες και Μεσάζοντες» Μελέτες περιπτώσεωνΠώς οι πολιτικές ελέγχου επηρεάζουν τα σχέδια και τις ενέργειες των μελλοντικών (και των υπαρχόντων) μεταναστών; Και γιατί ορισμένες πολιτικές είναι πιο επιτυχημένες από άλλες; Αυτά είναι και τα κεντρικά ζητήματα, που εξετάζονται από το ερευνητικό πρόγραμμα IRMA. Εδώ μπορείτε να δείτε τις μελέτες περιπτώσεων, την συγκριτική ερευνητική έκθεση και τηχαρτογράφηση μεταναστευτικών διαδρομών. |
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| News | Ειδήσεις | |
| New Eurostat statistics on the acquisition of citizenshipAccording to Eurostat data extracted in May 2015, nearly one million people obtained citizenship of an EU-28 Member State in 2013, an increase of 20 % compared with 2012. Read more. | Τα στατιστικά της Eurostat σχετικά με την ιθαγένειαΣύμφωνα με τα στοιχεία της Eurostat μέχρι το Μάιο 2015, σχεδόν ένα εκατομμύριο άτομα έχουν αποκτήσει ιθαγένεια σε κάποιο από τα 28 κράτη-μέλη της ΕΕ, το οποίο δείχνει αύξηση της τάξης του 20%. Διαβάστε περισσότερα εδώ… | |
| Call for applications | Προκηρύξεις | |
| Call for Proposals 2015: Education for Intercultural Citizenship and Intercultural Artistic Co-ProductionsThis call aims at supporting projects on the fields of Education for Intercultural Citizenship and Intercultural Artistic Co-Productions. Deadline to apply: 1st November 2015. Read more. | Προκήρυξη 2015: Εκπαίδευση στην διαπολιτισμικότητα και τις Καλλιτεχνικές συνεργίεςΟι δικαιούχοι που μπορούν να καταθέσουν προτάσεις είναι μόνο οι οργανώσεις-μέλη του δικτύου ALF National Network. Προθεσμία κατάθεσης: 1 Νοεμβρίου 2015.Διαβάστε περισσότερα εδώ. | |
| Follow us:Twitter: @EWSI_GreeceFacebook: European Web Site on Integration – GreeceNational coordinators for Greece for the European Website for Integration::ΕLIAMEP, Vas. Sofias 49, Athens 10 676 migration@eliamep.gr | Follow us:Twitter: @EWSI_GreeceFacebook: European Web Site on Integration – GreeceΣυντονιστές για την Ελλάδα για την Ιστοσελίδα της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης για την προώθηση της κοινωνικής ένταξης των μεταναστών:ΕΛΙΑΜΕΠ, Bασ. Σοφίας 49, Αθήνα 10 676 migration@eliamep.gr |
International Workshop on “The Role and Prospects of Cultural Mediation”
In contemporary societies, native populations live side by side with migrant populations and ethnic minorities. As a result, conflicts and social exclusion may arise, thus calling for the implementation of conflict resolution measures. Cultural mediation is a form of mediation between two or more disputing parties that are presumed as having different cultures which, in a way, are responsible for conflict creation.
The workshop is organized by the Hellenic Open University in the context of the European Project TIPS, T – Learning to Improve Professional Skills for intercultural dialogue which is funded under the Leonardo da Vinci programme. The aims of the workshop are to discuss the vital role and the prospects of Cultural Mediators in a pluralistic Europe, to identify the competences that professional Cultural Mediators must develop and describe their educational and training needs, to research the potential of applying information and communication technology in training Cultural Mediators and to present the achievements and the progress of project TIPS.
The event is open and participation is free of cost. A certificate of attendance will be given to registered participants. The official language of the event is English and there is the ability to attend online via the internet, through the TIPS project website (http://www.forcom.it/tipsproject).
A photo exhibition titled “Snapshots of a “limited” life” will be organized in the context of the workshop.
For more information, please contact:
Mrs Spyridoula Kouna, Hellenic Open University – Greece, kouna@eap.gr, tel. +30 2610.367402
Mrs Konstantina Polimeropoulou, Hellenic Open University – Greece, kopo@eap.gr
9 October 2009
Astir Hotel, Patras, Greece
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