Piraeus 2011 SDDP Training Seminar

Project SDDP Facilitators Training School Place Amphitheater of Conferences University of Piraeus Greece Date(s) 17 and 19 Feb 2011 Type of participants Students of the CSAP Program Number of participants xx Total Duration 2 Days (12 hrs) Link(s) Link(s) to press release(s)

The 2-day Seminar for the Structured Dialogic Design (SDD) Process took place in Piraeus, Greece on the 17th and 19th of Feb 2011. The first session was implemented using the Eluminate virtual technology platform. The second session was implemented by YiannisLaouris with the support of Myrsine Roumeliotou, while Aleco Christakis presented a lecture using video Skype. The seminar was co-organized by Future Worlds Center and the Institute of 21st Century Agoras.

Focus of the school

It focused on the theoretical foundations of the science and included the Game, which enabled participants to re- discover the science.

Instructors

The following experts were engaged in the

• Dr. Yiannis Laouris, President of FutureWorlds Center and member of 21st Century Agoras Board
• Prof. Nikitas Assimakopouulos, President of Hellenic Society for Systemic Studies
• Virtual participation: Prof. Aleco Christakis, Founder of Global Agoras and Father of the science of Dialogic Design

Logistics

The Training School was organized by Prof. Nikitas Assimakopoulos in coordination with Yiannis Laouris and Aleco Christakis. The School took place at the premises of the University of Piraeus.

Participants

The Piraeus 2010 school was organized in the context of the CSAP program. The Training School committed to offer backdated (whenever the Scheme is completed) 1 credit towards the professional SDD Certification Scheme. The following individuals participated:

[Aleco Christakis]]

Name	Affiliation	Expertise	Country
Institute for 21st Century Agoras Future Worlds Center	International SDD Expert	USA
Yiannis Laouris	Future Worlds Center Institute for 21st Century Agoras	International SDD Expert	USA
Nikitas Assimakopoulos	CSAP, University of Pireaus	Academician, Systems Expert	Greece
Theofanis Giotis	CSAP student	Consultant, PhD Candidate	Greece
Myrsine Roumeliotou	External Associate FWC, Sociologist, Teacher of English	Media Expert	Greece