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A social, business, and peace entrepreneur who left a successful academic career in the 1990s to pursue a dream: with two friends, he launched a nationwide social entrepreneurial experiment. They envisioned introducing programming and IT thinking to young children through an educationally relevant, socially responsible, peace-enhancing curriculum, fostering creativity, imagination, and problem-solving skills, thus “transcending” educational and political barriers and propelling a generation forward. He later became active in peace-building in Cyprus and the Middle East, pioneering initiatives like Tech4Peace, Reinventing Democracy in the Digital Era, bridging communication divides. He has trained thousands worldwide in structured dialogue and conflict resolution. His work, shaped by political, psychological, technological, philosophical, and scientific challenges, including the 1974 Cyprus events, inspires his books, e.g. Masks of Demons, Democratic [R]evolution, and Ten Political Commandments. A medical doctor with PhDs in neurophysiology and systems engineering, Laouris founded Future Worlds Center and serves as President of the International Society for the Systems Sciences and the Institute for 21st Century Agoras. | |||
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Active in ISSS periodically since 2003. Social-, business-, and science entrepreneur, Lead Scientist and CEO of Future Worlds Center [1]. Founding member of the Cyprus Society for Systemic Studies; Current President of the Board of the Institute for 21st Century Agoras [2]. Served as national representative in several COST Actions, Insafe, Inhope, EU Kids online, ECSO, Cybercrime Centre of Excellence, ECTEG – Europol, and as a member of Boards and/or partner in several high-tech companies [3]. One of the 12 authors of the ONLIFE Manifesto [4] and lead author of Reinventing Democracy in the Digital Era Manifesto [5]. Leads internationally the development of theory, tools, and applications of structured dialogic design. Yiannis researches to scale up participatory dialogic processes engaging asynchronously thousands of people in meaningful, authentic dialogues, thus accelerating institutional and societal change. Holds an MD (distinction; Germany), a PhD Neurophysiology (summa cum laude; Germany), an MSc Eng (GPA 4.0: USA), and a PhD Systems Engineering (UK). 100+ papers/book chapters; 160+ conference papers. | Active in ISSS periodically since 2003. Social-, business-, and science entrepreneur, Lead Scientist and CEO of Future Worlds Center [1]. Founding member of the Cyprus Society for Systemic Studies; Current President of the Board of the Institute for 21st Century Agoras [2]. Served as national representative in several COST Actions, Insafe, Inhope, EU Kids online, ECSO, Cybercrime Centre of Excellence, ECTEG – Europol, and as a member of Boards and/or partner in several high-tech companies [3]. One of the 12 authors of the ONLIFE Manifesto [4] and lead author of Reinventing Democracy in the Digital Era Manifesto [5]. Leads internationally the development of theory, tools, and applications of structured dialogic design. Yiannis researches to scale up participatory dialogic processes engaging asynchronously thousands of people in meaningful, authentic dialogues, thus accelerating institutional and societal change. Holds an MD (distinction; Germany), a PhD Neurophysiology (summa cum laude; Germany), an MSc Eng (GPA 4.0: USA), and a PhD Systems Engineering (UK). 100+ papers/book chapters; 160+ conference papers. | ||
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Yiannis Laouris is a neurophysiologist, a systems engineer, and a social entrepreneur. He is the author of 100+ scientific papers in neuroscience, education, technology, dialogue, and peace, and 10+ books, including 'Masks of Demons,' which addresses the concept of stereotypes in the context of the Cyprus conflict and 'Citizens Commandmends,' a visionary manifesto calling citizens to reclaim their power. Yiannis studied medicine in former Eastern Germany and worked as a researcher and professor in West Germany before moving to the United States. In the early 90s, he founded the chain of computer learning centers known as CYBER KIDS, which aimed to stimulate, develop, and cultivate creative thinking and problem-solving skills through the integration of IT in education. He dedicated his life to promoting peace and positive social change, employing systemic methodologies to solve problems and effect social reforms. He is President (2024-2026) of the International Society for the Systems Sciences. | Yiannis Laouris is a neurophysiologist, a systems engineer, and a social entrepreneur. He is the author of 100+ scientific papers in neuroscience, education, technology, dialogue, and peace, and 10+ books, including 'Masks of Demons,' which addresses the concept of stereotypes in the context of the Cyprus conflict and 'Citizens Commandmends,' a visionary manifesto calling citizens to reclaim their power. Yiannis studied medicine in former Eastern Germany and worked as a researcher and professor in West Germany before moving to the United States. In the early 90s, he founded the chain of computer learning centers known as CYBER KIDS, which aimed to stimulate, develop, and cultivate creative thinking and problem-solving skills through the integration of IT in education. He dedicated his life to promoting peace and positive social change, employing systemic methodologies to solve problems and effect social reforms. He is President (2024-2026) of the International Society for the Systems Sciences. | ||