Short Bios/Yiannis Laouris: Difference between revisions

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==Bio used for CSABB Conference==

Yiannis Laouris is a social and business entrepreneur, a neuroscientist and systems engineer, currently working as Senior Scientist and Chair of Future Worlds Center (~~future worlds~~.eu). He is founding member of the Cyprus Society for Systemic Studies, member of the Board of the Institute for 21st Century Agoras, member of the Board of a number of high-tech companies, and national representative in several COST Actions, Insafe, Inhope, EU Kids online, etc. He promotes the application of broadband technologies and structured dialogue as tools to bridge the digital; economic educational and inter-personal divides on our planet.

Yiannis Laouris is a social and business entrepreneur, a neuroscientist and systems engineer, currently working as Senior Scientist and Chair of Future Worlds Center (futureworlds.eu). He is founding member of the Cyprus Society for Systemic Studies, member of the Board of the Institute for 21st Century Agoras (globalagoras.org), member of the Board of a number of high-tech companies, and national representative in several COST Actions, Insafe, Inhope, EU Kids online, etc. He promotes the application of broadband technologies and structured dialogue as tools to bridge the digital; economic educational, ethnic, and inter-personal divides on our planet.

Laouris was member of the first group of trainers (Cyprus Conflict Resolution Trainers Group) that planned and executed the initial trainings in communications- and conflict resolution skills that eventually reached more than three thousand citizens from both the Greek and Turkish communities. Together with Aleco Christakis and Marios Michaelides, he applied ~~structured democratic dialogue~~ (SDD) on dozens of groups world-wide. He was also the co-Founder of numerous peace promoting projects such as tech4peace.org, Youth Promoting Peace (y2p.org), EUcitizenship.net MulticulturalCyprus.net, TalkOfTheIsland.org, civilsocietydialogue.net, ActBeyondBorders.net, etc. His contributions in systems science applications were recognized by the Hellenic Society for Systemic Studies who honored him with their 2008 Award. For the past 5 years, together ~~with Dr. Christakis’~~ group~~, he~~ develops systems to enable scaling up the SDD process to engage asynchronously thousands in meaningful dialogue, thus accelerating change. Laouris has published over 50 papers in peered reviewed journals, half of which in neuroscience, a quarter in applied systems science and peace, and the rest in IT-children and neuroscience of learning. He contributed chapters in about 20 books and made over 130 conference papers and presentations.

Laouris was member of the first group of trainers (Cyprus Conflict Resolution Trainers Group) that planned and executed the initial trainings in communications- and conflict resolution skills that eventually reached more than three thousand citizens from both the Greek and Turkish communities. Together with Aleco Christakis and Marios Michaelides, he applied Structured Democratic Dialogue (SDD) on dozens of groups world-wide. He was also the co-Founder of numerous peace promoting projects such as tech4peace.org, Youth Promoting Peace (y2p.org), EUcitizenship.net MulticulturalCyprus.net, TalkOfTheIsland.org, civilsocietydialogue.net, ActBeyondBorders.net, etc. His books MasksofDemons.com and CitizensCommandments.com are most relevant. His contributions in systems science applications were recognized by the Hellenic Society for Systemic Studies who honored him with their 2008 Award. For the past 5 years, together his group develops systems to enable scaling up the SDD process to engage asynchronously thousands in meaningful dialogue, thus accelerating change. Laouris has published over 50 papers in peered reviewed journals, half of which in neuroscience, a quarter in applied systems science and peace, and the rest in IT-children and neuroscience of learning. He contributed chapters in about 20 books and made over 130 conference papers and presentations.

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 ==Bio used for CSABB Conference==
-Yiannis Laouris is a social and business entrepreneur, a neuroscientist and systems engineer, currently working as Senior Scientist and Chair of Future Worlds Center (future worlds.eu). He is founding member of the Cyprus Society for Systemic Studies, member of the Board of the Institute for 21st Century Agoras, member of the Board of a number of high-tech companies, and national representative in several COST Actions, Insafe, Inhope, EU Kids online, etc. He promotes the application of broadband technologies and structured dialogue as tools to bridge the digital; economic educational and inter-personal divides on our planet.
+Yiannis Laouris is a social and business entrepreneur, a neuroscientist and systems engineer, currently working as Senior Scientist and Chair of Future Worlds Center (futureworlds.eu). He is founding member of the Cyprus Society for Systemic Studies, member of the Board of the Institute for 21st Century Agoras (globalagoras.org), member of the Board of a number of high-tech companies, and national representative in several COST Actions, Insafe, Inhope, EU Kids online, etc. He promotes the application of broadband technologies and structured dialogue as tools to bridge the digital; economic educational, ethnic, and inter-personal divides on our planet.
-Laouris was member of the first group of trainers (Cyprus Conflict Resolution Trainers Group) that planned and executed the initial trainings in communications- and conflict resolution skills that eventually reached more than three thousand citizens from both the Greek and Turkish communities.  Together with Aleco Christakis and Marios Michaelides, he applied structured democratic dialogue (SDD) on dozens of groups world-wide. He was also the co-Founder of numerous peace promoting projects such as tech4peace.org, Youth Promoting Peace (y2p.org), EUcitizenship.net MulticulturalCyprus.net, TalkOfTheIsland.org, civilsocietydialogue.net, ActBeyondBorders.net, etc. His contributions in systems science applications were recognized by the Hellenic Society for Systemic Studies who honored him with their 2008 Award. For the past 5 years, together with Dr. Christakis’ group, he develops systems to enable scaling up the SDD process to engage asynchronously thousands in meaningful dialogue, thus accelerating change. Laouris has published over 50 papers in peered reviewed journals, half of which in neuroscience, a quarter in applied systems science and peace, and the rest in IT-children and neuroscience of learning. He contributed chapters in about 20 books and made over 130 conference papers and presentations.
+Laouris was member of the first group of trainers (Cyprus Conflict Resolution Trainers Group) that planned and executed the initial trainings in communications- and conflict resolution skills that eventually reached more than three thousand citizens from both the Greek and Turkish communities.  Together with Aleco Christakis and Marios Michaelides, he applied Structured Democratic Dialogue (SDD) on dozens of groups world-wide. He was also the co-Founder of numerous peace promoting projects such as tech4peace.org, Youth Promoting Peace (y2p.org), EUcitizenship.net MulticulturalCyprus.net, TalkOfTheIsland.org, civilsocietydialogue.net, ActBeyondBorders.net, etc. His books MasksofDemons.com and CitizensCommandments.com are most relevant. His contributions in systems science applications were recognized by the Hellenic Society for Systemic Studies who honored him with their 2008 Award. For the past 5 years, together his group develops systems to enable scaling up the SDD process to engage asynchronously thousands in meaningful dialogue, thus accelerating change. Laouris has published over 50 papers in peered reviewed journals, half of which in neuroscience, a quarter in applied systems science and peace, and the rest in IT-children and neuroscience of learning. He contributed chapters in about 20 books and made over 130 conference papers and presentations.