Piraeus 2010 SDDP Training Seminar

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Project Structured Dialogic Design (SDD) Process
Place Amphitheater of Conferences, University of Piraeus
Greece
Date(s) 19 - 20 Feb 2010
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 3rd International Facilitators Training School for the Structured Dialogic Design (SDD) Process took place in Piraeus, Greece between Friday 19th February 2010 (16:00 - 22:00) and Saturday 20th February 2010 (11:00 - 17:00). It 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. The Learning Goals have been defined as follows:

  • The nature of complexity and the science of dialogic design;
  • Structured Dialogic Design science architecture for addressing complex problems;
  • Practical application: re-discovering the tree of meaning
  • Using the CogniScope II software;
  • Applying the CogniScope approach to real problems in your context;
  • A virtual approach to Structured Dialogic Design.


Instructors

The following experts were engaged in the

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


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:

First Name Last Name Affiliation Expertise Country
Aleco Christakis Institute for 21st Century Agoras FWC Senior SDD Expert USA
Nikitas Assimakopoulos CSAP, University of Pireaus Academician, Systems Expert Greece
Theofanis Giotis CSAP student, Consultant, PhD Candidate Greece
Lawrenz kalogreades FWC Psuchologis, Helpline Coordinator Cyprus
Antonis Loizou FWC Programmer/Analyst