Yiannis Laouris

Yiannis Laouris was the founder of Cyprus Neuroscience and Technology Institute, Future Worlds Center, CYBER KIDS, Ekkotek, Technology for Peace, Cyprus Society for Systemic Studies and a number of other organizations and initiatives. He currently serves as Chair of the Board of Future Worlds Center and head of the New Media Lab and the Neuroscience Lab. His Full CV is available.

Yiannis Laouris


Service type	Senior Scientist and Board Member
Previous Key Posts	Pre-registration Doctor, Limassol Hospital Post-Doctoral, Georg August, Neurophysiology, Univ. of Goettingen Post-Doctoral and Res. Ass. Prof., Univ. of Arizona CEO CYBER KIDS Manag. Director Ekkotek Ltd.
Current Post	Head of New Media Lab and Chair of Board
Degree(s)	Medical Degree PhD (Neurophysiology) MSc (Systems and Industrial Engineering)
Field(s) of Study	Medicine Neurophysiology Systems and Complexity Science Technology and Innovation Education Conflict Resolution Dialogic Design Science
University(ies)	University of Leipzig Carl Ludwig Institute of Physiology University of Arizona
Specialization(s)	Peace Initiatives, Conflict Resolution, Sociology and Technology.
Social/Academic	Work focued on the interface between science, technology and social entrepreneurship
Notable Achievements	See Full List of Awards

Role in Tech4Peace project

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The Multimedia Factory was founded by Laouris, George Vakanas, the Cyprus Neuroscience and Technology Institute and [MISnTED Ltd.]] in 1993 as one of the first multimedia software and educational software producing company.

Ekkotek-High-tech business incubator was founded by Laouris and MISnTED Ltd. in 1999 as the first high technology business incubator in Cyprus.

Yiannis authored Masks of Demons, a book that exposes stereotypes between so-called "'lifelong"' enemies.

Yiannis received numerous honors and awards throughout the years^[1], the most notable being:

Summa cum laude for his PhD (1985)
Provost's Teaching Award and [[Medical Innovation Award] for innovation in university teaching (1991/92)
First Award for Innovation and Creativity by the Employers and Industrialists Federation for CYBER KIDS curriculum (1998)
The Hellenic Society for Systemic Studies Award for contributions in systems science (2008)
Honorable Mention of the Anna Lindh Award to Future Worlds Center for promoting intercultural dialogue freedom and citizenship (2011)

A complete list of awards is available here.

Yiannis has over 25 peered reviewed papers in neuroscience and over 65 conference presentations. The full list is available here.