[spectre] AGORA 2002: New Technologies in Media Literacy, Athens

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"Annual Mediterranean Regional Summit AGORA 2002"   -  Athens, Greece 15-18
June

Supervised by the Hellenic  Audiovisual Institute
Produced by European Childrens' Television Center www.3rd-ws.org
Organized by Childrens' Media  Development

=46ocused on New Technologies in Media Literacy, AGORA 2002  aims to bring
together some of the most prolific researchers, producers and  innovators
from the field of ICT and education, while providing unique  opportunities
for synergies and investements in the fast developing  marketplace of the
Mediterranean basin.

Enclosed find a synopsis of  AGORA 2002 program, as well as details for
participation, to a unique  platform of possibilities for synergies and
investments on the children's  audiovisual environment of the  Mediterranean
region.

PROGRAM:

AGORA 2002 kicks off the 15th of  June with the MED=8A'=89RRANEAN YOUTH AND =
MEDIA
OBSERVATORY one day conference.  Members and partners of the MedObs'
international network aim to influence  the policies related to Youth and
Media and to open to the Mediterranean  basin new cooperations schemes on
this field with the rest of the  world.
=46or more info on the MED OBSERVATORY and how to participate please  contac=
t
the MedOb coordinator and head of the steering committee, Mr.  Rodolfos
Maslias <mailto:medobs@ectc.gr>medobs@ectc.gr  .

In the following day, June the 16th, in collaboration with Italian  RAISAT
Ragazzi, AGORA will host the CHILDRENS' CHANNELS FORUM. Thematic  channels
for children from different countries all over the world will  compare their
experiences and cooperate in order to create a real and useful  network to
exchange products, projects and ideas. The forum will be  complemented by th=
e
workshop MONITORING EXPERIENCES ON TV PROGRAMS FOR  CHILDREN in an attempt t=
o
underline the necessities of both the researchers  and the Media Operators.
=46or more info contact the TV Coordinator, Mrs. Vasso  Kanellopoulou
<mailto:tv@ectc.gr>tv@ectc.gr .


NEW  TECHNOLOGIES IN MEDIA LITERACY will be the thematic axis of the  sessio=
ns
scheduled for the third day, 17th of June. This  part-conference,
part-hands-on-lab will bring together electronic media  producers and
e-content programmers, researchers, digital artists, media  tutors, media
education designers, psychologists and children; anyone who is  involved in
the making of a school for the future.
=46or more info on the  NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN MEDIA LITERACY and how to
participate contact Mr. Yianni  Skourogianni
<mailto:newtech@ectc.gr>newtech@ectc.gr

Another  ECTC initiative that will be presented for illumination the 17th of
June in  AGORA, is the MEDIA SUMMER SCHOOL. Conceived as a summer training
camp where  old and new will meet, analogue and digital will infuse, the
first  Mediterranean school for children has been programmed to open its
doors in  2004, at the village of  Giffoni, Southern Italy.  AGORA will  hos=
t
the first of a series of preparatory workshops where new concepts,  ideas,
desings and applications on interactive media education will be  debated, an=
d
discussed. For more info contact Mr. George Christakeas, mss@ectc.gr

The last day of AGORA, 18th of  June, is dedicated to Collaboration Networks=
=2E
On of the initiatives that will  be presented and discussed.is the WORLD
SPORTS EXPO FOR YOUTH 2004 project.  WSE is a global exhibition to be
organized in Athens in July and August 2004.  The exhibition is to feature
visual, audiovisual and web-based creations  addressed to children as well a=
s
art  creations produced  by  children. It will carry out an indicative
mapping of the international  situation and a wide-ranging and detailed
presentation of global realities at  an historic moment when the Olympic
Games are returning to their  birthplace.
=46or more info on WORLD SPORTS EXPO FOR YOUTH 2004 and how to  participate
please contact Mrs. Eugenia Liroudia  wse@ectc.gr .

=46or info on booking a stand  regulations at the AGORA market you may conta=
ct
management@ectc.gr  .