On October 15, 2020 the final International Itinerant Congress entitled “A ship’s deck log: traveling on the literary paths in Greece and Magna Graecia” took place in an online, fully virtual, manner due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

 

POLYSEMI
A “ship’s deck log”: travelling on the literary paths in Greece and Magna Graecia
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Thursday, October 15, 2020
09:30-09:35Conference Welcome
Welcome speech “Report on Ionian University’s activities in POLYSEMI project”
Phivos Mylonas, Associate Professor, Department of Informatics, Head of Humanistic & Social Informatics Laboratory
09:35-09:40Greeting from Ionian University’s Rector
Welcome speech
Andreas Floros, Professor, Rector of Ionian University
09:40-09:45Greeting from Ionian University’s Vice-Rector
Welcome speech
Christina Banou, Assoc. Professor, Vice Rector for Academic Affairs, International Relations and Ionian University Extroversion
09:45-09:50Greeting from Greek Ministry of Culture and Sports
Welcome speech
Nicholas Yatromanolakis, General Secretary for Contemporary Culture, Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports
09:50-09:55Greeting from the Region of Ionian Islands
Welcome speech
Rodi Kratsa, Regional Governor, Ionian Islands Region
09:55-10:00Greeting from the Mayor of Corfu
Welcome speech
Meropi Hydraiou, Mayor of Central Corfu and the Diapontian Islands
10:00-11:00Online Round Table
The challenge of sustainable cultural touristic actions
Coordinator: Panagiotis Kourouthanasis, Associate Professor, Department of Informatics, Head of Information Systems and Databases Laboratory
Participants:
Monika Tsiliberdi, Head of Directorate for Development of Contemporary Creation, HMCS
Angela Gerekou, President, Greek National Tourism Organization
Diamanto Rigakou, Head of Ephorate of Antiquities of Corfu
Christina Beneki, Vice-Rector, Ionian University
George Lepouras, Vice-Rector, University of the Peloponnese
11:00-11:30 Virtual Coffee Break – online Q & A
11:30-12:30 “Reusing digital cultural heritage: a bet to be won”
Manolis Wallace, Associate Professor, Department of Informatics and Telecommunications, University of the Peloponnese, Head of Knowledge and Uncertainty Research Laboratory
12:30-13:00 Virtual Coffee Break – online Q & A
13:00-14:00 “Ubiquitous and Augmented Cultural User eXperience”
George Caridakis, Assistant Professor, Intelligence Interaction Research Group, Department of Cultural Technology and Communication, University of the Aegean – Research Professor-Collaborator of Athina Research Center.
14:00-14:30 Virtual Coffee Break – online Q & A
14:30-15:30 “Geocultural signs of space in Alex Bisani’s journey between Sicily and Greece”
Elias Spyridonidis, Academic Scholar, Department of Italian Philology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
15:30-15:45 Conclusions – Conference Closure