Program (Archived with Photos) – Transcendent Technologies

July 17-31, 2019

A bus will transport students to the UoC Campus and elsewhere from across from Capsis Astoria Hotel for morning lectures (departs at 9:30am Plateia Eleftherias/1:15pm UoC). The room at UoC for all lectures is 7A Auditorium (postgraduate wing).

Except for events marked for public engagement, all other activities are for registered participants and collaborators only.

Select morning lectures (in English language) can be attended for free by 4th ΤΟΜΥ Staff and students from UoC, and the Departments of Social Work and Nursing (Former TEI/Hellenic Mediterranean University) with prior permission.

If you would like to come to any of the lectures, please contact Marientina Gotsis gotsis@usc.edu.

Day 1 | Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Dr Christos Lionis
Dr. Katerina Zacharia
Our auditorium at the UoC Medical School
Prof. Gotsis, Lionis & Zacharia
Left to Right: E. Wang, L. Fox-Shapiro, R. Louie, K. Vagionaki, F. Cahill, C. Kostopoulos, D. Limniotaki, J. Mathias, M. Gotsis, K. Symvoulakis, C. Lionis, I. Droggou, K. Zacharia, M. Papadakaki

10am-1pm
LECTURES/DISCUSSION (UoC Campus)

Welcome & introductory presentations by faculty and students
Intro to core concepts of lifespan perspective, compassionate care, experiential design, narrative medicine – Marientina Gotsis & Christos Lionis
“The Greek Experience: Hellenisms and Contemporary Culture” – Katerina Zacharia

2-5pm
MUSEUM VISIT (Heraklion Historical Museum – registered participants have free access for the duration of the school and your names have been provided at the front desk)

9-11pm
DINNER (Parasties, Chandakos 81, Heraklion 71202 – dinner is included for registered participants only)

Day 2 | Thursday, July 18, 2019

10am-1pm
LECTURES/DISCUSSION (UoC Campus)

Science of Early Childhood (Executive Function, Emotion Regulation, Public Health Impact) – Marientina Gotsis
Intervention Case Studies:
- The Brain Architecture Game
- Octobo

2-5pm
MUSEUM VISIT (Heraklion Archaeological Museum, guided tour of special exhibit “Daedalus” by museum Archaeologist Eirini Nikolakopoulou 2:30-4pm)

The Brain Architecture Game in Greek & English

7-9pm
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT EVENT @ Comeet Creative Space, Louka Petraki 3, Iraklio 71306.

Come play The Brain Architecture Game with us! Sign up directions here: https://www.facebook.com/events/2807099362664646/

Day 3 | Friday, July 19, 2019

Laboratory of Health and Road Safety VR Lab

10am-1pm
LECTURES/DISCUSSION (School of Health Sciences, Hellenic Mediterranean University/Laboratory of Health and Road Safety, Estavromenos 71003, Heraklion)

The Science of Adolescence & Early Adulthood
Rituals of transitions in age in women and men of Ancient Greece – Katerina Zacharia
Adolescent risky driving behavior at LaHeRS Laboratory at Hellenic Mediterranean University – Maria Papadakaki
- Demo: Driving simulation technology in road safety promotion among teens

Afternoon
OPEN

8-10pm
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT EVENT @ Social Space Kalokairinos Foundation, Monis Agkarathou 9, Iraklio 712 02 (time is tentative)

Film screening and discussion of Thank You For Playing (2015) with Greek Subtitles – Event details https://www.facebook.com/events/1047553528773062/
When Ryan and Amy Green learned that their baby son Joel’s rare cancer was terminal, Ryan, an independent game developer, found solace in the only creative outlet he knew: a video game, the critically acclaimed “That Dragon, Cancer.” The documentary tracks the spiritual journal of a family whose faith is tested while they struggle to memorialize their son’s short life.

Day 4 | Saturday, July 20, 2019

Games made by people in leper colony
Spinalogka Island
Plaka Beach Elounda
On Spinalogka 1
On Spinalogka 2

All-day (8:30am-10pm) group excursion – Spinalogka Tour + Plaka Beach/Elounda. Transportation cost is included for registered students only. Others can join on their own.

Day 5 | Sunday, July 21, 2019

OPEN DAY

Day 6 | Monday, July 22, 2019

10am-1pm
LECTURES/DISCUSSION (UoC Campus)

Formative research methods: Behind the scenes of research studies
- The Wellness Partners Study – Marientina Gotsis
- The Fresh Air Project – Marilena Anastasaki

Afternoon
OPEN

7-9pm
Private Creative Workshop for registered students only @ COMEET
Thinkpetizers by Dimitris Grammenos

Day 7 | Tuesday, July 23, 2019

10am-1pm
LECTURES/DISCUSSION (UoC Campus)

To intervene or not to intervene? Participatory design of a behavioral model-based intervention for chronic disease – Dimitra Sifaki-Pistolla
Lessons from running a local health unit (community primary healthcare) in Heraklion; Multidisciplinary Approach to chronic Illness. Chronic Care Model – Foteini Anastasiou

Afternoon :
OPEN

8-10pm
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT EVENT @ Social Space Kalokairinos Foundation, Monis Agkarathou 9, Iraklio 712 02 (time is tentative)

Film screening and discussion of You See Me (2015) with Greek Subtitles – Event details https://www.facebook.com/events/1047553528773062/
A documentary about the struggles, secrets and redemption of a working class family during the stroke-related demise of its patriarch.

Day 8 | Wednesday, July 24, 2019

Marientina Gotsis and Ioanna Kortsidaki

10am-1pm
LECTURES/DISCUSSION (UoC Campus)

Focusing on health behaviour, risk perception and compassion-from theory to practice – Christos Lionis
Screening of Healing Spaces short documentary
Special Remarks by Mrs. Ioanna Kortsidaki, President of Alzheimer’s Heraklion
Breaking the bad news: Do’s and Don’ts for health professionals (lecture with experiential activities) – Maria Papadakaki

Afternoon :
OPEN

6-9pm
GROUP ACTIVITY Feldenkreis Workshop @ Hotel Irini, 4 Idomeneos Str, Iraklio 712 02 (cost for this is included already for students registered in the workshop)

Day 9 | Thursday, July 25, 2019

10am-1pm
LECTURES/DISCUSSION (UoC Campus)

Urban and Rural Healthcare Challenges and Opportunities in Implementing Compassionate Care – Christos Lionis
Beliefs, perceptions and behaviors towards chronic lung diseases in a Roma population in Greece: experience from the ‘FRESH AIR’ project” – Marilena Anastasaki
Primary Care and lessons to support a new vision – Manolis Symvoulakis
Challenges and Opportunities in providing social care to vulnerable populations: homelessness, refugees, Roma, etc. – Maria Papadakaki
Short documentary film screening of award-winning Blessings & Vows (2018) (trailer) – Katerina Zacharia

Afternoon :
OPEN

OramaVR Visit

OramaVR Surgical Simulator

sPost-final screening photo at the Social Space with Dionyssis Kokkonis

8-10pm
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT EVENT @ Social Space Kalokairinos Foundation, Monis Agkarathou 9, Iraklio 712 02 (time is tentative)

Film screening and discussion of Code Black (2013) with Greek Subtitles – Event details https://www.facebook.com/events/1047553528773062/
A documentary shot by emergency medicine physicians in-training at Los Angeles County hospital (birthplace of emergency medicine) which examines how compassion is challenged by stress, privacy, architecture, policy, and personal identity.

Day 10 | Friday, July 26, 2019

10am-1pm
LECTURES/DISCUSSION (UoC Campus)

Screening of short documentary FUNNY GIRL (Ένα Αστείο Κορίτσι, 2019) with English subtitles
Intro to Special Topic: The Human Sense of Balance
Evidence-based and Novel Evaluation Methods of Balance for Every Age — Jason Mathias

Afternoon
OPEN