International Conference and Summer School on Extended Arts - XARTS2025
The International Conference and Summer School on Extended Arts is organized every two years by the Department of Product and Systems Design Engineering of the University of the Aegean. The 2025 symposium will explore ways of designing the personality of transmedia characters with methodologies derived from animation, computer games, interactive media and interactive networked environments. In the summer school workshops, design prototypes will be implemented using two different methods: performative physical interactions in digital environments and the use of artificial intelligence techniques for the implementation of design documents. XARTS 2025 will be held in Syros (21-28/6/2025). It is co-organized with the Ionian University and the University of Peloponnese in the context of IMAGINE MOCAP, a Research project funded by the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation. Students from European Universities participating in the Summer School are eligible for the attribution of 3 ECTS.
The program schedule for the "International Conference and Summer School on Extended Arts" (XARTS2025) is as follows:
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Day 1 (21-06-2025): Focus on Transmedia, including lectures and a social gathering.
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Day 2 (22-06-2025): Continues with Transmedia Character Design and includes an excursion.
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Day 3 (23-06-2025): Shifts to Bodily Interaction and AI Factory workshops.
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Day 4 (24-06-2025): Continues Bodily Interaction and AI Factory workshops.
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Day 5 (25-06-2025): Focuses on Bodily Interaction and AI Factory workshops.
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Day 6 (26-06-2025): Workshops on Bodily Interaction and AI Factory.
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Day 7 (27-06-2025): Presentation Preparation.
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Day 8 (28-06-2025): Group work, presentations, and a dinner.
Day 1 (2025-06-21)
| Start | End | Presenter | Co-presenter | Topic | Category | Type |
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| 10:00 | 13:00 | Panagiotis Kyriakoulakos | Modestos Stavrakis | Transmedia Character Design 1 | International Conference XARTS 2025 | Lecture |
| 13:00 | 14:00 | Panagiotis Kyriakoulakos | Panagiotis Koutsampasis | Light Lunch | Social Gathering | Coffee Break/Lunch |
| 14:00 | 18:00 | Spyros Vosinakis | Transmedia Character Design 2 | International Conference XARTS 2025 | Lecture | |
| 18:00 | 21:00 | Panagiotis Kyriakoulakos | Modestos Stavrakis | Break Time | Break | |
| 21:00 | 23:00 | Social Gathering (Dinner) | Official Dinner |
Day 2 (2025-06-22)
| Start | End | Presenter | Co-presenter | Topic | Category | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 | 13:00 | Giannis Zanos | Katerina El Raheb | Transmedia Character Design 3 | International Conference XARTS 2025 | Lecture |
| 13:00 | 18:00 | Spyros Vosinakis | Panagiotis Koutsampasis | Excursion to Syros | Social Gathering | Excursion (other) |
| Dinner | Social Gathering (Dinner) | Official Dinner |
Day 3 (2025-06-23)
| Start | End | Presenter | Co-presenter | Topic | Category | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 | 13:00 | Dimitris Baltas | Marina Stergiou | Bodily Interaction 1 | Summer School Workshop 1 | Workshop |
| 13:00 | 14:00 | Panagiotis Kyriakoulakos | Light Lunch | Social Gathering | Coffee Break/Lunch | |
| 14:00 | 18:00 | Khaldoun Zreik | Samuel Szoniecky | AI Factory 1 | Summer School Workshop 2 | Workshop |
| 18:00 | 20:00 | Khaldoun Zreik | Group Work | Summer School Labs | Laboratory |
Day 4 (2025-06-24)
| Start | End | Presenter | Co-presenter | Topic | Category | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 | 13:00 | Charalampos Alifieris | Modestos Stavrakis | Bodily Interaction 2 | Summer School Workshop 1 | Workshop |
| 13:00 | 14:00 | Charalampos Alifieris | Light Lunch | Social Gathering | Coffee Break/Lunch | |
| 14:00 | 18:00 | Maurice Benayoun | Samuel Bianchini | AI Factory 2 | Summer School Workshop 2 | Workshop |
| 18:00 | 20:00 | Maurice Benayoun | Group Work | Summer School Labs | Laboratory |
Day 5 (2025-06-25)
| Start | End | Presenter | Co-presenter | Topic | Category | Type |
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| 10:00 | 13:00 | Katerina El Raheb | Giorgos Nikopoulos | Bodily Interaction 3 | Summer School Workshop 1 | Workshop |
| 13:00 | 14:00 | Spyros Vosinakis | Light Lunch | Social Gathering | Coffee Break/Lunch | |
| 14:00 | 18:00 | Mathieu Quiniou | Dijana Lekic-Sabatic | AI Factory 3 | Summer School Workshop 2 | Workshop |
| 18:00 | 20:00 | Dijana Lekic-Sabatic | Group Work | Summer School Labs | Laboratory |
Day 6 (2025-06-26)
| Start | End | Presenter | Co-presenter | Topic | Category | Type |
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| 10:00 | 13:00 | Vilelmini Kalampratsidou | Anthoula Kolokotroni | Bodily Interaction 4 | Summer School Workshop 1 | Workshop |
| 13:00 | 14:00 | Panagiotis Koutsampasis | Light Lunch | Social Gathering | Coffee Break/Lunch | |
| 14:00 | 18:00 | Panagiotis Koutsampasis | Katerina Malisova | AI Factory 4 | Summer School Workshop 2 | Workshop |
| 18:00 | 20:00 | Katerina Malisova | Group Work | Summer School Labs | Laboratory |
Day 7 (2025-06-27)
| Start | End | Presenter | Co-presenter | Topic | Category | Type |
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| 10:00 | 13:00 | Giannis Zanos | Martin Carlé | Bodily Interaction 5 | Summer School Workshop 1 | Workshop |
| 13:00 | 14:00 | Modestos Stavrakis | Light Lunch | Social Gathering | Coffee Break/Lunch | |
| 14:00 | 18:00 | Miguel Almiron | Anastasios Theodoropoulos | AI Factory 5 | Summer School Workshop 2 | Workshop |
| 18:00 | 20:00 | Anastasios Theodoropoulos | Group Work | Summer School Labs | Laboratory |
Day 8 (2025-06-28)
| Start | End | Presenter | Co-presenter | Topic | Category | Type |
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| 10:00 | 13:00 | Konstantinos Tiligadis | Lori Kougioumtzian | Presentation Preparation | Summer School Labs | Laboratory |
| 13:00 | 14:00 | Panagiotis Kyriakoulakos | Light Lunch | Social Gathering | Coffee Break/Lunch | |
| 14:00 | 18:00 | Charalampos Alifieris | Group Work | Summer School Labs | Laboratory | |
| 18:00 | 20:00 | Spyros Vosinakis | Presentation of Group Work | Summer School Labs | Evaluation Session | |
| 20:00 | 21:00 | Panagiotis Kyriakoulakos | Break | Break Time | Break | |
| 21:00 | 23:00 | Panagiotis Koutsampasis | Dinner | Social Gathering | Official Dinner (Dinner) |
Scientific Commitee
- Miguel Almiron, Professor, University of Paris 1
- Katerina El Raheb, Assistant Professor, University of Peloponnese
- Panagiotis Kyriakoulakos, Assistant Professor, University of the Aegean
- Giorgos Papakonstantinou, University of Thessaly, GR
- Mathieu Quiniou, CiTU-PARAGRAPHE, FR
- Modestos Stavrakis, Assistant Professor, University of the Aegean
- Samuel Szoniecky, Associate Professor, University of Paris 8
- Tassos Theodoropoulos, University of Peloponnese, GR
- Konstantinos Tiligadis, Ionian University, GR
- Prodromos Tsiavos, A. Onassis Foundation, GR
- Spyros Vosinakis, Associate Professor, University of the Aegean
- Iannis Zannos, Professor, Ionian University
- Khaldoun Zreik, Professor, Director of Paragraphe Lab-axe CITU, University of Paris 8