Schedule

Morning

10:30-11:00 Welcome (Moderation: Maria Roussou)

11:00-11:45 Human-AI Interaction - Invited talk by Prof. Nikolaos Avouris

11:45-12:00 Coffee break

12:00-13:30 Short presentations in relation to the World Usability Day theme “Designing for a Better World” (Moderation: Katerina El Raheb)

1. Interactive spatial augmented reality in cultural heritage sites: design approach, technical issues and case studies (Petros Printezis, Panagiotis Koutsabasis - University of the Aegean)
2. Survey on the use of UX methods and tools in Greek UX professionals in industry and R&D (Christinna Kontzinou, Panagiotis Koutsabasis - University of the Aegean)
3. Beyond the Binary: Challenging and Reinforcing Gender Norms in Virtual Worlds through the Virtual Body (Daphne Larisi,  Maria Roussou - National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)
4. Cognitive and Affective Influences of Voice-based Interactions in Immersive Interactive Narratives (Olga Chatzifoti, Maria Roussou - National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)
5. 3D Virtual Tour in Cultural Sites: Creating a 360 video for the War Museum of Nafplion Annex  (Christina Vlachaki, Tasos Theodoropoulos - University of the Peloponnese)
6. Virtual Reality in Theater: Exploring Actor-Machine Interactions (Panagiotis Papadopoulos, Tasos Theodoropoulos, George Lepouras, Katerina ElRaheb - University of the Peloponnese)
7. Virtual Reality as a Psychotherapeutic Medium (Alexandra Stefopoulou,  Katerina ElRaheb - University of the Peloponnese)
8. From Human Computer Interaction to Human Computer Incorporation (Penny Papageorgopoulou, Dimitris Charitos - National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)
9. Exploring the Cultural Capitals of Europe through Interactive Online Applications and Games (Dimitris Thomopoulos, Andreas Giannakoulopoulos - Ionian University)

13:30-14:30 Lunch break 

Afternoon

14:30-15:15 Artificial Intelligence for Road Safety - Invited talk by Prof. George Yannis (Moderation: Maria Roussou)

15:15-16:15 Project Works in relation to the World Usability Day theme: “Designing for a Better World” (Moderation: Minas Pergantis)

1. The Meaning of Designing for a Better World (Tasos Makris)
2. UserSense: A Tool and Method for Physiological Assessment of the User Experience - Horizon project HERITACT (Athina Bosta, Spyros Vosinakis - University of the Aegea)
   
3. VR4All: Making use of VR environments that simulate visual and motor disabilities in training young designers about design for all (Katerina Malisova, Damianos Gavalas - University of the Aegean)
   
4. Design, Development and Operation of an Innovative Multi-site Web Ecosystem (Andreas Giannakoulopoulos, Minas Pergantis - Ionian University)
   
5. ANALYSIS: trAiNing mediA professionals on appLYing advanced, high-impact digital technologieS to combat dISinformation (Anastasia Karampela - National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)
   

16:15-16:45 Coffee break

16:45-18:30 Invited talks from Industry (Moderation: Tasos Makris)

1. 16:45-17:30 Design Thinking (Vasia Christoulaki - Design4Future)
   
2. 17:30- 17:45 Software development for the masses (Dimitris Lyras - Ulysses Systems)
3. 17:45-18:00 Usability in Transport Systems (George Nellas - Avaris)
4. 18:00-18:30 How to write a CHI Paper (Lennart Nacke) YouTube event livestream

18:30-19:00 Chapter Activities

1. MedCHI (George Caridakis)
2. Brainstorming and future planning for CHIGreece‘25 and Seasonal School ‘26 (Moderation: Costas Mourlas, Panayiotis Koutsabasis, Panagiotis Germanakos)

19:00-19:10 Closing