The idea of bringing together Arts with Sciences and Technologies is currently being widely promoted in education with the aim of encouraging children’s participation in those fields, fostering their creativity and ability to come up with new ideas and bridging the gap between different sectors. This tendency is now termed STEAM, which comes from the inclusion of the Arts in STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics). This Round Table discussion will raise the above issues, by presenting cutting-edge research, workshops and art-and-technology projects followed by a discussion on the benefits of interdisciplinary thinking and the new assets of STEAM practices.

Participants:
Manthos Santorinaios : Professor at Athens School of Fine Arts, Dimitris Charitos: Professor at Athens University, Vassileia Christidou: Professor at the University of Thessaly, Angelos Alexopoulos: Education and Outreach Officer at CERN, Chryssa Papasarantou: PhD Candidate at the School of Architecture at the University of Thessaly, Moderators: Anastasia Zoi Souliotou: Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Thessaly and Member at the Onassis Scholars Association, Anna Chronaki : Professor at the University of Thessaly

University of Thessaly, Onassis Scholar’s Foundation