Embassy of the United States

In a standing room only crowd, U.S. and Greek new and social media gurus discussed everything from sidewikis and experimental content to  how teens, the sports industry and young children are using online tools.  The “New Media, New Content” conference sponsored by Mosaico.gr, the U.S. Embassy’s youth oriented website, was organized by the Hellenic Audiovisual Institute and the University of Athens Media Department.

New Media Guru Eric Schwartzman from Los Angeles, Penn State’s Matthew McAllister,  Zizi Papacharissi Communications Department Head at the University of Illinois – Chicago, Georgia Tech’s Jay David Bolter and Patricia Aufderheide, Director of the Center for Social Media at American University presented from their fields of expertise and generated ideas and discussion.

The President of the Hellenic Audiovisual Institute Rudolph Moronis and University of Athens Professors Stylianos Papathanasopoulos, Michalis Meimaris, and Betina Ntavou moderated the panels.