Webinar Announcement: “The Time of Epidemics: Stories from the field”

Webinar Announcement: “The Time of Epidemics: Stories from the field”

DCN SEE HubDigital Communication Network and World Learning are organizing, via Zoom, the webinar The Time of Epidemics: Stories from the Field”, which will take place in the 26th of November at 16:45 (Athens Time).

As our society’s struggle between hope (vaccines), despair (infection, death, isolation) and refusal (anti-vacine, conspiracies, etc.) questions are still there:

Lessons learned-Unlearned
How people cope?
Could things have been done better?
Managing a Epidemic/Pandemic or keep ignoring it ?
Should we be there recording human suffering?

Opening speech
Rector of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Prof. Nikolaos Papaioannou

Speakers

• Dr. Ezra Barzilay, MD CPH, Country Director for the CDC office in Kyiv, Ukraine, leading the country’s effords to respond the COVID-19
• Dimitrios Bouras Award-winning photographer and documentarian of the epidemic process
• Alexandros Michailidis Accredited photojournalist for the European Union, specializing in humanitarian crises.

Moderator

• Nikos Panagiotou, Associate Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Media Communication, Aristotle University, Digital Communication Network Global, Greece.

This event is co-organized by Digital Communication Network SouthEast Europe Hub (DCN SEE) and World Learning and is part of DCNSEE’s Ideas in Action – Digital Engagement, a series of virtual events launched in the context of the COVID-19 crisis. DCNSEE is supported by the U.S. Department of State’s Office of Citizen Exchanges.

DCN SOUTHEAST EUROPE HUB is a consortium of Aristotle University, Digital Communication Network, non-profits, public and private organizations and companies involved in the fields of digital communication, social impact campaigns, technology, and innovation. It is a unique, interdisciplinary coalition tapping into the best talent and resources across Europe.