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First Day - Tuesday, February 17, 2015

 

Venue: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

The Sarah Tadmor Hall

 

 

 

8:45 – 9:00

Briefing notes for moderators

 

9:00 – 9:30

Greetings and opening remarks

 

Prof. Avi AssorHead of the Educational and School Psychology program ,Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

Prof. Amnon Meisels, former head of the Computer Science Department, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

Mr. Getachew Engida, Deputy Director General, UNESCO

Mr. Evgeny Kuzmin, President, IFAP Russia, and Vice Chair, UNESCO’s IFAP

Dr. Dalit Atrakchi, Secretary General of the Israel National Commission for UNESCO,Israel

Dr. Raphael Gamzou, Deputy Director General, Head of the Division for Cultural and Scientific Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Israel

 

I. What is "Well Being"?

 

9:30 – 11:15

1. General Concepts of Well-Being

 

Moderator: Prof. Aharon Aviram, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

 

Prof. Diane Michelfelder, Macalester College, USA
Apps, Clouds, Sensors, and the Mystery of Well-Being

 

Prof. Avi Assor, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Well-Being and Ill-Being: A Motivational Perspective

 

Prof. Ofra Mayseless, University of Haifa, Israel
Deep Within, Beyond and Inter-connectedness: On Well-Being from a Spiritual Perspective

 

Mrs. Pninit Russo-Netzer, University of Haifa, Israel

"One small step for happiness, one giant leap for well-being”: on well-being from the perspective of Positive Psychology

 

Respondent: Prof. Paul Majkut, National University, USA

 

 

11:15 – 11:30

Coffee break

 

 

11:30 – 13:00

2. Practical Concepts of Well-Being

 

Moderator: Mr. Jarosław Lipszyc, The Modern Poland Foundation, Poland

 

Prof. Michel Strawczynski, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Measuring the Quality of Life in Israel

Respondent: Dr. Claudio Dondi, SCIENTER, Italy 

 

Mr. Shmuel Barkan, Freescale Israel

IoT- the tool to optimize Technology, Economy, Society and Individuals into Well-being

Respondent: Mr. Yoav Armony, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

 

Dr. Susana Finquelievich, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Digital Media and Well Being in Cities: Current Trends
Respondent: Prof. Eli Stern, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

 

 

13:00 – 14:00

Lunch break

 

 

14:00 – 15:30

3. Children’s Well-Being

 

Moderator: Prof. László Z. Karvalics, University of Szeged, Hungary

 

Mr. Daniel Kropf, Universal Education Foundation, Belgium

Learning for Well-being: a self-directed journey towards individual and collective well-being

 

Prof. Istvan Muranyi, University of Debrecen, Hungary

The Conceptualization and Measurement of Young People’s  Well-Being - Based on the European Social Sciences Literature

 

Dr. Claudia van Kruistum, VU University Amsterdam, Netherlands
Raising Children to Live a Good Life in a Digital World

 

Respondent: Dr. Nikitas Kastis, HAeD & MENON Network, Greece

 

 

15:30 - 16:00

4. What Is Well Being: Agreements, Disagreements and  Questions for Further Discussion

 

Moderator: Dr. Galit Wellner, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

 

Prof. Aharon Aviram, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

Prof. Yair Amichai-Hamburger, Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, Israel

Prof. Yoram Eshet, The Open University, Israel

 

 

16:00 – 16:30

Coffee break

 

 

II. Technology-Humans-Society

 

16:30 – 18:00

1. Methodological Challenges

 

Moderator: Prof. Alfredo Ronchi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

 

Prof. Joseph B. Walther, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Typers vs. Skypers: Managing and Measuring Healthy Relationships Online

 

Dr. Pieter Lemmens, Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands

Appropriating the Digital Condition

 

Prof. Ernst Wolff, University of Pretoria, South Africa

Digital Media as Freedom? Mapping the Complexity of Well-Being Discourse

 

Mr. Matias Dodel, Catholic University of Uruguay, and Director of World Internet Project`s Uruguayan Chapter, Uruguay

The Analytical Digital Divide: Expanding the Usage of Digital Determinants in non-ICT Specific Well-being Studies

 

Respondent: Prof. Yair Amichai-Hamburger, Interdisciplinary Center Hertzliya, Israel

 

 

20:00

Dinner

 

 

 

 

 

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