REWORKS AGORA 2018: THOSE, WHO DARE

Reworks Agora is a one-day cross-theme and versatile forum that presents central speakers, discussions, musical performances and screenings by top experts and pioneers in creative economy, culture, technology and contemporary thought.  The “agora” in ancient Greece was a meeting place where free citizens discussed and found solutions to important issues, and that is the exact goal of Reworks Agora today. To be the part that uses front-loaded thought to approach a vision of the future on creativity, in which the public will discover emerging subjects, initiatives, and artists that inspire and provoke dialogue and developments for the future growth of the culture of tomorrow, with a contemporary outlook and horizon.
The 3rd Reworks Agora will host guest speakers from Greece and abroad to present initiatives and projects in music and culture, technology, digital culture, and cultural entrepreneurship, that are shaping the future of the cultural ecosystem. The event is part of the ‘We Are Europe’ European programme, and will co-present - in cooperation with internationally established forums Sonar +D(Barcelona, Spain), C/O Pop (Cologne, Germany), and Today’s Art (Hague, Holland) - programmes that have been specially designed for the event.
A special concert will be presented in the first part of Reworks Agora. The Grandbrothers will appear in Thessaloniki for the first time. They are one of the most key and important new contemporary classical music groups, together with the Symphony Orchestra of the Municipality of Thessaloniki, in a special piece for Reworks Agora in its first world presentation.

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SCHEDULE
 
15.00 – 15.30 Registration

Foyer M2
15.30 – 20.30 Talks & Panel Discussion
 
15.30 – 15.45 Welcome (Greek)
 
15.45 – 16.45 Cultural Activism (Greek)
Giorgos Mavridis, Tattoo Artist
Giorgos Toulas, Journalist/Founder Thessaloniki Otherwise
Nikos Kalligas, Member of Initiative “Svolou Neighborhood”
Moderation
Argyro Barata, Coordinator, Reworks Agora
 
17.00 – 17.45 Blockchain: Grassroots initiatives for democracy (English)
Speaker
Victoria Alsina, Harvard Kennedy School Fellow, NYU Research Professor
QnA Session
Aphrodite Bouikidis, Consultant Thessaloniki Resilient City
 
18.00 – 18.30  BBC: music experiences, a view from the future (English)
Speaker
Tim Cowlishaw, Reseach & Development Dpt., BBC
QnA Session
Antonia Folguera, Content & Communication Manager, Sonar +D
 
18.30 – 19.00 Talking with the mastermind behind Ableton, Gerhard Behles (English)
Speaker
Gerhard Behles
Moderator
Ralph H. Christoph, Co-Founder c/o pop Festival
 
19.30 – 20.30 Music Festivals: voice amplifiers that unite us (English)
Speakers
Jesler Amarins, Conference Curator, Amsterdam Dance Event
Christoph H. Ralph, Co-Founder, c/o pop Festival
Diolatzis Anastasios, Co-Founder, Reworks Festival
Folguera Antonia, Content & Communication Manager, Sonar +D
 
Side Program
16.30 – 17.00 Short Film Screening
New activists of European Culture by Canal 180
 
17.30 – 21.00 Installation
BBC Music Experience Prototypes
 
19.00 – 19.30 Demo
Ableton Live by AND.ID
Together with the drummer, Vasilos Bacharidis
 
Emilios Riadis Hall
21.00 – 22.30 Concert
Grandbrothers & Symphonic Orchestra of Thessaloniki Municipality

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