Webvistas.org: changing (with) the

World Wide Web www.webvistas.org–info@webvistas.org

Oikonomou MichaelZioupos AndreasVentouris AnastasiosPanagiotopoulou KonstantinaPapatsouma IoannaVrogkistinos SpyrosAlexiou Giorgos

* Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

** University of Macedonia

11th Students Spring Symposium, City College Thessaloniki - 18th of May 2012

Web Today

• 2 billion people use the Web today

• The most social Technology ever developed

• No more just a huge system

Ecosystem!

• Web usage concerns any user personally but influences the whole ecosystem.

• Consequently, many issues arise that come over the extent of the analysis of the Web strictly as a technology.

Web Today…

• Network Oligopolies

Safety, Trust, Privacy

Opportunity

• Economic Growth

• Personal Development

• Intercreativity

Web Science

• Many research questions arise that one

mere discipline like Computer Science,

Sociology or Psychology cannot answer

• A new scientific field: Web Science!

Aims to understand the Web, engineer its

future and ensure its social benefit

Webvistas Community -

Introduction

• Under the context of Web Science the

Webvistas initiative was created

• Webvistas community has the vision of an

open and free Web alongside with a safer

and more inter-creative consciousness of

Web users

• Founded in Greece, 2011

Webvistas Community -

Introduction

• Webvistas community uses physical meetings and online tools to enable Webvistas members to collaborate.

• Main operations: Knowledge and Discussion (Forum, research

projects etc.)

Action (events, festivals, workshops, hactivism)

• Open Community! Everyone is welcome to participate to the

community and contribute for the benefit of the Web, and our living with it.

Vision and Mission

• Webvistas members consider that the benefits of the Web usage overcome the threats.

• They aim to evolve this usage to a conscious and more creative Web utilization.

• Community is working towards the vision of a complementary Web that will be open, free, safe and inter-creative!

Vision and Mission

• Community’s mission is that Web Services will be multiplied while its users will capture a viable space of the digital world.

• It aims to: identify the true capabilities, opportunities but

threats also

introduce the study of the Web to all the levels of the education system

introduce into the political agenda, the Web as a critical infrastructure for growth

The Members• Anyone can become a member of

Webvistas!

• This is an open community!

• Already counting more than 900 members

• Students, Faculty, Parents, Kids, everyone!

The Members

• Interaction → Forum Platform

and physical meetings!

• Participation into projects, working groups,

events, hactivism and many other activities.

• These activities are mostly members'

initiatives!

Operations

Webvistas community mainly operates by

focusing in

knowledge / discussion and

by taking action when possible

Knowledge and Discussion

• Main idea: Publish knowledge articles and discuss them by using a forum platform

• Eight specific thematic areas:1. Genesis of the Web

2. Technology of the Web

3. Web today

4. The new functioning of the Web

5. The main issues of the Web

6. The new values of the Web

7. Scientific Study of the Web

8. Web tomorrow

Knowledge and Discussion

• Additional topic: Open discussion &

Questions from the public. ( Members and

Anonymous )

• Synergies with faculty from the top Greek

Universities. Counting to 5 today.

• Significant Scientific Outcome! Mixing and

interaction by students of different

disciplines.

Actions

• Projects

• Workshops

• Presentations

• Games

Actions

• Events

(Photos from PreFestival - Veroia 2012)

Actions

Festivals!

Webfest are the Festivals that deliver our

vision to the Society.

Next Webfest:

Veroia, 16/09/2012

Conclusions

• Vision of an open and free Web alongside

with a safer and more inter-creative

consciousness of Web users

• Knowledge & Discussion

• Action

• Everyone is welcome to participate!

How to participate!

• Everyone is welcome to participate to Webvistas Community!

• It is an open community...

• Someone can participate: To Forum

Or voluntary on projects, events, festivals and all other activities

If you wish to participate contact us!

Webvistas contact details

More on www.webvistas.org!

: info@webvistas.org

: @webvistasorg

: facebook.com/webvistas