SIAKAS SPYRIDON, PhD

Associate Professor, 3d Animation and Gaming, in the Department of Graphic Design and Visual Communication of University of West Attica and Adjunct Academic Staff of Hellenic Open University.    

Founding Member of ASIFA HELLAS and EDUTeL (Educational Technology Laboratory and eLearning Systems). 

Member of the Scientific and Organizing Committee of the International Conference, ICODL and the Open Education Journal, The Journal for Open and Distance Education and Educational Technology. 

He has involved, as trainer and supervisor, in number of educational seminars for formal and non-formal education focusing on introducing the animation technique in the learning process. 

He has directed short animated films which has been participated and awarded in many animation festivals, including the ASIFA award for his film “The Mirror Stage” in 2005.  

Currently, “Kalikatzarous”, his new feature film, has been selected for funding by the media desk, Creative Europe in the program “Support for Development of Audiovisual Content – Single Project 2019