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The pillar of artistic and research outreach has been a fundamental priority for the Department of Performing and Digital Arts since 2019. From the very start of its operation, the department has organized and co-organized international conferences and symposiums

IN PROGRESS

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📁 Type: Organisers 

👥 DPDA Members in Organizing Comm. : Marina Kotzamani, Alexandros Efklidis, Christina Papagiannouli, Bill Psarras

👥 DPDA Members in Research Comm. : Christina Papagiannouli, Anastasios Theodoropoulos, Gina Giotaki, Katerina El Raheb

🏛 Collaborating Academic Institutions : Dept. of Theatre Studies UoP,  Dept. of Theatre Studies University of Patras, Dept. of Theatre Studies NKUA, Dept. of Theatre AUT, Dept. of Cinema AUT, Dept. of Digital Arts and Cinema NKUA, Dept. of Audio and Visual Arts Ionian University.

▶️ Watch IFTR 2027 trailer (tba)

🗓️ Date: late June - early July 2027

Location: 📍Nafplio

📘 Read the IFTR Official Press Release  (tba)

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CEEGS 2024 - International Conference

📁 Type: Organisers

👥 DPDA Faculty Members in Organizing Committee : Elina Roinioti, Anastasios Theodoropoulos, Bill Psarras, Katerina El Raheb, Nikos Vasilopoulos, George Kondis and Manolis Dimitroulis ^{(external member)}

▶️ Watch trailer CEEGS2024

🗓️ Dates: October 2024

Location: 📍Nafplio

📘 Read CEEGS Proceedings 

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📁 Type: Organisers 

👥 DPDA Faculty Members in Organizing Committee : Athena Stourna and Bill Psarras

👥 Collaborating Institutions: Center for the Hellenic Studies - Harvard,  Walk-Listen-Create platform [tba]

👥 Invited Speakers: Ridha Dhib (artist), Ann de Forest (writer), Tim Ingold (Emeritus Professor, University of Aberdeen - anthropologist), Annemarie Lopez (writer), Christian Nold (The Open University, UK - artist / designer), Bill Psarras (University of the Peloponnese - artist), Athena Stourna (University of the Peloponnese – artist-researcher), Geert Vermeire (Founder of Walk-listen-create, - artist / poet), Lorie Waxman (Institute of Chicago - art critic), Yiannis Ziogas (University of Western Macedonia - artist)

▶️ Watch Footnotes promo trailer [tba]

🗓️ Date: November 2026

Location: 📍Nafplio and online (hybrid format)

📘 Read Footnotes abstracts  /  🌐 Access Footnotes website (tba)

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📁 Type: co-organizers

👥 DPDA Faculty Members in Organizing Committee : Athena Stourna

👥 DPDA Faculty Members in Research Committee : Bill Psarras

🗓️ Date: Sept 2026 

📍Location: Nafplio

📘 Read PS Proceedings (proceedings) 

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Performing Space 2025  - International Conference  

📁 Type: co-organizers

👥 DPDA Faculty Members in Organizing Committee : Athena Stourna, Bill Psarras, Katerina El Raheb, Anastasios Theodoropoulos, George Kondis

🗓️ Date: July 2025 

📍Location: Nafplio

📘 Read PS Proceedings (proceedings) published by ΕΚΤ

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Performing Space 2024  - International Conference  

📁 Type: co-organizers

👥 DPDA Faculty Members in Research Committee: Athena Stourna (PS Chair)

👥 DPDA Faculty Members in Organizing Committee : Gina Giotaki, Bill Psarras, George Kondis

🗓️ Date: July 2024

📍Location: Nafplio

📘 Read PS Proceedings (proceedings) published by ΕΚΤ

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Xenakis 22 - Centenary International Symposium

📁 Type: co-organizers

🗓️ Date: May 2022

📍Location: Nafplio, Athens

👥 Concept - Curation: Marina Kotzamani

👥 Artistic Committee: Marina Kotzamani, Alexandros Efklidis, Bill Psarras, Chara Thanou 

👥 Orgsanizing committee: Athena Stourna, Anastasios Theodoropoulos, Nikos Vasilopoulos, George Kondis

📘 Catalogue curation - Digital editing: Bill Psarras

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Ημερίδα Video game production στην Ελλάδα

📁 Type: co-organizers

👥 DPDA Faculty Members in co-organizing committee: Elina Roinioti

🗓️ Date: October 2023 [facebook event]

📍 Location: Panteion University, Athens

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Διημερίδα 1821-2021  

📁 Type: co-organizers

👥 DPDA Faculty members : Marina Kotzamani, Bill Psarras, Stella Dimitrakopoulou

🗓️ Date: October 2021 

📍Location: Vouleftiko, Nafplio

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Ημερίδα ΙNSIDE THE IMAGE Reenacting cinema through extended 

📁 Type: Participating department (artistic and research mission of the DPDA) 

👥 Participating Faculty members: Katerina El Raheb, Elina Roinioti, Athena Stourna, Bill Psarras

▶️ Audiovisual editing / material: Bill Psarras

🗓️ Date: December 2023  

📍Location: Fournos, Athens 

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Διεθνές συνέδριο Medea 2022 ex Machina

📁 Type: Participation as department  

👥 Participating Faculty members: Marina Kotzamani, Katerina El Raheb, Bill Psarras, Anna Tzakou, Stella Dimitrakopoulou

🗓️ Date: September 2022  

📍Location: Nafplio 

📘 Read Book of Abstracts