SUMMA TECHNOLOGIAE

September 3-10, , Summa Technologiae

First edition of Stanisław Lem’s „Summa technologiae” was published in 1964 and it was an attempt of philosophical approach to the civilizational and evolutional consequences of technological development with particular emphasis to information technology. Many of the issues brought in that publication were ahead of the concepts of western theorists combining phenomena associated to information technology development with other disciplines (such as evolutionistic concepts of Richard Dawkins or those from cognitive science of Marvin Minsky). There are many ideas that can be named, such as comparative reflections on technology and evolution, many notions defining new phenomena, that were later popularized in their western equivalents, such as: teletaxy – telepresence, intelectronics – technological singularity, fantomology – virtual reality. Many subjects addressed in this publication, considered then as futurology, are currently up-to-date. “Summa technologiae” is the motto of this year’s edition of the MEDEA International Symposium that intends to bring together physical scientists, social scientists and artists, with the development and expansion of information technology as an excuse for joint considerations about its impact on different disciplines and expansion of multidisciplinary fields of interest between them.

The subjects of the MEDEA symposium are traditionally oscillating around issues located on the borders of science, art and technology. The novelty of this year’s edition is a social sciences panel. In reference to the location and current events this edition’s profile also includes phenomena associated with the interpenetrations of cultural influences from different cultural regions.

Ionian Islands

Kingdom of

In 1200 B.C. the kingdom of Odysseus with capital on the island included other , such as: , , Zakynthos, and also a part of bordering with by the River. After a 10-years long Troyan War Odysseus started a 10-year long return journey to his homeland. These events are described in the works of the so called Epic Cycle, that included: Cypria, , Aethiopis, Little Iliad, Iliou persis, Nostoi, and Telegony,of wich only Iliad and Odyssey were preserved until our times. MEDEA 2016 Fourth International Symposium on Art/Science/Technology

ISLICS 2016 First International Symposium on Legal Implications of Cyber Society

PTA 2016 First International Symposium on Physics Technology and Art

ROLLER POSTER / ZAKYNTHOS 2016 Showcase of Polish self-edition posters and invited international artists Ionian emigration and the emergence of science

In VI and V centuries B.C., thanks to individuals such as Thales, Anaximander, Anaximenes, Heraclitus, in Ionian cities on the coasts of Minor Asia philosophy emerged and build the foundations of today's science. After the conquer of Ionia by Pershians in the middle of VI century B.C. many Greeks emigrated to western colonies, to the so called Great Greece (southern part of the Italian Peninsula and part of Sicily) with philosophers such as Xenophanes and Pythagoras amongst them. Xenophanes was the ancestor of Eleatic School of Philosophy and Pythagoras was the progenitor of Pythagorean Union. For Pythagoreans the most important substance of the universe was not matter, but the form it aquires by the inscribed information. They perceived the universe as buildt by numbers and explored its harmony. The names of the and the Ionian Islands comes from this early emigration.

Zakynthos in the border of cultures

Zakynthos Island was a place of influence of many different cultures. In the course of time it found itself in the zones of influence of Greece, also Macedonia, Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire. In Byzantine times it was plundered by pirates and Vandals. In 1185 Zakynthos was conquered by Sicilian Normans, who established County Palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos. Afterwards it was conquered by the Republic of Venice and remained in its sphere of influence untill 1797. After the signing of the Peace Treaty in Campio Formio it passes under the rule of France. In the year 1799 after the signing of Russian-Turkish alliance and the deployment of united fleet, the island was captured by Russian-Turkish forces. According to the Constantinople Agreement from 1800 a Greek state was established in the Ionian Islands under Turkish protectorate and Russian management. In 1807 the island passes once more to the French. In 1815 the British are appointing the United States of the Ionian Islands under their protectorate. In 1864 the Island of Zakinthos joins Greece after 680 years of foreign occupation.

The Joint Conferences MEDEA 2016 , ISLIC 2016, PTA 2016 and ROLLER POSTER in Zakintos will take place on September 3-10 2016 in the Island of Zakynthos in Greece. The aim of this event is the meeting of artists, scientists, technologists in the search of mutual interdisciplinary level of discussion. Timeline: Niko Guskos (Szczecin, Poland) Jarosław Rybicki (Gdańsk, Poland) September 3-10 2016 r. Josef N. Grimma (Msida, Malta) Antoni Waldemar Morawski (Szczecin, Poland) Venues: Wojciech Kempiński (Poznań, Poland) Krzysztof Wojciechowski (Poznań, Poland) Technological Educational Institute of Ionian Janusz Stankowski (Poznań, Poland) Islands, Greece Program Committee: Alykes, Zakintos, Greece Andreas Guskos (Szczecin, Poland) Organizers: Izabela Gawłowicz (Zielona Góra, Poland) Justyna Machnicka (Szczecin, Poland) Visual Arts Department, Academy of Art in Niko Guskos (Szczecin, Poland) Szczecin Organizing Committee: Faculty of Interior Design and Stage Design, University of Arts in Poznań Andreas Guskos (Szczecin, Poland) Izabela Gawłowicz (Zielona Góra, Poland) Institute of Physics, Faculty of Mechanical Joanna Osiejewicz (Zielona Góra, Poland) Engineering and Mechanotronic, Justyna Machnicka (Szczecin, Poland) West Pomeranian University of Technology Ireneusz Kuriata (Szczecin, Poland) Ewelina Adam (Szczecin, Poland) Department of Solid State Physics, Gdańsk Niko Guskos (Szczecin, Poland) University of Technology Janusz Typek (Szczecin, Poland) Jaroslaw Rybicki (Gdańsk, Poland) Faculty of Law and Administration, Mikołaj Stankowski (Poznań, Poland) University of Zielona Góra Iwona Wierzchowiecka-Rudnik (Koszalin, Poland) Faculty of Humanities, Koszalin University of Technology Project Coordinator/MEDEA2016 Chairman

Department of Solid State Physics, Faculty Andreas Guskos of Physics, University of Athens, Greece email: [email protected] tel.: +48 503 929 694 Technological Educational Institute of Ionian Islands, Greece PTA 2016 Chairman:

Honorary Chairmen: Niko Guskos email: [email protected] Lex Drewinski tel.: +48 692 167 103 (University of Applied Sciences, Potsdam, Germany) ISLICS 2016 Chairman: Urszula Narkiewicz (European Academy of Sciences and Arts) Izabela Gawłowicz George Papadopoulos email: [email protected] (University of Athens, Greece) tel.: +48 501 009 910

Scientific Committee: ROLLER POSTER/ZAKYNTHOS Curator:

Lex Drewinski (Potsdam, Germany) Justyna Machnicka Józef Jurek (Poznań, Poland) email: [email protected] George Papadopoulos (Athens, Greece) tel.: +48 505 383 639

Deadlines: After June 30 2016: 600 € - Regular fee Registration: June 30 2016 400 € - Student fee Abstract proposal (up to one A4 page): June 30 2016 Regular fee includes: local conference costs, Conference fee, standard registration: cost of conference materials, hotel room June 30 2016 between September 3-10 2016. Conference fee, late registration (higher): August 1 2016 Student fee includes: local conference costs, Full paper submission (ca. 1 publishing cost of conference materials, sheet): November 1 2016 accommodation in double room between September 3-10 2016. Registration: Payment: In order to complete registration please Payment should be done by wire transfer to download the registration form available at organizer’s bank account: www.medea2016.pl and send it by email to [email protected] Account no: PL34 1440 1143 0000 0000 1352 3754 Abstract proposal: BIC|SWIFT: BPKOPLPW Purpose: MEDEA2016, participant’s Name Please submit the abstract proposal by and Surname email to [email protected] Account holder: Akademia Sztuki w Szczecinie Conference fee: Pl. Orła Białego 2 70-562 Szczecin Until June 30 2016: 500 € - Regular fee Please send the receipt of payment by email 300 € - Student fee to [email protected] www.medea2016.pl contact: Andreas Guskos email: [email protected] tel.: +48 503 929 694