Annual seminar of the Euro Kids Network in the frame of  KID SCREEN, Como, Villa Erba, 24 - 25 October 1997 on the left: Pierre Lévy professor at the Department Hypermédia at the University of Paris VIII - St-Dénis Philosopher studying multimedia and new technologies Speech delivered during the Round table: "What is multimedia? Abandoning a purely theory approach in order to understand and analyse the changes that multimedia imply in communication" on the right: Romano Fattorossi - President of MEDIA Salles