[Air-l] PRESENCE 2004 deadline extended

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SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS
EXTENDED DEADLINE PAPER SUBMISSION: JULY 15, 2004


7th Annual International Workshop on Presence
PRESENCE 2004

Polytechnic University of Valencia,
Valencia, Spain, 13-14-15 October 2004


Final program and registration form available on the web
site: <http://www.presence2004.org/>

Paper Submission Deadline: July 15, 2004.

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The PRESENCE 2004 Committee is pleased to announce the 7th
Annual International Workshop on Presence and the Annual Call
for Papers. Academics and practitioners with an interest in
research, theory, technologies, and applications related to
the concept of presence are invited to submit their work for
presentation. PRESENCE 2004 is organized by the International
Society for Presence Research (ISPR) and the Medical Image
Computing Laboratory, and supported by the European Union's
FET Presence Research Initiative through the IST EMMA and IST
OMNIPRES projects.

Presentations are invited on:

* Explications of the presence concept
* Presence evaluation/measurement methodologies
* Causes and consequences (effects) of presence
* Presence in shared virtual environments and online
communities
* Social/affective interfaces, virtual agents, parasocial
interactions

* Presence-associated technologies:
        * Immersive, interactive, multimodal displays
        * Advanced broadcast/cinematic displays (stereoscopic TV,
HDTV, IMAX,OMNIMAX)
        * Virtual environments/simulators
        * 3-D sound
        * Haptic/tactile displays

* Presence applications:
        * Education and training
        * Medicine and therapy
        * Entertainment
        * Communication
        * Teleoperation

* Presence and design
* Presence in art
* Presence and philosophical issues (e.g., the nature of
'reality')
* The ethics of presence

Proposals for workshops and panel discussions are also
invited.

In addition, the PRESENCE 2004 program will include
exhibition of commercial products and non-commercial research
projects

Please see the conference website for abstract submission,
instructions and other details.


Conference Committee
Conference chairs:

Mariano Alcaniz (MedICLab) // Cristina Botella (UJI)

Scientific Committee:

Alexandros Bakalakos (European Commission)
Anna Spagnoli (University of Padua)
Anthony Steed (University College London)
Cath Dillon (Goldsmith College)
Erik Granum (Aalborg University)
Frank Biocca (M.I.N.D. Lab)
Fred Brooks (Worlington, Suffolk, UK)
Gary Bente (University of Cologne)
Giuseppe Riva (ATN-P Lab)
Jane Lessiter (Goldsmiths College)
John Waterworth (Interactive Institute)
Jonathan Freeman (Goldsmiths College)
Loretta Anania (European Commission)
Luciano Gamberini (University of Padua)
Matthew Lombard (Temple University)
Mel Slater (University College London)
Nat Durlach (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Rita Lauria (NC A & T State University)
Rosa Baños (Universidad de Valencia)
Steve Ellis (NASA)
Wijnand IJsselsteijn (Eindhoven University of Technology)