[Air-L] Call for Participation: PRESENCE 2020 online/free this Friday (10/23)

[Matthew Lombard]

The PRESENCE 2020 conference is this Friday, October 23, and will be  
online and free. Despite not being physically together as at previous  
conferences, we'll do everything possible to retain the informal, social nature  
of the in-person PRESENCE conferences.    

The program for the day-long event is below, and you can register at 
https://forms.gle/vAAJbCaGgNw8hcGdA. For more information, please go to 
https://ispr.info/presence-2020 and if you have questions or concerns about 
the conference e-mail me (lombard at temple.edu).

--Matthew Lombard, on behalf of the organizing committee

PRESENCE 2020
18th conference of the International Society for Presence Research 
(ISPR)
Online + Synchronous
October 23, 2020
https://ispr.info/presence-2020

Conference theme: Presence during and after the pandemic

REGISTER: https://forms.gle/vAAJbCaGgNw8hcGdA

OVERVIEW:

Telepresence, often shortened to presence, is a state or perception in which 
we overlook or misconstrue the role of technology and feel present in the 
environments and/or connected to the people or things we experience via 
technology. It´s increasingly relevant to a wide range of media experiences 
and application areas.

Following a series of 17 successful Presence conference events, 
PRESENCE 2020 will retain the single-track format and enjoyable social 
environment of previous conferences while featuring an expanded variety of 
paper and poster sessions, panel discussions, keynote presentations, 
hands-on demonstrations of presence applications/services/projects, and 
informal discussion, networking and fun. Members of both academic and 
industry communities are welcome.

PROGRAM:


All times are Eastern Standard time (EST); convert to your timezone here.

9:30 am EST:

Welcome: Login and Greeting




9:45 am EST: 

Opening Remarks

Speaker: Matthew Lombard (Temple University)




10:00 - 10:50 am EST:

Roles of Attention in Presence

Chair & Moderator: Cheryl Bracken (Cleveland State University)

Integrating the world of presence theory: Illusion, pretence, attending, and 
pretending
John Waterworth (Umeå University)
Ingvar Tjostheim (Norwegian Computing Center)

Constructing attention to engage social presence: Choosing wisely and 
managing expectations
Sonja Foss (University of Colorado Denver)
Jeanine Turner (Georgetown University)

The role of task complexity and personality in the effect of co-presence
Merel van den Berg (Sofia University)




11:00 - 11:50 am EST:

Panel: The Critical Role of Presence in Instruction as Covid-19 Forces 
Learners and Instructors Online

COVID-19 has made technology-mediated learning the new normal. While 
online instruction can be just as effective as face-to-face instruction, and 
indeed sometimes can be more effective than face-to-face instruction, this is 
only possible when technology is used effectively and the communication 
fosters presence. This panel will review the range of presence research to 
suggest critical knowledge for instructors and learners to be their most 
effective selves in the COVID-19 classroom.

Chair & Moderator: Stephanie Kelly (North Carolina A&T State University)

Stephanie Kelly (North Carolina A&T State University)
David Westerman (North Dakota State University)
Suzy Prentiss (The University of Tennessee)
Kyle Varberg (North Dakota State University)
Scott Christen (Tennessee Technological State University)
Michelle Garland (University of South Carolina Upstate)
Ryan Goke (North Dakota State University)




12:00 - 12:45 pm EST:

Discussion: Teaching Presence
Informal conversation: Feel free to bring your lunch, snack and/or drink.

Presence is increasingly taught as a topic within courses and even as the 
main focus of entire courses. This discussion will begin with a description of 
a cross-course teaching collaboration in which media producers learn about 
presence and incorporate it in their design of 360 degree vides and 
augmented reality projects while media psychology students advise and 
conduct audience/user research to measure presence and other responses. 
We'll then open up an informal discussion of tools and techniques that we 
use (or would like to use) to teach presence, and the possibilities for 
compiling our collective knowledge and advice in an online resource and/or 
future publication.

Chair & Moderators: Laura Zaylea and Matthew Lombard (Temple 
University)




12:45 - 01:50 pm EST:

Short Presentations & Interactive Breakouts
Informal conversations: Feel free to bring your lunch, snack and/or drink.

Chair & Moderators: Matthew Lombard (Temple University) and Hocheol 
Yang (Cal Poly)

Telepresence and binge watching: Future research directions
Cheryl Bracken (Cleveland State University)
Bridget Rubenking (University of Central Florida)

Social presence cultivation & loneliness during COVID-19
Matthew Klein (University of Georgia)
Rabindra Ratan (Michigan State University)
Lin Li (Michigan State University)
Chimobi Ucha (Michigan State University)
Justin Duby (Michigan State University)
Kristine Nowak (University of Connecticut)

Teaching death awareness through a sense of presence with digital 
immersive experiences during a pandemic
Dorote Weyers-Lucci (Sofia University)

"Walking into the dark": Cognition manipulation and methodological 
challenges with behavioral measures of physical presence in VR
Eugene Kukshinov (Temple University)
Matthew Lombard (Temple University)

The virtual mandala: Three registers of presence in COVID-era hybrid reality 
yoga instruction
Joshua Potter (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)

The Zoom Uncanny: The production of presence in an online spiritualist 
circle
Tamar Gordon (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)

The body as presence-generating technology
Ellen Esrock (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)

Exploring media use and presence during a Coronavirus lockdown
Hannah Lucia Bromley (Temple University)
Camryn E. Dodd (Temple University)
Amber L. Douglas (Temple University)
Zachary Wyatt Jaworski (Temple University)
Kaitlyn Ann Kerwin (Temple University)
Cassidy Lorenz (Temple University)
Giana Marinelli (Temple University)
Megan R. Swick (Temple University)
Matthew Lombard (Temple University)
and others




02:00 - 02:50 pm EST:

Different Paths to Presence

Chair & Moderator: Eugene Kukshinov (Temple University)

Presence, flow, and narrative absorption questionnaires: A scoping review
Federico Pianzola (University of Milan Bicocca)

Investigating character identification in virtual reality
Shane Burrell (California State University, San Bernardino)

Immersive medical augmented reality that evokes presence and affect
Hyunji Doh (Temple University)




03:00 - 03:50 pm EST:

Panel: Cultural and Contextual Adaptations of the Presence 5 
Framework to Foster Physician Humanism and Meaningful Connections 
with Patients

Time constraints, technology, and administrative demands often impede the 
human connection that is central to clinical care. Presence 5, developed to 
address these barriers, comprises evidence-based practices that promote 
clinician presence and foster connection. As a framework, Presence 5 has 
been iteratively adapted to virtual visits, extended to the nurse-caregiver 
context, evaluated for anti-racist messaging, and modified for resident and 
medical student education efforts.

Chair & Moderator: Juliana Baratta (Stanford University School of Medicine)

Juliana Baratta (Stanford University School of Medicine)
Raquel Garcia (Stanford University School of Medicine)
Gisselle De Leon Signor (Stanford University School of Medicine)
Cynthia Pérez (Stanford University School of Medicine)
Gabrielle Li (Stanford University School of Medicine)
Megha Shankar (Stanford University School of Medicine)
Marie Haverfield (Stanford University School of Medicine)
Cati Brown-Johnson (Stanford University School of Medicine)
Donna Zulman (Stanford University School of Medicine)

Original Presence 5 
Gabrielle Li

Presence for Racial Justice
Cynthia Pérez

Presence in Nurse-Caregiver Interactions
Juliana Baratta

Presence in Medical Education
Raquel Garcia

Telepresence
Gisselle De Leon Signor




04:00 - 04:50 pm EST:

Virtual Companions

Chair & Moderator: Kun Xu (University of Florida)

Falling in love with robots: The three-stage model of social perception and 
interaction with computer-generated imagery influencers
Fanjue Liu (University of Florida)

Para-social presence for companionship: A case study on Pokémon Go
Yi-Fan Chen (Farmingdale State College)

Virtual companions: Fostering telepresence between generations during the 
COVID-19 pandemic and beyond
Gabrielle Li (Stanford University School of Medicine)
Gisselle De Leon (Stanford University School of Medicine)
Raquel Garcia (Stanford University School of Medicine)




05:00- 5:15 pm EST: 

Closing

Speaker: Matthew Lombard (Temple University)




5:15 - ?? pm EST:

Informal socializing for anyone who has the energy!


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-- 
Matthew Lombard, Ph.D.
Co-Chair, Department of Media Studies & Production
Klein College of Media and Communication
Temple University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

President, International Society for Presence Research (ISPR)

lombard at temple.edu
http://matthewlombard.com
http://ispr.info