1st peach Summer School 2007

Presence: towards human machine confluence - Presence technologies and Foundations

Program

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Preliminary Schedule for the Summer School

The preliminary schedule for the three-day first Peach Summer School is provided below. The Schedule follows the Greek lifestyle of having a long lunch, and a late dinner. Please take the schedule below as a guideline.
Attendees should plan to arrive at Santorini island on Tuesday 3rd July 2007, and depart on Friday 6th or Saturday, 7th July 2007

	Wed. 04/07/07	Thu. 05/07/07	Fri. 06/07/07
08:30-9:00	Registration & Welcome
09:00-10:00	The Cyborg, the Self and the Other* Download slides	The Concept and Assessment of Presence in Virtual Environments* Follow relevant link	Augmented Reality Games-extending virtual games into real life* Download slides
09:00-10:00	John A. Waterworth	Mel Slater	Wolfgang Broll
10:00-11:00	Rational principles for the delivery of presence	Uses of virtual reality for the study of the brain and its emergent functions	Neurobiology of Haptics
10:00-11:00	Paul F.M.J. Verschure	Maria Victoria Sanchez-Vives	Martyn Bracewell
11:00-11:30	Coffee Break	Coffee Break	Coffee Break
11:30-12:30	Towards the ultimate media experience and why this is related to Presence* Download slides	Touch, Tools and Telepresence: Embodiment in Mediated Environments* Download relevant papers	Mixed Reality Experiences in Urban Environments Presence and Beyond Download slides
11:30-12:30	Doron Friedman	Wijnand IJsselsteijn	Giulio Jacucci & Rod McCall
12:30-13:30	Physiological Measures and brain-computer interface control in VR Download slides	Modes of presence in new mediated environments: their variety and articulation Download slides	Companions and Social Presence* Download slides
12:30-13:30	Christoph Guger	Anna Spagnolli	David Benyon
13:30-14:30	Lunch Break	Lunch Break	Lunch Break
14:30-15:30	IPCity Session	Methods in Presence and Social Presence Studies. Joining Ethnography and Social Network Analysis. Supported by Pasion IP	Presence and disabled people. Enhancing presence in VR environments for the disabled through haptic interaction* Download slides
14:30-15:30	Moderators: Wolfgang Broll Rod McCall Giulio Jacucci Markus Sareika	Moderator: Luciano Gamberini Anna Spagnolli Fabiola Scarpetta Francesco Martino Concetta Alberti	Moderators: Dimitrios Tzovaras Evangelos Bekiaris
15:30-16:00	Presence and Artificial companions		EEG based brain-computer interface for cursor control and spelling
15:30-16:00	Presence and Artificial companions		Moderator: Christoph Gurger
16:00-16:30	Moderator: David Benyon	Real-time physiology and media session	Diploma Ceremony
16:00-16:30	Moderator: David Benyon	Moderator: Doron Friedman	Diploma Ceremony
16:30-17:30	Poster Session	Poster Session
21:00		Banquet Dinner

*Important Summer School notes:
The diploma ceremony is just to provide the students with a prove-attestation that they have attended the summer school, attendees who depart on the 6th afternoon are not required to attend this ceremony.
The Peach basket is available money for the Presence community to attend the Peach events. There will be a maximum amount of travel expenses covered with the Peach Basket funding of 500€ per attendee, and hotel expenses which should fully covered the nights of the 3rd, 4th and 5th (not mini-bar).
* Moreover, the attendees who in their application form apply for the Peach Basket funding are obliged to stay during the full duration of the summer school (From the 4th 8:30 to the 6th 16:00), if not they will be welcome to join partially the Summer School, but they will not be eligible to be supported by the Peach basket, neither they will get the diploma.

1st peach Summer School Official Website
Peach FP6 Coordination Action