PRESENCE 2007
The 10th Annual International Workshop on Presence

October 25 - 27
Barcelona, Spain

Call for Papers

PRESENCE 2007
10th Annual International Workshop on Presence

The Foment de les Arts Decoratives
Barcelona, Spain
October 25-27, 2007

Submission deadline: June 15, 2007

Full details on the web at http://ispr.info

OVERVIEW

Academics and practitioners with an interest in the concept of (tele)presence are invited to submit their work for presentation at PRESENCE 2007 at The Foment de les Arts Decoratives (FAD) in Barcelona, Spain, October 25-27, 2007.

This PRESENCE conference marks a decade of productive and enjoyable annual international workshops on the increasingly prominent and important phenemena of presence, the psychological state or subjective perception in which a person fails to accurately and completely acknowledge the role of technology in an experience, including the sense of 'being there' experienced by users of advanced media such as virtual reality. Presence theory, research and practice is of interest to scholars and others in a wide variety of fields including communication, psychology, computer science, business, medicine, art and design, and many others (for more on presence, including the Proceedings from previous conferences, see http://ispr.info).

As with the previous nine conferences, PRESENCE 2007 will provide an open discussion forum to share ideas regarding concepts and theories, measurement techniques, technology, and applications related to presence.

Paper are sought that are based on empirical results from studies of presence and related issues and/or that make substantial advances in theoretical understanding of presence and/or that contribute to the technology for the delivery of presence. High quality papers which make substantial contributions to the field are sought; submissions will be rigorously evaluated by peer reviewers.

Work accepted for presentation will be included in the official conference proceedings and posted on the ISPR web site. Some of the presented papers will be selected for publication in one or more special issues of CyberPsychology & Behavior or Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments.

PRESENCE 2007 takes place in Barcelona and is hosted by Starlab in collaboration with PEACH. The conference is organized by ISPR, the International Society for Presence Research.

TOPICS

Submissions of papers, demonstrations, and panels that represent completed or ongoing work are encouraged in areas including but not limited to: 

• 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 and cinematic displays (stereoscopic TV, HDTV, IMAX)
  • Virtual environments/simulators
  • 3-D sound
  • Haptic/tactile displays
• Presence applications:
  • Education and training
  • Medicine and therapy
  • Entertainment
  • Communication and collaboration
  • Teleoperation
  • Presence and design
  • Presence in art
• Presence and philosophical issues (e.g., the nature of 'reality')
• The ethics of presence
• Presence in the future: Media experiences in the 21st century and beyond

CONFERENCE FORMAT

Like the earlier workshops, PRESENCE 2007 will have an interactive format in which all participants (attendees, presenters, invited speakers) attend each of the sessions as well as several social events, allowing participants to exchange ideas and build knowledge together as the conference progresses.

VENUE

The conference will be hosted by Starlab at The Foment de les Arts Decoratives (FAD) located in the former Convent dels Àngels, a refurbished renaissance building in the heart of Barcelona, Spain.

For more information about Barcelona visit the Barcelona Tourist Guide web site.

SUBMISSIONS

We invite researchers and practitioners to submit work in the following categories:

• Papers: Comprehensive descriptions of original research or design work within the scope of the workshop. Papers are 5 to 12 pages in the PRESENCE 2007 template format (see submission page) and will be considered for oral presentation.
   
• Panels: Sets of presentations on a single theme or topic within the scope of the workshop. Submitters are encouraged to be creative regarding both the topic or theme and the format for panel proposals, which are limited to 4 pages in the PRESENCE 2007 template format.
   
• Extended abstracts: Brief presentations of tentative or preliminary results of research or design work within the scope of the workshop. Extended abstracts are 2 to 4 pages in the PRESENCE 2007 template format and will be considered for oral presentation after all accepted full papers are scheduled.
   
• Posters: Visual display presentations. Submissions are limited to 4 pages which contain miniature versions of the larger pages that would be displayed at the conference.
   
• Demonstrations/exhibitions: Step-by-step audiovisual demonstrations and/or hands-on experiences of (commercial or academic) work within the scope of the workshop. Proposals for demonstrations/exhibitions are limited to 4 pages in the PRESENCE 2007 template format.

Please submit your work online at the submission page of the conference web site at http://ispr.info by the conference deadline of June 15, 2007.

REGISTRATION

Registration costs before or on August 15 are 300 EUR (400 USD) for individuals with an academic, governmental, or non-profit affiliation; 400 EUR (530 USD) for individuals with a corporate affiliation; and 150 EUR (200 USD) for graduate students. (For costs in other currencies, click here). All registration fees will include admission to all Workshop sessions, conference materials, refreshments during breaks, lunches and conference dinner/reception.

Registration opens April 1, 2007. Please visit the registration page of the conference web site at http://ispr.info for the registration and payment forms and procedures.

CONFERENCE COMMITTEE

Conference Chair

Giulio Ruffini (Starlab, Spain)

Program Committee Chair

Wijnand Ijsselsteijn (Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Netherlands)

Program Committee (subject to change)

Mariano Alcaniz (Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain)
Carlo Alberto Avizzano (Scuola Superiore S. Anna, Italy)
Ann-Sofie Axelsson (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden)
Jeremy N. Bailenson (Stanford University, USA)
Rosa Baños (University of Valencia, Spain)
Woody Barfield (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA)
Edwin Blake (University of Cape Town, South Africa)
Cristina Botella Arbona (Universitat Jaume I, Spain)
Doug Bowman (Virginia Tech, USA)
Cheryl Campanella Bracken (Cleveland State University, USA)
Prabu David (Ohio State University, USA)
Yvonne de Kort (Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands)
Jonathan Freeman (Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK)
Doron Friedman (University College London, UK)
Luciano Gamberini (University of Padua, Italy)
Marco Gillies (University College London, UK)
Feliz Ribeiro Gouveia (Universidade Fernando Pessoa, Portugal)
Antal Haans (Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Netherlands)
Ilona Heldal (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden)
Matthew T. Jones (Temple University, USA)
Nicole Kraemer (University of Cologne, Germany)
Rita Lauria (North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, USA)
Kwan Min Lee (University of Southern California, USA)
Jane Lessiter (Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK)
Matthew Lombard (Temple University, USA)
Katerina Mania (University of Sussex, UK)
Fabrizia Mantovani (Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Italy)
Henk Herman Nap (Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands)
Karolien Poels (Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands)
Miriam Reiner (Technion: Israel Institute of Technology, Israel)
Albert Skip Rizzo (University of Southern California, USA)
Daniela Romano (University of Sheffield, UK)
Maria Victoria Sanchez-Vives (Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Spain)
Ralph Schroeder (Oxford Internet Institute, UK)
Thomas Schubert (University of Jena, Germany)
Melissa E. Selverian (Temple University, USA)
Mel Slater (University College London, UK)
Michael Smyth (Napier University, Scotland
Anna Spagnolli (University of Padua, Italy)
Susan Turner (Napier University, Scotland
Aleksander Väljamäe (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden)
Wouter van der Hoogen (Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands)
Paul F.M.J. Verschure (Institute of Neuroinformatics, Switzerland)
Vinoba Vinayagamoorthy (University College London, UK)
John Waterworth (Umeå University, Sweden)

CONTACT

For more information or assistance, please send e-mail to help@ispr.info and/or contact the Conference or Program Committee Chair.

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