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487.0. "Telconferencing, at Link�ping" by TLE::SAVAGE () Thu Oct 17 1991 17:14

   From: [email protected] (Robert Jacobson)
   Newsgroups: soc.culture.nordic
   Subject: Telepresence Conference, Link�ping, Sweden, Oct 24-25, 1991
   Date: 17 Oct 91 06:17:33 GMT
   Organization: Human Interface Technology Lab, Univ. of Wash., Seattle
 
 
	Following is the final agenda for the "Telepresence" conference 
being hosted by Link�ping University, in Link�ping, Sweden, on 
Oct. 24-25.  
 
 
PROGRAM FOR FIRST COST #229 WG.5 WORKSHOP
 
"TELEPRESENCE -- A NEW CONCEPT FOR TELECONFERENCING"
 
Link�ping, Sweden, October 24-25, 1991
 
	This workshop is held to highlight the technical and tele-
communication-related problems which occur when Telepresence 
(Display Helmet System) is used for teleconferencing.  This 
workshop will work as a forum to discuss these problems and to
disseminate information about current research and development of 
equipment in this area.
 
WELCOME TO LINK�PING AND THE WORKSHOP ON TELEPRESENCE
-- A NEW CONCEPT FOR TELECONFERENCING.
 
	Telepresence, as we see it, is the combination of 
telecommunication with the newly emerging area of "virtual 
reality."  The workshop focuses on this particular aspect.
 
	Invited speaker Robert Jacobson, from the Human Interface 
Technology Lab, will focus on the state of the art and current 
research.  There will be time for discussions to present open 
problems in different research topics.
 
	The workshop takes place in Link�ping.  Link�ping is a rela-
tively small town with a young and active university.  We have a 
tradition of high technology in industry and we now see many small 
high tech companies growing out of the university.  This makes 
Link�ping a very exciting place today.
 
	Late in October in Link�ping means that the season is changing 
from autumn to winter.  Although snow has not yet been falling, the 
weather can change fast from being clear but a bit chilly to rainy 
and windy.
 
	We look forward to meeting you here in October and wish you a 
pleasant time in Link�ping.
 
	The organizing committee:
 
	Dr. Robert Forchheimer
	Mrs. Anna Linderhed
	Mr. Bengt Kvarnstrom
	Dept. of Electrical Engineering
	Link�ping University
	S-581 83 Link�ping, Sweden
 
	(46) (13) 281 000 phone
	(46) (13) 139 282 fax
	[email protected]
 
THURSDAY, OCT. 24 (Link�ping U., ISY Seminar Room, Entrance 27)
 
10.00	Registration, Coffee
 
10.30	Opening
 
11.00	"Telepresence/Televirtuality in North America, Europe,
		and Japan," Robert Jacobson, HIT Lab
 
11.45	Lunch
 
13.00	"A prototype remote inclusive interface," Johan 
		Andersson, Chalmers Institute of Technology 
		(Gothenberg)
 
13.30	"The SICS TelePresence System," Lennart Fahle'n, DS-Lab,
		Swedish Institute of Computer Science (SICS)
 
14.15	Coffee
 
14.45	"Telepresence in Virtual Worlds," Christian Breiteneder,
		Universite de Geneve
 
15.30	"Telepresence, a proposal for communication between
		humans," Bengt Kvarnstrom, Link�ping University
 
19.00	Workshop dinner at Restaurant Gastronom
 
 
FRIDAY, OCT. 25 (Link�ping U., ISY Seminar Room, Entrance 27)
 
09.00	"Human motion control in a synthesized environment,"
		Olov Fahlander, Link�ping University
 
09.45	"Analysis/Synthesis of human facial movements,"
		Haibo Li [no affiliation in notice]
 
10.15	Coffee
 
10.45	"Telepresence, some aspects of the interface," Dr.
		Robert Forchheimer, Link�ping University
 
11.15	"The X-Ray factory," Kai-Mikael Jaa-Aro, NADA, KTH
		(Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm)
 
11.45	Lunch
 
13.00	Demos
 
Accommodations can be reserved at:
 
	Brask Hotel, Storgatan 70-76, (46) (13) 130 200 phone,
	Frimurarhotellet, S:t Larsgatan, (46) (13) 129 180 phone,
		(46) (13) 139 544 fax
	Ekoxen, Klostergatan 68, (46) (13) 146 070 phone,
		(46) (13) 121 903 fax
	Park Hotel, Jarnvagsgatan 6, (46) (13) 129 005 phone,
		(46) (13) 100 418 fax
	Scandic Hotel, Rydsvagen E4, (46) (13) 171 060 phone,
		(46) (8) 610 5265 fax
 
There is municipal bus service, No. 207, three times each hour.
 
	Workshop dinner will be served at Restaurant Gastronom, a 
picturesque restaurant in downtown Link�ping, Djurgardsgatan 48.
 
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REGISTRATION FORM
 
Telepresence -- A New Concept for Teleconferencing
 
Conference Fee is SEK 600.
 
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(SEK 200 per ticket).
 
 
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