The Immersive Internet – The Next Big Thing RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – As 3D, virtual reality and web technology continue to evolve and as Internet speeds climb ever faster at home, at work and through wireless, a new Internet beckons – The “Immersive Internet.” How can you and your business take advantage of opportunities created by virtual worlds, real-time collaboration, and the life-like experience of 3D? Internationally published and recognized expert in all things 3D, Dr. Tony O’Driscoll will discuss and demonstrate the potential of the Immersive Internet at Local Tech Wire’s Executive Exchange event on July 28.…

TANGIBLE, EMBEDDED AND EMBODIED INTERACTION (TEI) 2011 23rd-26th January 2011, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal http://tei-conf.org/ IMPORTANT DATES 1st August 2010, 23:59 BST (UTC+1) 2010: Papers, Studio and Workshop Proposals 17th October 2010, 23:59 BST (UTC+1) 2010: Explorations (GSC, Arts, Design) 31st October 2010, 23:59 BST (UTC+1) 2010: Workshop Papers 10th December 2010, 23:59 BST (UTC+1) 2010: Early registration deadline 23rd-26th January 2011: TEI Conference in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal TEI is the premier venue for cutting edge research on interaction with tangible artefacts and systems. We invite submissions of prototypes and daring ideas, tools and technologies, methods and models, as well as…

MexIHC 2010 Interactive Independence – Digital Revolution MexIHC 2010 is the third workshop on Human-Computer Interaction, organized by the Mexican ACM SIGCHI chapter (CHI-México) in a biennial format alternating with the Latin American Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (CLIHC). The objective of the workshop is to provide a forum for North America, México and the Caribbean, in order to promote research and innovation on Human-Computer Interaction in this region of the continent. This event is the continuation of the successful workshop MexIHC 2006, celebrated in Universidad de las Américas Puebla, and the MexIHC 2008 celebrated in the University of Baja California…

1st Workshop on HCI for Wellness (HCI4WELL): Using computers to improve mental wellness, at HCI 2010 http://hci2010.abertay.ac.uk/ International Workshop. 7th September 2010. University of Abertay, Dundee http://www.glyndwr.ac.uk/pickingr/hci4well.shtm This HCI 2010 workshop focuses on aspects of ‘wellness’, and specifically those that are related to cognitive aspects of mental well-being. Wellness is a broad term which covers a range of human conditions, including physical, intellectual, emotional, spiritual and social needs. Perhaps the most accepted definition is: “Wellness is a multidimensional state of being describing the existence of positive health in an individual as exemplified by quality of life and a sense of…

CALL FOR PAPERS – Deadline for submissions (1st call extension): 19th July 2010 SLACTIONS: Life, imagination and work using metaverse platforms 2010 MBS SL Island, 18-19 November 2010 (http://www.slactions.org/) Conference background and goals SLACTIONS 2010 provides an international forum for presentation and discussion of research on most areas currently enabled by metaverse platforms. Format of the Conference SLACTIONS is an international conference with a unique hybrid format held simultaneously in a virtual world (Second Life) and at physical locations in countries around the world on the topic of metaverse platforms. All paper presentations and plenary sessions by guest speakers will…

2nd International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications (AutomotiveUI’10) Conference: Thu/Fri 11-12 Nov 2010 Submission Deadline: 02 July 2010 http://auto-ui.org/ Topics: new concepts for in-car user interfaces multi-modal in-car user interfaces in-car speech user interfaces text input and output while driving multimedia interfaces and in-car entertainment evaluation of in-car user interfaces methods and tools for automotive user interface research development tools and methods for automotive user interfaces automotive user interface frameworks and toolkits detecting and estimating user intentions detecting user distraction and estimating cognitive load user interfaces for assistive functionality biometrics and physiological sensors as a user…