[community] Inclusion, Virtual Systems and MultiMedia Conference TOMORROW!

Wed Oct 16 22:18:29 UTC 2019

Huge thanks to the amazing Dr Vera Roberts and David Pereyra for a
fantastic organisation!
The VSMM ship has just landed and we have a few updates- see below.
Our proceedings will be published and there will be opportunities for DEEP
participants to plan publications (and also PhDs) with us in months to come
too.
Come one, come all.
Updated plan below. Final plan with zoom link for remote access to follow
in the morning.
Really looking forward to meeting and working with you all!
BEST, Lizbeth

*VSMM 2019- into the future of XR and Exponential  Inclusive Tech*
Check out this FREE Pre-DEEP 2019 event at OCAD University. Thursday,
October 17th International Society on Virtual Systems and MultiMedia Toronto
Conference, October 17, 2019 [VSMM Society]<http://vsmm.org/ <
http://vsmm.org/>>

49 McCaul Street, Toronto, Ontario
2:00 PM - 6:30 PM
The International Society for Virtual Systems and Multimedia is a unique
cross-disciplinary organization for the exchange of cutting edge research in
new media and virtual and augmented reality applied to everything from art
to architecture, medicine to engineering, and archaeology to cultural
heritage. One of the oldest and most prestigious VR and multimedia
conference,
proceedings are published with the IEEE.
This year we are holding 3 local VSMM events in Toronto, Dublin and Berlin.
Come learn about virtual reality, virtual worlds, accessibility in VR-AR
and exponential technologies,
and how inclusive design can be
integrated for a diverse and inclusive virtual (and actual) reality.
Stay for discussions by leaders in the field. Network and find out how to
engage, enrol in free
xr bootcamps with the SMARTlab INCLUDE XR Impact labs including one coming
soon to
OCADU.

VSMM Toronto 2019 Agenda, 17 October
1:30: Prof Jutta Treviranus (Director IDRC and DEEP chair)- *Welcome*
1:40: Dr Lynne Heller on *The Technological Sublime*
2-3 : Open Gallery, 49 McCaul Street- Technology displays, networking and
refreshments, chance for students to sign up to work with VSMM 2020. . .

3-5: Black Box Theatre, 49 McCaul Street- Presentations by leading
researchers in the field (note, seating in the black box is limited to the
first 40 participants):

 *3pm   *Keynote on the Past, Present and Potential Future of VSMM* *by
Prof Hal Thwaites!!! (Previous President of VSMM- Sunway University &
SMARTlab)*
 * 3:30  Prof Martha Ladly and team: *Decoding Origins: Visualisations from
the SSHRC research project*
*  4:00 Dr Nina Czegledy (Leonardo) on *Reporting on Disparity: Two events
Oceans apart in Toronto and New Plymouth (New Zealand)*
 *  4:20 Dr Doreen Balabanoff (OCADU) on *The Global Birth Environment
Design Network: towards a virtual platform that can be a global resource
for better birth environment design*
 *  4:45 Mohsen Mahjoobnia (OCADU + SMARTlab PhD candidate) on *VR to
provide access to nature to address isolation and mental health
issues/accessibility issues in XR*
*  5:10 *Plans for 3 linked VSMM events in 2019 + Introducing
INCLUDE, Academy of the Future, and Be-Earth Experience (with Ylva
Hansdotter and the UN Igo for Sustainability): *Prof Lizbeth Goodman
(Director SMARTlab, VSMM Vice President)
5:40 *Generational Planning and Publication: VSMM and Digital Cultural
Heritage- next steps *by Prof Alonzo Addison (UC Berkely & SMARTlab, VSMM
President)
*6pm: Final wrap up discussion and sign up. . . /End*

This conference is one of a series of three conferences in 2019 and is an
opportunity for new researchers in the field to share their ideas and be
mentored for the conference publication.  Be sure to register at the VSMM
conference to learn how to participate in the VSMM activities and
publications.

On Wed, 16 Oct 2019 at 20:05, Roberts, Vera <vroberts at ocadu.ca> wrote:

> Check out this FREE Pre-DEEP 2019 event at OCAD University. Thursday,
> October 17th
> International Society on Virtual Systems and MultiMedia
> Toronto Conference, October 17, 2019
> [VSMM Society]<http://vsmm.org/>
> 49 McCaul Street, Toronto, Ontario
> 2:00 PM - 6:30 PM
> The International Society for Virtual Systems and Multimedia is a unique
> cross-disciplinary organization for the exchange of cutting edge research
> in new media and virtual and augmented reality applied to everything from
> art to architecture, medicine to engineering, and archaeology to cultural
> heritage.
> Come try virtual reality displays and find out how inclusive design can be
> integrated with these technologies. Stay for discussions by leaders in the
> field.
> VSMM Toronto 2019 Agenda
> 2-4 : Open Gallery, 49 McCaul Street- Technology displays, networking and
> refreshments
> 4-6:30: Black Box Theatre, 49 McCaul Street- Presentations by researchers
> in the field (note, seating in the black box is limited to the first 40
> participants):
>
>   *   Hal Thwaites
>   *   Lizbeth Goodman
>   *   Lynne Heller
>   *   Nina Czegledy
>   *   Doreen Balabanoff
>   *   Mohsen Mahjoobnia
> This conference is one of a series of three conferences in 2019 and is an
> opportunity for new researchers in the field to share their ideas and be
> mentored for the conference publication.  Be sure to register at the VSMM
> conference to learn how to participate in the VSMM activities and
> publications.
>
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-- 
Professor Lizbeth Goodman, BA, MA, MLitt, PhD
Chair of Creative Technology Innovation
Professor of Inclusive Design, School of MME
College of Engineering and Architecture

Founder/Director, SMARTlab
Director, the Inclusive Design Research Centre of Ireland @ UCD
Founder, The MAGIC Multimedia and Games Innovation Centre

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