seminar organised by VTT, CCC & Tekes
Open Technology Seminar
Future User Interface Technology
in Europe
seminar organised by VTT, CCC & Tekes
Open Technology Seminar
Future User Interface Technology
in Europe
DATE Monday, 19th June 2000 - registration completed
PLACE
VTT Electronics
Lecture Room
Kaitoväylä 1
FIN-90570 OULU
Finland
INTRODUCTION
BEYOND/USIX technology seminar will be held in the city of Oulu, in Northern Finland. The program will consist of presentations and demonstrations given by BEYOND project members and invited speakers.
TOPICS OF THE SEMINAR
The topics of the seminar are:
A wide variety of application areas - such as automotive, avionics, health, home
and public environments, mobile telecommunication, vetronics - will be on the focus of the
presentations.
BEYOND PROJECT MEMBERS
| APC Interactive Solutions AG (A) | http://www.apcinteractive.net |
| Barco (B) | http://www.barco.com |
| CCC Software Professionals, Cybelius Software (FIN) |
http://www.ccc.fi and http://www.cybelius.com |
| Delft University of Technology (NL) | http://www.cs.lr.tudelft.nl |
| Eyetronics (B) | http://www.eyetronics.com |
| Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (B) | http://www.kuleuven.ac.be |
| Limburg University Centre (B) | http://www.luc.ac.be and http://www.edm.luc.ac.be |
| Philips (NL)(A)(B) | http://www.philips.com and http://www.research.philips.com |
| University of Paderborn (D) | http://www.uni-paderborn.de |
| VTT Electronics (FIN) | http://www.ele.vtt.fi |
SEMINAR PROGRAM
The program for the seminar is given below. The presentations and the schedule may be subject to change.
Opening of the Seminar
| 8.30 - 9.00 | Registration and Coffee |
| 9.00 - 9.10 | Welcome and Opening of the Seminar Jorma Lammasniemi, Research Director, Professor VTT Electronics, Finland |
| 9.10 - 9.20 | Introduction to the Seminar Program and Arrangements Mikko Kerttula, Project Manager VTT Electronics, Finland |
| 9.20 - 9.40 | Introduction to ITEA/Beyond Project Desiree de Lang, Project Manager Philips Research Laboratories, Eindhoven, The Netherlands |
Adaptivity and multi-modality of UIs
| 9.40 - 10.05 | User-System Interaction at Home Berry Eggen, Dr.ir. Philips Research Laboratories, Eindhoven, The Netherlands |
| 10.05 - 10.30 | The Access Point: a Mobile Portal for People "on the Move" Ferdinand Schinagl, Dr. APC Interactive Solutions AG, Austria |
| 10.30 - 10.55 | Enhancing the Development of UIs for Embedded Systems Karin Coninx, Professor, Dr. Expertise Centrum for Digital Media (EDM) Limburgs Universitair Centrum, Belgium |
| 10.55 - 11.20 | Future Mobile Terminals - Intelligent Products are Coming? Mikko Kerttula, Project Manager VTT Electronics, Oulu, Finland |
| 11.20 - 11.45 | The applicability of an adaptive Human-Machine Interface in the Cockpit An L.M. Abeloos, Ir. Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands |
Company Presentations
| 11.45 - 12.05 | BARCO General Presentation Andy De Mets, Technical Writer Avionics BARCO NV / Display Systems, Belgium |
| 12.05 - 12.30 | Eyetronics - 3D at First Sight Marc Proesmans, Dr. ir, Director Products/R&D Eyetronics |
Lunch 12.30 - 13.30
Supporting technologies - Simulation and usability
| 13.30 - 13.55 | 3D Acquisition from Camera Images Marc Pollefeys, Dr.ir. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL), Belgium |
| 13.55 - 14.20 | Virtual Models Jari Karvonen, Senior Systems Analyst Cybelius Software Oy, Finland |
| 14.20 - 14.45 | Usability Issues in 3D Interaction Design Dirk Zimmerman, Dipl. psych. Siemens, C-lab, Padernborn, Germany |
Coffee break 14.45 - 15.15
Invited speakers
| 15.15 - 15.40 | Designing Novel Interfaces for Mobile Terminals and Ubiquitous Computing - Challenges and Possibilities Kari Kuutti, Professor Helsinki University of Technology, Finland |
| 15.40 - 16.05 | Mobile Terminals - User Interface Design and Usability Timo Tokkonen, Research Manager Nokia Mobile Phones, Oulu, Finland |
| 16.05 - 16.30 | User Interface Solutions for Future Wearable Technology Petri Kotro, Project Manager University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland |
Closing of the seminar
| 16.30 - 17.00 | Panel discussion |
| 17.00 - 17.15 | Closing summary Hannu Paasovaara, Technical Director A Member of ITEA/Beyond Project Co-ordination Committee CCC Software Professionals Oy |
Evening Program 19.00 - 00.00
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start from Hotel Ramada at 19.00
-
return to Hotel Ramada by bus at about 00.30
NOTE: Demonstrations are available during the seminar day in a separate room at
VTT Electronics!
INVITED SPEAKERS
REGISTRATION
Registration should be done before 31st May 2000. The seats in the
seminar are limited
and the participants are accepted in order, so early registrations are recommended.
Please send your registration information to Mrs. Katja Salmela by email
(Katja.Salmela@vtt.fi) or fax. (+358 8 551
2320).
Please include following information in your registration: name, title, organisation,
address,
telephone and fax number, and email address. Indicate also if you
want to participate to
evening program!
REGISTRATION FEE
Registration fee is 200 Euro (+ VAT). Fee includes coffee, lunch, possible
material from
presenters and evening get-together
with dinner and program.
Fee is charged afterwards.
EVENING PROGRAM
An evening program with a dinner will be arranged. If you are interesting in
participating
to this informal evening gathering, please indicate that on the registration information.
ACCOMMODATIONS
No special hotel reservation has been made for the seminar (except for BEYOND project members).
Oulu is very busy in that time. If hotel accommodations are needed, we ask you to
contact directly
the hotels in Oulu (http://www.ouka.fi/matkailu/hotel.html)
as soon as possible. Mrs. Katja Salmela
(Katja.Salmela@vtt.fi) can also assist you in
hotel contacts.
CITY OF OULU
More information about Oulu can be obtained from http://www.ouka.fi/oulu_ee.html.
SEMINAR VENUE - VTT ELECTRONICS
VTT Electronics is located in Linnanmaa region just near the University of Oulu
(http://www.oulu.fi/Welcome.html) and
Technopolis Oulu (http://www.otm.fi/), which
was the first science part established in the Nordic countries.
More information about VTT Electronics and its location can be found
from http://www.vtt.fi/ele/indexe.htm.
Travel information to VTT Electronics is
located in http://www.vtt.fi/ele/contacts/how_to_get.htm.
WEATHER
June is usually the nicest summer month in Oulu area. The weather should
be warm but not too hot (15 - 22 C). Midsummer celebration (23rd June) is
on the same week as meeting, and the longest day of the year is actually on 21st June.
OTHER EVENTS NEAR SEMINAR
Before BEYOND meeting and seminar:
After BEYOND meeting and seminar:
FURTHER INFORMATION
Further information is available from:
Mr. Mikko Kerttula (seminar program, etc.)
e-mail. Mikko.Kerttula@vtt.fi
Tel. +358 8 551 2419
Fax. +358 8 551 2320
Mrs. Katja Salmela (seminar organisations, registration, accommodation, etc.)
e-mail. Katja.Salmela@vtt.fi
Tel. +358 8 551 2402
Fax. +358 8 551 2320
Postal address:
VTT Electronics www: http://www.vtt.fi/ele/indexe.htm
P.O.Box 1100
FIN-90571 Oulu
Finland
