**Conference Topics**

Papers presenting original research and applications are being sought in all areas of entertainment. Suggested topics include (but are not limited to):
Interactive Design for Entertainment
Aesthetics, Ontology and Social Reflection
Art, Design and Novel Media
Augmented, Virtual and Mixed Reality
Computer Animation
Computer Games and Game Based Interfaces
Digital Storytelling and Interactive Television
Education, Training, and Edutainment Technologies
Entertainment and Healthcare
Image/Video Processing Techniques for Entertainment
Interactive Computer Graphics
Mobile Entertainment via e.g. Mobile Phones, PDAs etc
Modeling Techniques for Games
Narrative Environments and Intelligent Medias
New Genres, New Standards
Novel and Evolutionary Platforms / Hardware Devices
Pervasive Entertainment and Game-Playing
Robots and Cyber Pets
Social and Human Factors of Entertainment
Self Reflecting Entertainment
Simulation Applications of Games, and Military Training
Sound, Music, Creative Environments

Committee (Tentative)

General Conference Chair:

Lizhuang Ma (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China)
Harry Shum (Microsoft Research Asia)
Gino Yu (Hong Kong Polytechnic University)

International Steering Committee: (Tentative)

Marc Cavazza (University of Teesside, UK)
Tak Kamae (Tokyo Women's Medical University, Japan)
Lizhuang Ma (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China)
Don Marinelli (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)
Stéphane Natkin (CNAM, France)
Ryohei Nakatsu (Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan)
Matthias Rauterberg (TU Eindhoven, The Netherlands)
Peter Robinson (University of Cambridge, UK)
Andy Sloane (University of Wolverhampton, UK)
Bill Swartout (University of Southern California, USA)

Scientific Program Committee: (Tentative)

Christian Bauckhage (Deutsche Telekom, Germany)
Matteo Bittanti (Italy)
Michael Buro (University of Alberta, Canada)
Alexander Braendle (Microsoft Research, UK)
Christos Bouras (University of Patras, Greece)
Brad J. Bushman (University of Michigan, US)
Gerhard Buurman (HGKZ, Switzerland)
Antonio Camara (YDreams, Portugal)
Luca Chittaro (University of Udine, Italy)
Paolo Ciancarini (University of Bologna, Italy)
Antonio Cisternino (University of Pisa, Italy)
Adrian David Cheok (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Ralf Dörner (FH Wiesbaden, Germany)
David England(LJM University, UK)
Steven Furnell (University of Plymouth, UK)
Sidney Fels (University of British Columbia, Canada)
Catherine Garbay (CNRS, France)
Antonio Camara (YDreams, Portugal)
Gianluca DiCagno (BSoft, Italy)
Susan Gold (US)
Roberto Grossi (University of Pisa, Italy)
Michael Haller (Upper Austria University, Austria)
H.J. van den Herik (University of Maastricht, The Netherlands)
Goffredo Haus (University of Milano, Italy)
Michael Herczeg (University of Luebeck, Austria)
Ernst A. Heinz (UMIT, Austria)
Hiroyuki Iida (JAIST, Japan)
Wijnand IJsselsteijn (TU/e, The Netherlands)
Javier Jaén (Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain)
Francisco Javier Marin (Universidad de Málaga, Spain)
Oskar Juhlin (Interactive Institute, Sweden)
Börje Karlsson (PUC-Rio, Brasil)
Haruhiro Katayose (Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan)
Markus Koch (C-LAB, Germany)
Oliver Lemon (Edinburgh University, UK)
James Lester (North Carolina State University, USA)
Olli Leino (University of Lapland, Finland)
Ville-Veikko Mattila (Nokia, Finland)
Ian Marshall (Coventry University, UK)
Hitoshi Matsubara (Future University-Hakodate, Japan)
Frans Mäyrä (University of Tampere, Finland)
Carsten Magerkurth (Fraunhofer IPSI, Germany)
Anton Nijholt (University of Twente, The Netherlands)
Yoshihiro Okada (kyushu, Japan)
Kees Overbeeke (TU/e, The Netherlands)
Zhigeng Pan (Zhejiang University, China)
Mark Perry (Brunel University, UK)
Christian Reimann (C-Lab, Germany)
Paolo Remagnino (Kingston University, UK)
Theresa-Marie Rhyne (North Carolina State University, USA)
Abdennour El Rhalibi (Liverpool JM University, UK)
Mark Riedl (University of Southern California, US)
Marco Roccetti (University of Bologna, Italy)
Marcos Rodrigues (Sheffield Hallam University, UK)
Ben Salem (TU/e, The Netherlands)
Leonie Schäfer (EU-DG Information Society and Media, Belgium)
Nikitas Sgouros (University of Piraeus, Greece)
Leonid Smalov (Coventry University, UK)
Scott Stevens (CMU, USA)
Norbert Streitz (Fraunhofer IPSI, Germany)
João Manuel R. S. Tavares (Universidade do Porto, Portugal)
Ruck Thawonmas(Ritsumeikan University, Japan)
Masahiko Tsukamoto (Kobe Univerity, Japan)
Christian Thurau (University of Bielefeld, Germany)
Clark Verbrugge (Mcgill University, Canada)
Frans Vogelaar (KHM, Germany)
Annika Waern (SICS, Sweden)
Lars Wolf (TU Braunschweig, Germany)
Pierre-Louis Xech (Microsoft Research, UK)
Iyun Seng Yang (KAIST, Korea)
Michael Young (NCS University, US)
Robert Zubek (Northwestern University, US)
Michael Zyda (ISI, US)
Hujun Bao (Zhejiang University, China)
Falai Chen (China, China)
George Baciu (Science and Technology University of Hong Kong)
Mark W. Green (City University of Hong Kong)
Pheng-Ann Heng (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Hua Li (Chinese Academy of Science, China)
Qunsheng Peng (Zhejiang University, China)
Xiaogang Jin (Zhejiang University, China)
Jieqing Feng (Zhejiang University, China)
Rynson W. H. Lau (Durham University, UK)

Invited Speakers (Tentative):

Qunsheng Peng
Harry Shum
Jiaguang Sun
Ryohei Nakatsu
Danniel Thalmann
Yunhe Pan

**Publications**

The proceedings of ICEC 2007 are planned to be published by Springer within their Lecture Notes in Computer Science series.


**Important Dates**

Full Paper Submission Due: 20 April 2007 (GMT)

Short Paper, Demos Submission Due: 20 April 2007(GMT)

Notification of Acceptance: 31 May 2007(GMT)

Posters & Demos Submission Due: 15 July 2007(GMT)

Early bird Registration Deadline: 1 August 2007(GMT)

Conference: 15-17 September 2007