VIRTUAL CONCEPT 2006. Your activities are well-known and we would be very pleased to welcome you during the next great international conference Virtual Concept 2006 that will be held in Cancun/Playa Del Carmen (Mexico close to Carribean Sea) from the 26th of November to the 1st December 2006. All the 500 materials will be published in the book "Research in Interactive Design" published with Springer Verlag. Best contributions will be selected for a publication in one of the 5 international journals. We invite you to submit a 100 word abstract today on the following point: ***********************Table of Contents ********************* 1- Original contributions on wide topics related to Interactive Design and Manufacturing Methods, High-realistic Multi-Sensorial Virtual Prototyping and Virtual Reality for Supporting Decision Making in Engineering, 2- Original contributions on Modelling in Interactive Design and Manufacturing, 3- Original contributions on Human Centred Interactive Design method, 4- Original contributions on Mechatronics in interactive design used for Haptics systems and Simulators or for non intrusive embedded instrumentations, 5- Original contributions on Product Life cycle and engineering design management, 6- Tutorials or Tutorial Sets (forming a specific School Session) on wide topics related to Interactive Design and Manufacturing Methods, High-realistic Multi-Sensorial Virtual Prototyping and Virtual Reality for Supporting Decision Making in Engineering, 7- Workshops (Set of Original invited presentations for discussions) on wide topics related to Interactive Design and Manufacturing Methods, High-realistic Multi-Sensorial Virtual Prototyping and Virtual Reality for Supporting Decision Making in Engineering, Wide information on: http://www.virtualconcept.estia.fr *********************** More Infirmation Below ********************* ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 1- Interactive and manufacturing design methods: The conference aims to highlight recent researches related to the development, the implementation and the handling of Interactive Design and Manufacturing methods, instruments, processes. It includes: - the solutions for describing a problem of innovation, - the ways used in order to model knowledge and physical behaviors for multi-sensorial virtual prototyping, - the tools leading to the exploration of and navigation in virtual solution spaces, - the place of virtual reality and new simulation techniques in innovation, - the new process based on virtual leadership and virtual concept development. Major Key Words: Multi-sensorial high-realistic virtual prototyping, Virtual reality in Design and Manufacturing, real time simulation, knowledge modelling, Innovation Support System, Design for Human, virtual leadership, virtual concept, Simulation for supporting decision making. specific information on: http://www.virtualconcept.estia.fr/2006/conf.inc.php ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 2- Modelling in Interactive Design and Manufacturing: The conference will present recent tools and methodologies dedicated to the support of explicit and reduced models representing know-how, knowledge and physical behaviors being used for design space rapid exploration and Virtual Prototype development. Alternately, authors will able to highlight specific solutions combining Artificial Intelligence and Numerical classical methods leading to: - the implementation of new class of models being able handled for differently exploring decision spaces in product design and manufacturing, - the measurement of quality of modified models, - the development of models allowing the creation of Virtual Reality environments dedicated to design and manufacturing processes. - Industrial applications of such approach are welcomed. Major Key Words: Model Qualification, multi-Physic modelling, Model Reduction, modelling for multi-sensorial virtual prototyping. specific information on: http://www.virtualconcept.estia.fr/2006/model.inc.php ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 3- Human Centred Interactive Design method: The conference aims to highlight every works contributing to the development of design methodologies centered on human. All papers regarding instruments and methods leading to the modeling of user expectations are welcomed. These approaches include some ways for solving design problem by strongly considering the users^Ò preferences. Major Key Words: Sensorial and Perceptual Design, sensation modelling, Virtual Prototyping for Ergonomics, Design for Users. specific information on: http://www.virtualconcept.estia.fr/2006/huceid.inc.php ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 4- Mechatronic Applications in Interactive Design: Every successful works involving Mechatronic systems and contributing to the development of interactive instruments are highlighted. Mechatronic instruments are essential within multi-sensorial simulators. They permit users to interact with, to modify, to act on and to feel a Virtual Environment. But, also, non-intrusive and non-destructive embedded micro-systems may be used upstream the behavioural modelling process by leading to the understanding of real complex coupled behaviours. Major Key Words: non-intrusive embedded micro-systems being able embedded, actuators, multi-sensorial simulators, image processing. specific information on: http://www.virtualconcept.estia.fr/2006/mecaid.inc.php ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 5- Product Life cycle and engineering design management: The conference aims to highlight recent researches related to the management of engineering design systems through the extended enterprise. Authors are invited to propose articles that enhance concepts, methods and tools improving virtual product definition and design project decision making along the product lifecycle by combining sociological analysis and advanced computing environments. Major Key Words: Product Lifecycle Management, Engineering Design Management, Decision making, Performance, Design coordination, Product and Process Management, Virtual Product Definition, Collaborative Design Management. specific information on: http://www.virtualconcept.estia.fr/2006/pledm.inc.php ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 6- Call for Tutorials: Virtual Concept 2006 will invite authors of tutorials or set of tutorials (specific school sessions managed by invited chairs) for more pedagogical approach related to the extended topic of Interactive Design and Manufacturing. Experts are invited to submit sole tutorials or specific school sessions. specific information on: http://www.virtualconcept.estia.fr/2006/index.php?page=33 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 7- Call for Workshops: Virtual Concept 2006 will provide a time session for teams in order to provide original presentation sets (managed by the chairs of the wortkshop) being the start of discussions. Experts are invited to submit topic of workshops. specific information on: http://www.virtualconcept.estia.fr/2006/index.php?page=33