_______________________________________________________________ 3rd ACM International Conference on Digital Interactive Media in Entertainment and Arts DIMEA 2008 In cooperation with ACM SIGCHI 10-12 September 2008 Athens Information Technology (AIT), Athens, Greece Conference Web site: http://www.dimea2008.org Register Early to benefit from favourable prices up to 11th of July! Industrial Exhibitors to register their interest up to 15th of July! Workshops and Tutorials participation to be registered up to 21st of July! _______________________________________________________________ The 3rd ACM International Conference on Digital Interactive Media in Entertainment and Arts (DIMEA 2008), that will take place on September 10-12, 2008, at Athens Information Technology's premises in Athens, Greece, focuses on the presentation of societal, business and technological advances and research results related with digital interactive media in entertainment, art and creative technologies. A significant number of high quality technical papers as well as digital artworks and demos have been selected, after peer review, for presentation and demonstration during the conference. These will be included in the conference proceedings and in the ACM Digital library. Innovations, new research approaches and practices will be presented in focused technical sessions, which will offer a wide coverage of the DIMEA 2008 scientific and technological areas, as well as be exhibited and demonstrated during its Digital Art Exhibition hosting digital interactive rich-media works in art and entertainment, co-located and run in parallel with the technical sessions. The exhibition will be open to all interested visitors during September 10-14, 2008. DIMEA 2008 will thus bring together academics, technologists, artists, designers, and industry representatives from all over the world, to meet, discuss and share opinions and practices. ________________ Keynote Speakers ________________ Dr. Roberto Cencioni, Head of Unit INFSO.E2 Content and Knowledge, European Commission Prof. Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann, Miralab, University of Geneva, Switzerland ______________________ Advance Program, Events ______________________ The Advance Conference Program will shortly be published at the conference web site, including both regular focused technical sessions with oral presentations in the Technical track of the conference, as well as demonstrations of art works in the Digital Art Exhibition track. The list of accepted submissions in both conference tracks is published at http://www.dimea2008.org under Accepted Submissions. The conference program is further complemented with a number of relevant events, listed below: ***Special Sessions*** 1. Mobile Mixed Reality Games, Organizers: Wolfgang Broll, Fraunhofer FIT, Germany and Anne-Kathrin Braun, Fraunhofer FIT, Germany 2. User Centric and Personalised Multimedia Service Platforms, Organizers: Nikolaos Chr. Papaoulakis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece and John Soldatos, Athens Information Technology, Greece ***Technical Workshop, 11th September*** Pervasive Awareness applications: addressing their Aesthetic and Ludic aspects Organizers: Monica Divitini, NTNU, Sweden and Irene Mavrommati, CTI, Greece ***Tutorials to be offered, 10th September (based on participation)*** 1. Inside and Outside the UpStage: Live Participative On-line Cyberformance, Tutorial speakers: Miljana Perice, University of Arts Belgrade, Serbia and Helen Varley Jamieson, Queensland University of Technology, Australia 2. Authoring Tools for Web Comic, Tutorial speakers: Symeon Retalis, Petros Georgiakakis, M. Boloudakis, J. Arapoglo, University of Pireaus, University of Pireaus, Department of Technology Education and Digital Systems, CoSy-LLab: Computer Supported Learning Engineering Laboratory, Greece 3. User Experience Design for Interactive TV, Tutorial speakers: Konstantinos Chorianopoulos, Ionian University, Greece, and Pablo Cesar, CWI, the Netherlands 4. Developing a videogame: from concept to your TV, Tutorial speakers: Kostas Anagnostou, Ionian University, Greece 5. Developing play tacticts in the Web 2.0 era, Tutorial speakers: Daphne Dragona, Ilias Marmaras, New media artists, Greece ***Hands-on Workshops to be offered, 12th September (based on participation)*** 1. Employment of tilted hemispherical projection surface for creating large audience immersive environment, Organizers: Vaggelis Christodoulou, Foundation of the Hellenic World, Greece and Abraham Onasiadis, Foundation of the Hellenic World, Greece 2. Sketchtools, Organizers: Matt Cottam, Jasper Speicher, Katie Wray, Tellart LLC, USA 3. Encyclopedia as a creative platform, Organizers: Eleni Glinou, Technological Institute of Athens, Greece and Katerina Antonaki, Digital artist ____________________ Industrial Exhibitors Call ____________________ Industrial Exhibitions establish the link between research and the market, allowing for fast adoption of research results by the industry and an opportunity for industry representatives and researchers to meet and discuss on collaboration prospects. The published Call for Industrial Exhibitions, available at http://www.dimea2008.org under Other Calls, welcomes all interested industrial representatives to announce their interest up to 15th of July. ____________ Sponsors Call ____________ The opportunity to sponsor DIMEA 2008 is still open! Sponsorship offers an effective way of demonstrating your interest in and commitment to digital interactive media technologies and their impact in diverse applications fields spanning the entertainment and art areas. Corporate sponsorship can offer companies publicity and the ability to influence current and future leaders in digital interactive media technologies research and development. We will recognize and acknowledge the generosity of all of our sponsors on the DIMEA 2008 website (www.dimea2008.org ) and in the conference program (to be available in print and on-line). Please send an e-mail to sots@ait.edu.gr , kpro@ait.edu.gr , mpal@ait.edu.gr if you would like to pledge your sponsorship. More details can be found at: http://www.dimea2008.org under Other Calls We are looking forward to welcoming you in Athens in September! The DIMEA 2008 Conference Co-chairs, Sofia Tsekeridou, Athens Information Technology, Greece Adrian David Cheok, ACM SIGCHI Singapore, National University of Singapore, Singapore Konstantinos Giannakis, InExDe, Greece John Karigiannis, InExDe, Greece _____________________ DIMEA 2008 Organizers _____________________ Athens Information Technology - AIT ACM SIGCHI, Singapore Chapter InExDe ___________________ DIMEA 2008 Sponsors ___________________ Corporate Sponsors INTRALOT INTRACOM IT Services Sponsors Telmaco Technical Sponsors Multimedia Tools and Applications Journal, Springer ACM Computers in Entertainment Journal Communication Sponsors PC Magazine ????????? + Web Design ICTplus onLine Creative Sponsor Linakis + Associates Powered by: HOL