Virtual Storytelling 03: Final Programme

Dear all,
Many thanks in advance for disseminating the final programme of the
Second International Conference on Virtual Storytelling (see below).

I strongly encourage you to visit the conference website in order to get
more details.

Of course, I apologize in advance for any cross-posting.

Hope to see you there.

Best regards,
Patrice Torguet
Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, France

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                         VIRTUAL STORYTELLING'03
         Second International Conference on Virtual Storytelling
          "Using Virtual Reality Technologies for Storytelling"

                  November, 20-21 2003 - Toulouse, France
  Modern and Contemporary Art Museum "Les Abattoirs", Toulouse, France

              http://www.virtualstorytelling.com/ICVS2003/
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With the support of: The European Commission, The Communication et
Systèmes Group, Grand Toulouse, The University of Glasgow,
The University Paul Sabatier of Toulouse, The Eurographics Organization
The French Virtual Reality Working Group, Immersion, nVidia
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1) FINAL PROGRAMME
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The conference will be composed of:

* 3 one-hour keynote presentations presented by international experts:

   - Ken Perlin: "Building virtual actors who can really act"

     Ken Perlin is Professor in the Department of Computer Science, and
     Director of the New York University Media Research Laboratory and
     Center for Advanced Technology.
     More information: http://mrl.nyu.edu/~perlin/

   - Kevin Bjorke, "Seizing the Power: Animation and Realtime Hardware"

     Kevin Bjorke is Shading Engineer and evangelist for marketing
     and content development at NVIDIA Corporation. Previously, he
     supervised lighting, camera work, shading and imaging for The
     Animatrix, Final Fantasy, and similarly contributed to the films A
     Bug's Life and Toy Story.
     More information: http://www.botzilla.com/resume.html

   - Sally Jane Norman, "The Art of Mixing Realities"

     Sally Jane Norman is a performing arts theorist and practitioner,
     Director of the Ecole Supérieure de l'Image, France.

* 16 thirty-minute scientific sorted in 6 sessions
   - Virtual Actors
   - Narrativity and Authoring
   - Mediation/Interface
   - Real-Time
   - Applications
   - Mixed Reality
   http://www.virtualstorytelling.com/ICVS2003/programme.html

* 16 demonstrations.
   - holographic display, onto the retina laser projection systems,
     intelligent characters, etc.
   http://www.virtualstorytelling.com/ICVS2003/programme.html#otherdemos

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2) REGISTRATION
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Registration forms and payment received after 18 November will be
processed.

     * Conference (1) 230 Euros
     * Conference + Gala evening (2) 280 Euros

On site registration may be possible in Euros only. On site
registration will include, a 50 Euros additional fee.

Online registration: http://www.virtualstorytelling.com/

(1) The conference registration includes an invitation to a lunch on
both the 20th and the 21th of November as well as the proceedings of
the conference edited by Springer.

(2) The Gala Evening will start around 8PM, on the 20th of November,
with a cocktail hosted by the council of Toulouse in the prestigious
"Salle des Illustres". It will be followed by a dinner in a restaurant
in the centre of Toulouse. Samba, salsa and Argentinean tango are on the
menu.