International Workshop VIRTUAL REALITY IN REHABILITATION MEDICINE - VRRM 2007

URL: www.icvl.eu/2007/vrrm, September 24-25 2007, Bucharest , ROMANIA

Course Title:
Development and Evaluation of Virtual Reality Environments and Rehabilitation Medicine

Host:
University of Medicine and Pharmacology "Carol Davila" Bucharest, Romania, Europe, www.univermed-cdgm.ro

Organizers

This Workshop will be organized by University of Medicine and Pharmacology "Carol Davila" Bucharest in cooperation with: University of Bucharest, University "Ovidius" Constanta, SIVECO Romania SA and European INTUITION Consortium.

Workshop Chair:
Prof. A. Nica Sarah, Ph.D.,
University of Medicine and Pharmacology "Carol Davila" Bucharest, Head of Rehabilitation Department, Romania

Technical Program Chairs:
Ass. Prof. M. Vlada, Ph.D., University of Bucharest, European INTUITION Consortium member, www.intuition-eunetwork.net, www.unibuc.ro/en
Prof. V. Mărăcine, Ph.D., Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, www.ase.ro

Invited Speakers
Prof. Grigore Burdea, Ph.D.,
Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey, USA; Director, Human-Machine Interface Laboratory, CAIP Center, Web: www.caip.rutgers.edu/vrlab, e-mail: burdea@caip.rutgers.edu

Ass. Prof. Albert "Skip" Rizzo, Ph.D.,
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology; Director Virtual Environments Lab, Integrated Media Systems Center, USC Viterbi School of Engineering, Web: www.usc.edu/projects/rehab, e-mail: arizzo@usc.edu

Ass. Prof. M. Popovici, Ph.D.,
University Ovidius Constanta, European INTUITION Consortium member, Web: www.enib.fr/~popovici/, e-mail: dmpopovici@univ-ovidius.ro

Prof. Radu Jugureanu,
eContent Manager, e-Learning platform, Siveco Romania SA, Bucharest, Romania , Web: www.siveco.ro, e-mail: radu.jugureanu@siveco.ro

Objectives

The interdisciplinary Workshop aims to focus on the exchange of relevant trends and research results as well as the presentation of practical experiences gained while developing and testing elements of Virtual Reality Environments for Medicine.
The general objective of the VRRM 2007 is the promotion of international collaboration in the field of medicine, technology, engineering and computer science/IT&C. The Workshop VRRM provides an International Forum for researchers, engineers, professors, medical scientists and technologists in the areas of Medicine, Science and Technology. It will be an excellent opportunity to present, demonstrate and discuss research, development, applications, and the latest innovations and results in the field of Health, Rehabilitation Medicine and IT Industry.

Topics of interest

The scope of the Workshop includes, but is not limited to the following topics:
• Virtual Reality Input/Output Interfaces
• Virtual Reality Hardware and Modeling
• Real-time Programming, Telerehabilitation
• VR Assets for Mental Health and Rehabilitation
• Virtual Rehabilitation Post-Stroke, VR Neuropsychology
• Virtual Rehabilitation for Phobias/PTSD/Addictions
• AeL, e-Learning platform and Academic platform AeL LMS (Learning Management System)
• INTUITION Project - INTUITION is Network Of Excellence focused on virtual reality and virtual environments applications for future workspaces

Types of sessions
• Tutorials session
• Interactive demonstrations (on-line demonstrations)
• Posters sessions

Important dates
• July 30, 2007 – Proposals for tutorials, demos, posters
• August 30, 2007 – Submissions (Registration fees)
• September 1, 2007 – Notification of acceptance
• September 24-25, 2007 – Workshop VRRM 2007

Registration fees
• 150 Euros (standard participants- research, academics, specialists)
• 75 Euros (students, residents)

Contact | More information
Prof. A. Nica Sarah, Ph.D.,
University of Medicine and Pharmacology "Carol Davila" Bucharest,
e-mail: adisarahnica@yahoo.com