Venue: VRT Headquarters, Auguste Reyerslaan 52, 1043 Brussels
The visitor entrance and car park are located on “Karabiniersplein”. More information at https://www.vrt.be/nl/contact/routebeschrijving/
NEM Summit 2024 – Draft Program
23 October 2024
09:00 – 11:00 – Opening session
- Opening ceremony
- Opening address by Anne Bajart, Deputy Head of EC Unit G.2: Interactive technologies, Digital for Culture & Education
- Key-note: Volker Ziegler (Nokia) “Path to 6G era platform and XR future”
- Key-note: Katleen Gabriels (University of Maastricht) “Ethical virtual worlds”
Moderator: Halid Hrasnica (Eurescom)
11:30 – 13:00 – AI for Virtual Worlds
- Giuseppe Amato (CNR-ISTI)
- Giovanni Farrinella (UNICT)Andrea Passarella (CNR-IIT)
- Jason Rambach (DFKI)
- Makrina Kosti (CERTH)
Moderator: Silvia Boi (Sistemi Nalder)
Sponsored by FAIR Foundation
(https://fondazione-fair.it/en/)
14:30 – 16:00 – Current European research on Virtual Worlds
- Nico Patz (Deutsche Welle) Virtual Worlds and Virtual Productions
- Maurizio Murroni (Uni Cagliari) Virtual Worlds and Performing Arts
- Werner Bailer (Joanneum Research) Digital Twins in Virtual Worlds
- Omar Niamut (TNO) Communication and collaboration in virtual worlds; the future of work?
- Louay Bassbouss (Fraunhofer Fokus) Efficient Rendering and Streaming of Virtual Worlds in the Web4.0 Era
Session chair: Sergi Fernandez Langa (i2CAT)
16:30 – 18:00 – Panel – Perspectives on Virtual Worlds industrial, human arts
Program will be announced soon
Moderator: Gregg Young (VRT)
24 October 2024
09:00 – 10:30 – Accessible communication and inclusive democracy in virtual worlds
- Anna Matamala (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) Accessible communication in virtual worlds and standards: user perspective across use cases
- Horacio Saggion (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) Towards a more inclusive democracy: Language Technology for Accessible Communication
- Chris Hughes (Salford University, UK) Implementing an Accessible Metaverse: We have lots of ideas, but how do we actually make it work?
- Sabine Braun (Centre for Translation Studies, University of Surrey, UK) Virtual Worlds for all through inclusive AI
- Roberta Lulli (European Disability Forum) The Right to Vote: making democracy accessible to people with disabilities.
Session chair: Pilar Orero (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
11:00 – 12:30 – The future of the Web is immersive
- Niall Murray (TransmiXR project coordinator) “Virtual Worlds and Creative & Cultural Sector “
- Mikel Zorrilla (Vicomtech)
- Pablo Cesar (TU Delft)
- François Daoust (W3C – World Wide Web Consortium)
Session chair: Andrew Perkis (NTNU – Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
12:30 – 13:30 – Closing session
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Further updates on the NEM Summit 2024 program will be available soon!
