Opening session for Day 1: Mirabelle D'Cruz (HFRG-University of Nottingham) and Roland Blach (Fraunhofer-IAO) 

Brief presentation on behalf of euroVR: Angelos Amditis (ICCS)

Session: Training and Maintenance in Industry.  Chaired by Philippe Gravez (CEA-List)

1. Immersive training in oil and gas industries.
   Andrea Gagliati; Giuseppe Donvito; Stefano Gasco; Dumitrita Munteanu
   (Virtual Reality & Multi Media Park, Turin, Italy)
2. Remote Maintenance Support in the Railway Industry.
   Tim Smith (NEM Solutions UK, The TechnoCentre, Coventry, UK),
   Alberto Diez Oliván, Nagore Barrena, Jon Azpiazu and Jon Agirre Ibarbia (Tecnalia, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain)
3. Using virtual reality for the training of the Metallographic Replica technique used to inspect power plants by TECNATOM S.A.
   Matthieu Poyade and Arcadio Reyes-Lecuona (University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain),
   Eva Frutos and Susana Flores (TECNATOM S.A., Madrid, Spain),
   Alyson Langley and Mirabelle D’Cruz (HFRG, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK),
   Alessandro Valdina andFabio Tosolin (AARBA, Italy)
4. TAS-I COSE Centre
   Valter Basso, Lorenzo Rocci and Mauro Pasquinelli (Thales Alenia Space Italia S.p.A. Turin, Italy),
   Christian Bar, Manuela Marello, Tommaso Mercantini and Carlo Vizzi (Sofiter System Engineering S.p.A. Turin, Italy)

Session: Lighting, Rendering and Displays. Chaired by Bernd Froelich (Bauhaus-Universitaet Weimar)

1. Realistic Lighting Simulation for Interactive VR Applications
   Löffler, Alexander (Computer Graphics Lab, Saarland University), Hilko Hoffmann (German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence GmbH (DFKI)), Lukas Marsalek (Intel Visual Computing Institute, Saarland University)
2. Novative rendering and physics engines to apprehend special relativity
   Doat, Tony (CNRS-LIMSI, Orsay, France), Etienne Parizot (APC, Paris Diderot University, Paris, France), Jean-Marc Vézien (CNRS-LIMSI, Orsay, France)
3. The Impact of Viewing Stereoscopic Displays on the Visual System
   Howarth, Peter (Loughborough University), P. J. Underwood (Loughborough Design School, Loughborough University)
4. Short Paper: View Dependent Rendering to Parametric Displays
   Harish, Pawan (Center for Visual Information Technology, IIIT-Hyderabad)

Workshop: VR/AR/MR and the future of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Chaired by James Ritchie (Heriot-Watt University)

1. Customer Requirements Validation with VR Technologies - Case Metso Minerals.
   Juhamatti Heikkilä (Metso Minerals, Inc., Tampere, Finland, Kaj Helin (VTT, Tampere Finland), Simo-Pekka Leino (VTT, Tampere Finland)
2. Virtual Reality for planning and validating spacecraft integrating procedures in Thales Alenia Space Italia.
   Enrico Gaia, Valter Basso (Thales Alenia Space Italia S.p.A. Turin, Italy), Carlo Vizzi (Sofiter System Engineering S.p.A., Turin, Italy)
3. Using VR to Design and Simulate Aircraft Products in the early PLM phase
   Dimitris Mavrikios, Loukas Rentzos (LMS, Greece)

Discussion Panel: How can VR/AR/MR help the future of PLM?

Session: Haptics and Walking. Chaired by Jerome Perret (Haption)

1. Modeling the Effect of Force Feedback for 3D Steering Tasks
   Liu, Lei (CWI), van Liere, Robert (undefined), Kruszyński, Krzysztof (Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science)
2. Bimanual Haptic Simulator for Medical Training: System Architecture and Performance Measurements
   Ullrich, Sebastian (RWTH Aachen University, Virtual Reality Group), Kuhlen, Torsten (RWTH Aachen University, Virtual Reality Group), Rausch, Dominik (undefined)
3. Exploring Frictional Surface Properties for Haptic-Based Online Shopping
   Bamarouf, Yasser (Durham University), Smith, Shamus P. (Durham University
4. Short Paper: Comparing Virtual Trajectories During a Slalom Using Walking-In-Place and Joystick Techniques
   Terziman, Léo, Lecuyer, Anatole (INRIA), Marchal, Maud (IRISA), Multon, Franck (undefined), Arnaldi, Bruno (IRISA)

Scheduled demos by Demo track and exhibitors - see information board at registration

Open session for Posters

Open session for Project Gallery

Opening session for Day 2: Sue Cobb (HFRG-University of Nottingham) and Tony Glover (MRL-University of Nottingham)

Poster Fast-Forward session

Wow-factor competition

Session: Design and Evaluation in Industry Chaired by Dave Golightly (HFRG-University of Nottingham)

1. Evaluating a modular virtual reality platform for high-skilled, high-value manual tasks in real industrial cases. Paul M. Liston, Sam Cromie, Alison Kay and Chiara Leva (Trinity College, University of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland), Mirabelle D. D’Cruz, Harshada Patel, Alyson Langley and Sarah Sharples (HFRG, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK), Susanna Aromaa (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Tampere, Finland), Carlo Vizzo (Thales Alenia Space-Italia, Turin, Italy).
2. MESH - Mise en scène Helper
   Vincenzo Lombardo, FabrizioNunnari, Davide Di Giannantonio, Jacopo Landi, Paolo Armao, FlaviaConfaloni, Shanti May (Virtual Reality & Multi Media Park, Turin, Italy)
3. Mixed reality system and objective ergonomics evaluation for designing work stations in manufacturing industry
   Gu van Rhijn, Tim Bosch and Michiel de Looze(TNO, Hoofddorp, the Netherlands).

Session: Data Acquisition, Modelling and Product Design Chaired by Anthony Steed (University College London)

1. Adapting Standard Video Codecs for Depth Streaming
   Pece, Fabrizio (University College London, Kautz, Jan (undefined), Weyrich, Tim (University College London)
2. Integrating Semantic Directional Relationships into Virtual Environments: A Meta-modelling Approach
   Trinh, Thanh-Hai, Chevaillier Pierre (European Center for Virtual Reality (CERV/LISyC - ENIB - UEB))
3. User Centred Methods for Gathering VR Design Tool Requirements
   Thalen, Jos (undefined)
4. Short Paper: Acquisition and Management of building materials for VR Applications
   Westner, Phil (Fraunhofer IAO), Bues, Matthias (Fraunhofer IAO)

Workshop: Accessibility Engineering with user models, simulation and VR

Chaired by: Manfred Dangelmaier (Fraunhofer-IAO)

1. VERITAS - An open simulation platform for immersive and non-immersive accessibility engineering Dimitrios Tsovaras et al.
2. VR in rehabilitation - examples and challenges. Sue Cobb, Belinda Lange
3. How do human beings move? A lesson from driver models. State of the art and ideas concerning the planning of human movements. Mauro Da Lio, Mariolino De Cecco, Francesco Biral, Daniele Bortoluzzi
4. Standardisation of user models for designing and using inclusive products. Yehya Mohamad, Pradipta Biswas
5. A VR application for planning processes for nursing homes. Manfred Dangelmaier, Matthias Bues et al

Session: Human-Centered Communication Chaired by Torsten Kuhlen (Aachen University)

1. An Interdisciplinary VR-architecture for 3D chatting with non-verbal communication
   Gobron, Stephane (EPFL), Ahn, Junghyun (EPFL), Silvestre, Quentin (EPFL), Thalmann, Daniel (EPFL), Rank, Stefan (OFAI), Skowron, Marcin (OFAI), Paltoglou, Georgios (University of Wolverhampton), Thelwall, Michael (University of Wolverhampton)
2. V3S, a virtual environment for risk management training
   Barot, Camille (Heudiasyc, UMR CNRS 6599, UTC), Domitile Lourdeaux (Heudiasyc, UMR CNRS 6599, UTC), Jean-Marie Burkhardt (LATI, Paris Descartes University), Dominique Lenne (Heudiasyc, UMR CNRS 6599, UTC)
3. Panoramic Video Techniques for Improving Presence in Virtual Environments
   Dalvandi, Arefe (undefined), Bernhard Riecke (Simon Fraser University), Tom Calvert (Simon Fraser University)
4. Short Paper: Exploring the Object Relevance of a Gaze Animation Model
   Oyekoya, Oyewole (University College London), Anthony, Steed (University Collge London), Xueni Pan (University College London)