Call for participation

3DTV-CON 2007
Capture, Transmission and Display of 3D Video
7-9 May 2007
Kos island, Greece
http://www.3dtv-con.org

3DTV CON 2007 is organized by the EU IST 3D-TV Network of Excellence
(https://www.3dtv-research.net) and the Informatics and Telematics
Institute of Greece (ITI-CERTH) (http://www.iti.gr). The event is
technically sponsored by IEEE, EURASIP and MPEG Industry Forum.

More than 100 speakers from 28 countries are expected to participate
in the conference, including 3 distinguished keynote speakers and 5
tutorials.

During 3DTV CON 2007 you will also have the chance to explore Kos
island (http://www.3dtv-con.org/kos.html), one of the best Greek
islands and experience the traditional Greek hospitality
(http://www.3dtv-con.org/events.html).

On-line registration is open at http://www.3dtv-con.org/registration.html

Topics include:
- 3D Capture and Processing
- 3D Transmission
- 3D Visualization
- 3D Applications

Keynote speakers:
- "10 years of 3D video and tele-presence", Kostas Daniilidis,
University of Pennsylvania, US
- "The Language of Human Action, a tool that can be used by the 3DTV
of the future", Yiannis Aloimonos, University of Maryland, US
- "From Intelligent Content to Actionable Knowledge - The future
activities in FP7" Albert Gauthier, DG Information Society, EU

Tutorials:
- "Compression for 3DTV - with special focus on MPEG standards",
Aljoscha Smolic, Fraunhofer-Institut für Nachrichtentechnik
Heinrich-Hertz-Institut, DE
- "Cell BE Technology: Its applications to computer vision", Duc
Vianney, IBM STG Development, Cell Ecosystem & Solutions Enablement,
US and Michael Paolini, IBM STG Strategic Growth Business Development,
US
- "Theory and Practice of Sampling and Reconstruction of
Multi-dimensional Signals", Atanas Gotchev, Institute of Signal
Processing, Tampere University of Technology, FI
- "Mathematical Fundamentals for Computer Graphics and Computer
Vision", Vaclav Skala, University of West Bohemia, CZ
- "Three-dimensional Video and Smart, Interactive Displays", Stephan
Wurmlin, ETH Zurich and LiberoVision and Markus Gross and Daniel
Cotting, ETH Zurich, CH

Special Sessions:
- "Perceptual Factors in 3D TV", Anup Basu, University of Alberta, CA
and Xenophon Zabulis, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, GR
 - "3D Multimodal Interfaces: Applications on Edutainment, Medicine
and Disabled", Dimitrios Tzovaras, Centre for Research and Technology
Hellas, GR