Annual International Conference on „Virtual and Augmented Reality in Education” (VARE 2011), Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences, 18 March 2011, Valmiera, Latvia
(combined with EEA and Norwegien Finansial Instruments project practical conference „VR/AR Applications in Training”)

The Annual International Conference on „Virtual and Augmented Reality in Education” (VARE 2011) will consist of the main conference track and the EEA and Norwegien Finansial Instruments project practical conference „VR/AR Applications in Training”. The main track is aimed to scientists, doctoral students and professionals. The practical conference will serve for demonstration of different applications, tools and techniques that would be expedient for vendors, engineers, students, e-professionals and other audience.

Conference topics include, but are not limited to:
•Virtual (VR), augmented (AR) and mixed (MR) reality environments development and use
•Immersive gaming and edutainment
•3D objects recognition and processing (geometric modeling, methods for modeling and rendering complex geometry, structure and behaviors)
•VR systems hardware and software
•Computer graphics and objects techniques (information and objects visualization and animation)
•Advanced display and immersive projection technology
•Multi-user and distributed VR systems
•Human-Computer Interaction (haptics, audio, and other visual and non-visual interfaces)
•Tracking & Sensing
•Modeling and simulation related to VR
•Presence and cognition technologies
•New century e-learning applications

Conference Language:
English is the sole language for paper submission and presentation.

Organizing Committee:
Dr. Atis Kapenieks – Riga Technical University
Prof. Egils Ginters – Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences
Prof. Krzysztof Amborski – Warsaw University of Technology
Prof. Rosa Maria Aguilar Chinea – University of La Laguna
Prof. Sarma Cakula - Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences

Program Committee:
Dr. Eberhard Blümel – Fraunhofer Institute for factory Operation and Automation
Prof. Agostino Bruzzone – University of Genoa
Prof. Birger Rapp – Uppsala University
Prof. Eugene Kindler – University of Ostrava
Prof. Gaby Neumann – Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau
Prof. Janis Grundspenkis – Latvian Academy of Sciences
Prof. Klaus G. Troitzsch – University Koblenz-Landau, European Social Simulation Association (ESSA)
Prof. Stefan Muller - University Koblenz-Landau
Prof. Leonid Novitski – Riga Technical University
Prof. Yuri Merkuryev - Riga Technical University, Latvian Simulation Society
Prof. Miquel Angel Piera Eroles – University Autonoma of Barcelona
Prof. Vytautas Paulauskas – Klaipeda University
Prof. Antonio Guasch Petit – Technical University of Catalonia
Prof. Andrzej Dzielinski - Warsaw University of Technology
Prof. Vija Daukste - Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences
Dr. Hugues Vincent - Thales Communications S.A.
Dr. Valérie Issarny - The French Institute for research in computer science and control (INRIA)
Prof. Javier Pajares Gutierrez - University of Valladolida
Prof. Adolfo López Paredes - University of Valladolida
Prof. Emilio Vizuete Luciano - University of Barcelona
Prof. Alexander Verbraeck – Delft University of Technology
Prof. Agita Livina - Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences
Prof. Nikos E. Mastorakis - Technical University of Sofia
Prof. Juri Tolujew - Otto-von-Guericke University

Technical Commitee:
Inguna Jurgelane
Igors Klapenkovs
Agnese Karaseva
Dace Rokena
Baiba Baika

Contacts: vare2011@va.lv