SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS EXTENDED DEADLINE PAPER SUBMISSION: JULY 15, 2004 7th Annual International Workshop on Presence PRESENCE 2004 Polytechnic University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain, 13-14-15 October 2004 Final program and registration form available on the web site: <http://www.presence2004.org/> Paper Submission Deadline: July 15, 2004. ------------------------------------------------------------ The PRESENCE 2004 Committee is pleased to announce the 7th Annual International Workshop on Presence and the Annual Call for Papers. Academics and practitioners with an interest in research, theory, technologies, and applications related to the concept of presence are invited to submit their work for presentation. PRESENCE 2004 is organized by the International Society for Presence Research (ISPR) and the Medical Image Computing Laboratory, and supported by the European Union's FET Presence Research Initiative through the IST EMMA and IST OMNIPRES projects. Presentations are invited on: * Explications of the presence concept * Presence evaluation/measurement methodologies * Causes and consequences (effects) of presence * Presence in shared virtual environments and online communities * Social/affective interfaces, virtual agents, parasocial interactions * Presence-associated technologies: * Immersive, interactive, multimodal displays * Advanced broadcast/cinematic displays (stereoscopic TV, HDTV, IMAX,OMNIMAX) * Virtual environments/simulators * 3-D sound * Haptic/tactile displays * Presence applications: * Education and training * Medicine and therapy * Entertainment * Communication * Teleoperation * Presence and design * Presence in art * Presence and philosophical issues (e.g., the nature of 'reality') * The ethics of presence Proposals for workshops and panel discussions are also invited. In addition, the PRESENCE 2004 program will include exhibition of commercial products and non-commercial research projects Please see the conference website for abstract submission, instructions and other details. Conference Committee Conference chairs: Mariano Alcaniz (MedICLab) // Cristina Botella (UJI) Scientific Committee: Alexandros Bakalakos (European Commission) Anna Spagnoli (University of Padua) Anthony Steed (University College London) Cath Dillon (Goldsmith College) Erik Granum (Aalborg University) Frank Biocca (M.I.N.D. Lab) Fred Brooks (Worlington, Suffolk, UK) Gary Bente (University of Cologne) Giuseppe Riva (ATN-P Lab) Jane Lessiter (Goldsmiths College) John Waterworth (Interactive Institute) Jonathan Freeman (Goldsmiths College) Loretta Anania (European Commission) Luciano Gamberini (University of Padua) Matthew Lombard (Temple University) Mel Slater (University College London) Nat Durlach (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Rita Lauria (NC A & T State University) Rosa Baños (Universidad de Valencia) Steve Ellis (NASA) Wijnand IJsselsteijn (Eindhoven University of Technology)