Nordic Interactive Conference 2001 - Digital Visions and User Reality 31 October 2001 to 3 November 2001, Copenhagen, Denmark

NIC 2001 is a biannual conference initiated by Nordic Interactive, a new pan-Nordic network for leading Nordic IT research institutes and companies in interactive digital technology. The first significant landmark of the network is NIC 2001, featuring entrepreneurs and visionary leaders from industry and academia, artists and performers as well as a number of international keynote speakers. The conference provides a rich set of formats for interaction, presentation and discussion of the latest results and developments. NIC 2001 presents a four-day program consisting of five tracks, tutorials, informal workshops, expo (also open to the public), art gallery, job fair and a competition for postgraduate and doctoral students.

Why NIC 2001? There has been a growing focus on research and development as the core competencies of the Nordic countries. The Nordic countries occupy unique research and development positions in areas closely connected to development and use of interactive digital technology, especially in the areas of user centred design, social context relations and mobility. At NIC2001 we aim at bringing the Nordic capacities in this broad and multidisciplinary field together, to present and discuss contributions from scientists, artists, developers, business, educators, and computer enthusiasts. Conference topics will relate to science, education, games, design, communication, interaction, work, daily living and society. Leaders and visionaries from industry, academia, research and government will discuss the key technology advances that will impact our daily lives now and in the future, and how that may change the way we interact.

The goal of NIC 2001 is to provide a highly interactive and engaging forum, where attendees can meet to exchange and discuss ideas. We wish to strengthen the Nordic relations and networks, to consider the form, role, and impact of future interactive digital technology. The conference will present some of the latest technological developments, and discuss issues and challenges facing the Nordic R&D environment in this area, as we move into the 21st Century. Our speakers, panellists and presenters are all deeply involved in various areas of research, development, creation and use of interactive digital technology.

Conference themes are: 1. Living in intelligent environments 2. Nomadic computing 3. Learning in a distributed world - future pedagogical practices 4. Touch, hear, see 5. - To be announced!

Keynote speakers are as follows: J°rgen Lindegaard - President and CEO of the SAS Group (Scandinavian Airlines) ; Kevin Warwick - Professor of Cybernetics at the University of Reading, UK, leading robotics researcher; John Thackara - Director of "Doors of Perception", Holland, a design guru, critic and business provocateur; Norbert Streitz - Dr. Dr. at GMD, Germany, a leading expert on workspaces of the future; Maureen Thomas - Creative Director at Cambridge University Moving Image Studio (CUMIS), UK, expert on digital interactive narrative/drama; Bob Stone - Professor, head of MUSE Virtual Presence Ltd. and Scientific Director of MUSE Technologies, UK, world-leading expert on human factors and ergonomics in relation to virtual reality and Kathryn Clark, Senior scientist at Nasa, USA, specialist in intelligent environments.

Online registration and the preliminary conference programme is now available at http://www.nic2001.org.

E-mail enquiries: secr@nic2001.org

Website: http://www.nic2001.org

Organized by: Nordic Interactive

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