ICDVRAT 2008 with ArtAbilitation 2008

The Seventh International Conference on Disability, Virtual Reality and Associated Technologies
with ArtAbilitation 2008

8^th to 11^th September 2008 - Maia & Porto, Portugal

Conference Organisation

Conference Co-Chairs

• Pedro Lopes dos Santos, University of Porto, Portugal
• Patrice L (Tamar) Weiss, University of Haifa, Israel

ICDVRAT Programme Chair

• Paul Sharkey, University of Reading, UK

ArtAbilitation Programme Chair

• Tony Brooks, Aalborg Universitet Esbjerg, Denmark

International Programme Committee

• Robert Astur, Yale University, USA ^I
• Chriss Berk, Art Therapist, New York, USA ^A
• Lars Ole Bonde, Aalborg Universitet, Denmark ^A
• Christos Bouras, University of Patras, Greece ^A
• Willem-Paul Brinkman, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands ^I
• Jurgen Broeren, Göteborg University, Sweden ^I
• Jane Broida, Metropolitan State College of Denver, USA ^I
• Tony Brooks, Aalborg Universitet Esbjerg, Denmark ^I
• David Brown, Nottingham Trent University, UK ^I
• Sue Cobb, University of Nottingham, UK ^I
• Ernestine Daubner, Concordia University, Canada ^A
• Jean Detheux, Artist, Montréal, Canada ^A
• Judith Deutsch, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey, USA ^I
• Barry Eaglestone, University of Sheffield, UK ^A
• Pedro Gamito, Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal ^I
• Rolf Gehlhaar, University of Coventry, UK ^A
• William Harwin, University of Reading, UK ^I
• Maureen Holden, Northeastern University, Boston, USA ^I
• Faustina Hwang, University of Reading, UK ^I
• Noomi Katz, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel ^I
• Emily Keshner, Temple University Philadelphia, USA ^I
• Kinshuk, Athabasca University, Canada ^A
• Michael Kipp, German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence, Germany ^A
• Rachel Kizony, University of Haifa, Israel ^I
• Mel Krokos, Portsmouth University, UK ^A
• Tomohiro Kuroda, Kyoto University Hospital, Japan ^I
• Peter Kyberd, University of New Brunswick, Canada ^I
• Pat Langdon, University of Cambridge, UK ^I
• Mindy Levin, McGill University, Canada ^I
• Craig Lindley, Blekinge Technical Institute, Sweden ^A
• Pedro Lopes dos Santos, University of Porto, Portugal ^I
• Lone Malmborg, IT-University of Copenhagen, Denmark ^A
• Irene Mavrommati, Hellenic Open University, Greece ^A
• Rachel McCrindle, University of Reading, UK ^I
• Suzanne McDonough, University of Ulster, UK ^I
• Alma Merians, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey, USA ^I
• Eduardo Miranda, University of Plymouth, UK ^I
• Ana Monçăo, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal ^A
• Gail Mountain, Sheffield Hallam University, UK ^I
• Alessio Murgia, University of Reading, UK ^I
• Bent Nielson, Professional Music Therapist, Denmark ^A
• Eva Petersson, Aalborg Universitet Esbjerg, Denmark ^I
• John Rae, Roehampton University, UK ^I
• Debbie Rand, University of Haifa, Israel ^I
• Albert (Skip) Rizzo, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA ^I
• Dave Roberts, University of Salford, UK ^I
• Martin Rydmark, Göteborg University, Sweden ^I
• Jaime Sánchez, Universidad de Chile, Chile ^I
• Hideyuki Sawada, Kagawa University, Japan ^I
• Cecília Sik Lányi, University of Veszprém, Hungary ^I
• Paul Sharkey, University of Reading, UK ^{I, A}
• P J Standen, University of Nottingham, UK ^I
• Elizabeth Stokes, Middlesex University, UK ^A
• Daniel Thalmann, L'Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland ^I
• Luca Francesco Ticini, Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, Tuebingen, Germany ^A
• Ana Torres, Universities of Aviero and Porto, Portugal ^A
• Charles van der Mast, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands ^I
• Athanasios Vasilakos, University of Peloponnese, Greece ^A
• Patrice L (Tamar) Weiss, University of Haifa, Israel ^{I, A}
• Brenda Wiederhold, Virtual Reality Medical Center, USA ^I
• Uffe Wiil, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark ^A
• Paul Wilson, University of Hull, UK ^I

          ^IICDVRAT, ^AArtAbilitation

Conference Organising Committee

• Pedro Lopes dos Santos, University of Porto, Portugal (Chair)
• Maria José Araújo, University of Porto, Portugal
• António Abel Pires, University of Porto, Portugal
• Armando Nanim, University of Porto, Portugal
• Paul Sharkey, University of Reading, UK
• Luís Miguel Teixeira, Portuguese Catholic University, Portugal

ICDVRAT Series Steering Committee

• Paul Sharkey, University of Reading, UK (Chair)
• Tony Brooks, Aalborg Universitet Esbjerg, Denmark
• David Brown, Nottingham Trent University, UK
• Sue Cobb, University of Nottingham, UK
• Pedro Lopes dos Santos, University of Porto, Portugal
• Rachel McCrindle, University of Reading, UK
• Albert (Skip) Rizzo, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
• Cecília Sik Lányi, University of Veszprém, Hungary
• P J Standen, University of Nottingham, UK
• Patrice L (Tamar) Weiss, University of Haifa, Israel

Conference Series Archive

• Paul Sharkey, University of Reading, UK
• Richard Sherwood, ICDVRAT Web Manager, University of Reading, UK