Playing for Health : how videogames can help to treat diseases
ThePlaymancer project was broadcasted on Euronews. Project development team members were interviewed by a Euronews TV Channel journalist, and the outcome has been a report on the project results, activities and potential.

Playmancer also received TV coverage in the following:
- A report from TF1 France on 15th February.
- A report in Spanish TV3
- A report in Spanish TVE
- A report in Spanish Tele 5
- A report in Spanish Antena 3
The project also received coverage from several radio stations and newspapers.

An article about the 3DLife project was published on Greek “Kathimerini”, one of the most credible and popular daily newspapers in Greece. ITI’s scientific responsible, Dr. Petros Daras, and research associate, Mr. Lazaros Gymnopoulos, were interviewed about the 3DLife project. Dr. Daras elaborated on the relationship of the 3DLife project with the Future Internet and how it could influence the development of the later, and society in general, especially regarding the use of 3D media in everyday activities. Mr. Gymnopoulos provided information on current and future research conducted within the 3DLife Network of Excellence. The full article can be found here.

The 4th MUSCADE newsletter is online. Check it out!

The third TA2 Newsletter is available. Download it here!

The second issue of the I-SEARCH biannual electronic Newsletter is now available for download.

SALA3D Newsletter Issue no.2
Learn about cooperation opportunities and project ideas from Colombia and Uruguay for Call 7. Download the newsletter.

 

Call for papers for the 2011 International Workshop on Hot Topics in 3D Multimedia - Hot3D, July 15, 2011, Barcelona, Spain (in conjunction with ICME ’2011)
Papers in all areas of 3D Multimedia are solicited. Early stage or preliminary results from potentially disruptive technology is particularly encouraged. Full papers (up to 6 pages) will be published in the ICME proceedings.
Additionally, and maybe most importantly, position papers are solicited for short presentation and discussion of preliminary work or ideas. Submit a proposal of up to 2 pages, with a decision expected up to 4 weeks after submission.
Submit Regular Paper (up to 6 pages) by: March 7, 2011
Notification of Regular Paper Acceptance: April 10, 2010
Camera Ready Paper Due: April 20, 2010
Position Paper (up to 2 pages) Submission: ASAP, up to May 15, 2011
Notification of Position Paper Acceptance: approximately 4 weeks after submission
For details about the workshop and a link to the submission system, please point your WWW browser to the workshop homepage at http://hot3d.org

The Third International Workshop on Quality of Multimedia Experience - QoMEX will take place in Mechelen, Belgium on September 7-9, 2010
The call for papers closes on March 14th. The workshop aims at bringing together user-centred EC projects which develop state-of-the art methods for evaluating multimedia quality and user experience. QoMEX’11 features oral presentations, exhibits, panels and poster sessions.

EU research and innovation funding: Commission consults on radical changes to create more growth and jobs
The European Commission launches a consultation on major improvements to EU research and innovation funding to make participation easier, increase scientific and economic impact and improve value for money. The proposed "Common Strategic Framework", set out in a Green Paper, would cover the current Framework Programme for Research (FP7), the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP) and the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). Stakeholders have until 20 May 2011 to respond.

Social Networks Overview: Current Trends and Research Challengeses
This paper focuses on the research and technological measures to be adopted. It investigates online social networks as an emerging multidisciplinary research fi eld that bridges social science and multimedia computing. It refl ects the consolidated opinion of the members of the NextMEDIA project and the Future Media Networks (FMN) cluster with the collaboration with well known experts, under the guidance of the Networked Media Systems Unit of the Information Society and Media Directorate General of the European Commission.(click here to get your free copy!)

Future Media Networks - Research Challenges 2010 (click here to get your free copy!)

Networked Media Current Research, Results and Future Trends - The new brochure (august 2010) by the Networked Media Systems Unit. The publication presents an overview of the projects supported by the Networked Media Systems unit and sketches future trends in the field of Networked Media technologies. (Click here to get your free copy!)

Future Media Internet - Research Challenges and the Road Ahead
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16 - 17 March 20111
The 11th NEM General Assembly will address the following topics:
- NEM achievements to date and future NEM activities and actions
- Discussion on main NEM challenges for the next period and future of the NEM Initiative
- Presentations of EC officers on trends and prospects for NEM related research, and in particular on Networked Media Research in FP7
- Innovation and SME involvement in the scope of NEM
- NEM Summit 2011
- and of course some time for networking, Brussels, Belgium.

23 - 24 March 2011
Canada-EU Future Internet Workshop. The Canada-EU Future Internet Workshop 2011 will bring together European Union (EU) and Canadian researchers and companies to explore opportunities to directly interact, to be updated on the respective research statuses, and to explore areas of mutual interest. Waterloo, Canada.

14 - 15 April 2011
The Networked Media Systems Concertation meeting will take place on at the Polo Scientifico Fabio Ferrari, which is located in Povo, Trento, Italy.

17 - 20 April 2011
2011 ACM International Conference on Multimedia Retrieval (ICMR2011)
The First ACM International Conference on Multimedia Retrieval (ICMR), puts together the long-lasting experience of former ACM CIVR and ACM MIR. It is the ideal forum to present and encounter the most recent developments and applications in the area of multimedia content retrieval. Trento, Italy.

04 - 06 May 2011
The FET11 Conference. It is the European forum dedicated to frontier research in future and emerging information technologies. As a particular highlight it will feature the launch of six FET Flagship preparatory actions by Vice President Commissioner Neelie Kroes. Budapest, Hungary.

18 - 19 May 20111
The Future Internet Assembly (FIA) will be held as part of the Future Internet Week on 18-19 May 2011 in Budapest, Hungary. The FIA is a bi-annual event.
The Future Internet Week focuses on the policy, technological, and socio-economic aspects of the Future Internet and involves participants from industry and academia, as well as from the European Commission and the Member States. Budapest, Hungary.

15 - 17 June 20111
Future Network & Mobile Summit 2011
This is the twentieth in a series of Annual Conferences supported by the European Commission, which regularly attracts over 600 delegates from industry and research to share experiences and research results, identify future trends, discuss business opportunities and identify opportunities for international research collaboration under the ICT Theme of Framework Programme 7 (FP7). Warsaw, Poland.

27 - 29 June 2011
IMMERSCOM 2011 - 3rd International Conference on Immersive Communications. IMMERSCOM aims to bring researchers and scientists from academia and industry together to advance the state of the art in immersive telecommunications sciences, technologies and systems. Istanbul, Turkey.

11 - 15 July 2011
IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME2011) Barcelona, Spain.

07 - 09 September 2011
Third International Workshop on Quality of Multimedia Experience (QoMEX) will take place in Mechelen, Belgium.

27 - 29 September 2011
The NEM European Technology Platform is very pleased to announce that the 2011 NEM Summit will be organized in Torino, Italy.

Results of the Workshop on 'EU Social Networks and EU R&I Programmes'
At the workshop on “EU Social Networks and EU R&I Programmes” (Brussels, 26 November 2010), the European Commission welcomed the public presentation of the “Group of EU Social Networks” and the constitution of the Steering Group "EU competitiveness on the web" with representatives of all web-related industry sectors under the aegis of the European Commission. Check it here

EU research and innovation funding – immediate changes to cut red tape for researchers and SMEs
On January 24th 2011, the European Commission has adopted measures to make participation in the EU's current Seventh Framework Programme for Research more attractive and more accessible to the best researchers and most innovative companies, especially Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs). Based on the simplification plan unveiled by the Commission in April 2010, these measures will take effect at once.

Digital Agenda for European Film Heritage (DAEFH) - Study
Following an open call for tenders, the European Commission has launched a study on "Challenges of the Digital Era for Film Heritage Institutions”. The aim of the study is to provide an input for a possible revision of the 2005 Recommendation on Film Heritage. The study started on 10 January 2011 and will last for 11 months. An on-line consultation on the preliminary finding of the study is planned at the beginning of July. A workshop to validate the results of the study is planned on 20 September 2011 in Brussels. The expected results of the study are visible here.


ICT Workprogramme 2011/2012
The ICT Workprogramme 2011/2012 has been approved and can be accessed here.

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