Detailed program

09:00 - 09:30  Registration ( arrival tea / coffee and biscuits )

09:30 - 09:40  Opening

09:40 - 10:40  Early Morning Talk Session

• 09:50 - 10:00: Derek Potter (Vicon Motion Systems Ltd.)                      
                         Vicon Origin – Motion to Drive Virtual Reality       

• 10:00 - 10:10: Maite Frutos (Birmingham City University)

                           The role of human-computer interaction in immersive technologies

• 10:10 - 10:20: Tom Freeman (Cardiff University)
                         Use of immersive acoustics and head-mounted displays in active listening and looking

• 10:20 - 10:30: Jacques Grange (Cardiff University)
                         Accessibility of social settings to the hearing impaired: advanced binaural simulations

• 10:30 - 10:40: Tom Freeman (Cardiff University)
                         EPSRC Interdisciplinary Doctoral Training Hubs

10:40 - 11:10  Mid-morning break ( tea / coffee and Welsh cakes )

11:10 - 12:20  Late Morning Talk Session

• 11:10 - 11:20: James Simpson (Royal Shakespeare Company/Magic Leap Digital Fellow & Rose Bruford College)
                          Mixed Reality Pre-Visualisation for Theatre Production Design

• 11:20 - 11:30: Job van der Schalk (Cardiff University)
                          Virtual mimicry: The effect of mimicry by a virtual human on social behaviour

• 11:30 - 11:40: Bethany Watrous (Experience Heritage)
                          Digital Heritage: Understanding the past through immersive technologies

• 11:40 - 11:50: Kevin Moss (Rescape Innovation Ltd.)
                          Using VR to help reduce pain and anxiety

• 11:50 - 12:00: Matt Dunn (Cardiff University)
                           Augmented Reality applications to assist people with impaired sight

• 12:00 - 12:10: Jessica LaCombe (Tiny Victories)
                          Compassionate Technology: Promoting Mental Health and Wellness through Digital Games and

         Immersive Experiences

• 12:10 - 12:20: Mohammad Al-Amri (Cardiff University)
                          Can augmented virtual reality feedback improve motor performance in individuals with knee

         osteoarthritis?

12:20 - 14:30  Lunch ( cold finger buffet ) and Demos Session

• Daden Limited
  Trainingscapes

• Ted Thomas (Swansea University)
  Empathy and Body Dysmorphia

• Dominik Krzeminski (Cardiff University)
  ARmadillo - augmented reality web application for surface MRI visualization

• Thomas Williams (University of Bath)
  Augmented Reality (AR) for Dementia. Representing Actions in Augmented Reality: Task Prompting for People Living with Dementia

• Vicon Motion Systems Ltd.

• Rescape Innovation Ltd.
  DR.VR for pain and anxiety management

• Jessica LaCombe (Tiny Victories)
  Compassionate Technology

• Paul Allen, Adam Partridge  (Cardiff University)
  Virtual Reality Brain Scan

14:30 - 15:30  Early Afternoon Talk Session

• 14:30 - 14:50: Richard Leonard (Business Interface Team, Cardiff University)

• 14:50 - 15:10: Cheryl Moore (Business Development Team, Cardiff University)

• 15:10 - 15:30: Derek Potter (Vicon Motion System Ltd.): Academic – Industrial Partnerships

15:30 - 16:00  Afternoon break ( tea / coffee and cake bites )

16:00 - 17:00  Late Afternoon Talk Session

• 16:00 - 16:20: Andrew Staphnill (Research Development and Wellcome Trust ISSF, Cardiff University)

• 16:20 - 16:40: John Harrington (Director of ESRC Wales DTP, Cardiff University)

• 16:40 - 17:00: Tom Campbell (Immerse UK)

17:00 - 17:15  Closing remarks

17:15 - 19:00  Wine reception