[General] Eurographics 2008 Annual Conference: Call for Tutorials

Apologies for the multiple postings - please forward to your lists Eurographics 2008 Annual Conference http://www.ics.forth.gr/eg2008/ Crete, Greece April 14-18, 2008 Call for Tutorials Eurographics 2008, the 29th annual conference of the European Association for Computer Graphics, invites international experts to present half day or full day tutorials providing in-depth knowledge and sharing their experience on a variety of topics in computer graphics and related areas. Proposed tutorials may address topics of interest to the Computer Graphics community at large, such as (but not limited to) Imaging and Rendering techniques, 3D user interfaces, interaction methods and methodologies, modelling and simulation, Virtual Reality, Mixed Reality, Augmented Reality, high performance graphics, computer graphics over high speed networks and others. Proposals are welcome on topics that have been previously addressed; however, new approaches or insights will be especially valued. Tutorial topics will be presented in a taught format, ranging from practical guidelines to academic issues and theory, and may be addressed to an audience at an introductory or advanced level. Each group of speakers will receive: a.. An honorarium of 400Euro for a full day tutorial or 200Euro for a half day tutorial, per group. If a tutorial is presented by more than one lecturer, this payment will be divided pro-rata between them. b.. One free registration for the conference and one complimentary ticket for conference events, per group. If more than one person gives the tutorial, only one free registration and one free ticket for conference events are provided. All tutorial lecturers are allowed to attend other tutorials at no extra charge, subject to space being available. Submission Details Tutorial proposals, typically 4 pages, should be submitted in electronic form by October 5th, 2007, in PDF format. Submitted tutorial proposals should contain the following information: a.. Author(s) detail(s): a.. Name(s) b.. Institution c.. E-mail addresse(s) d.. URL b.. Tutorial details: a.. Title of Tutorial b.. Abstract of the tutorial c.. Keywords d.. Half or full day tutorial (either 2x90 minutes or 4x90 minutes) c.. A detailed outline of the tutorial, including possibly schedule and a list of relevant publications. d.. A statement of the necessary background and potential target audience for the tutorial. e.. A brief resume of the presenter(s) indicating their background in the tutorial area. f.. If a (similar) tutorial was previously held, the location (i.e. which conference), date, and the number of attendees. All tutorial proposals will be reviewed by external reviewers and the tutorial co-chairs, based on the quality of the submitted proposals, the qualification of the presenters, relevance to the conference, and balance of topics. Important dates Tutorials submission deadline: Friday, October 5, 2007 (24:00 GMT) Notification date: Friday, December 7, 2007 For further information, please contact the Tutorials co-chairs. Tutorials Co-Chairs Maria Roussou (Greece) and Jason Leigh (US) Tutorials Program Committee Steffi Beckhaus (Germany) Roland Blach (Germany) Sabine Coquilart (France) Bernd Froehlich (Germany) Jan Kautz (UK) Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann (Switzerland) David Nahon (France) Ana Paiva (Portugal) George Papaioannou (Greece) Dave Pape (US) Simon Prince (UK) Dieter Schmalstieg (Austria) Franco Tecchia (Italy) --