The 3rd International Conference on E-learning and Game Edutainment 2008 (Nanjing, China) June 25-27, 2008 CALL FOR PARTICIPATIONS About Edutainment 2008 Edutainment 2008 is the third International Conference on E-learning and Games, which is an international forum for researchers to share their latest research output on the development and application of e-learning and digital entertainment systems. Edutainment 2008 will be held at Nanjing Normal University in June 25-27, 2008. The conference will include plenary invited talks, workshops, tutorials, paper presentation tracks and panel discussions. Three to six keynote speakers will be invited. Call for Papers Edutainment 2008 will cover a range of topics including: E-Learning Platforms and Tools; Learning Resource Management; Practice and Experience Sharing; E-Learning Standards; Mobile Learning; Education and Remote Classrooms; Effectiveness of Virtual Reality for Education; Life Long Learning; Collaborative Environments; Remote Group Simulations; Collaborative Learning; Virtual Reality in Education; Game Design and Development; Game Engine Development and Customization; Game AI and Artificial Life; Game Physics; Game Rendering/Animations; Virtual Characters/Agents; Online/Mobile Game/ Video Game; Storytelling and Game Narrative; Affective Interaction in Games; Digital Museum; Digital Heritage; Animation Techniques; Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality; Vision and Imaging Technology in Games; Synergies between Digital TV and Edutainment; and any other researches dealing with a pioneered or significant development in animation, virtual reality and multimedia. Papers accepted in the conference will be published as a volume in Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer. Selected papers of high quality will be published by some international journals (IEEE CiSE, The International Journal of Virtual Reality, et al.). The conference will have tutorial and workshop sessions conducted by international researchers. Important Date: Due of Submission December 10, 2007 Due of Review February 15, 2008 Due of Acceptance March 1, 2008 Due of Camera-ready March 15, 2008 Conference June 25-27, 2008 Conference Website: http://edutainment2008.eegame.cn Sponsors: VR Committee, CSIG Zhejiang University, China Co-Sponsors: NSFC, China Organizer: Edu-game Research Center of Nanjing Normal University, China Conference Honorary Co-chairs: Ruth Aylett, Heriot-Watt University, UK Newton Lee, ACM Computers in Entertainment, USA Yongzhong Song, Nanjing Normal University, China Conference co-chairs: Zhigeng Pan, Zhejiang University, China Jim Chen, George Mason University, USA Ryohei Nakatsu, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan Invited speakers: Adrian David Cheok, NUS, Singapore Madjid Merabti, Liverpool John Moores University, UK Yangsheng Wang, CAS Institute of Automation, China André Gagalowicz, INRIA, France Program co-chairs: Xiaopeng Zhang, CAS Institute of Automation, China Abdennour El Rhalibi, Liverpool John Moores University, UK Woontack Woo, GIST, Korea Workshop chair: Harold Thwaites, Multimedia University, Cyberjaya, Malaysia Publicity co-chairs: Fong-Lok Lee, CUHK, China Jorge Posada, VICOMTech, Spain Gloria Brown Simmons, USA Publication Chair: Mingyong Pang, Nanjing Normal University, China Financial Co-Chairs: Huimin Shi, Nanjing Normal University, China Mingmin Zhang, Zhejiang University, China Organizing Co-chairs: Yi Li, Nanjing Normal University, China Zhengxin Sun, Nanjing University, China Jun Feng, Hohai University, China General Secretary: Ruwei Yun, Nanjing Normal University, China Executive Committee: Zhigeng Pan, Zhejiang University, China Ruth Aylett, Heriot-Watt University, UK Jim Chen, George Mason University, USA Hyun-seng Yang, KAIST, Korea Yi Li, Nanjing Normal University, China Xiaopeng Zhang, CAS Institute of Automation, China Adrian David Cheok, NUS, Singapore Ryohei Nakatsu, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan International Program Committee: Abdennour El Rhalibi Liverpool John Moores University, UK Sangchul Ahn Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Korea Isabel Machado Alexandre University Campus of Lisbon, Portgual Elisabeth Andre University of Ulm, Germany Dominique Archambault University Pierre et Marie Curie, France Ruth Aylett Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh, UK Leandro Balladares National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico Christian Bauckhage Deutsche Telekom, Germany Rafael Bidarra Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands Paul Brna University of Glasgow, UK Gloria Brown-Simmons University of California in Irvine, USA Eliya Buyukkaya University of Pierre and Marie Curie (Paris 6), France Yiyu Cai Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Christophe Chaillou ALCOVE, INRIA Futurs, France Tak-Wai Chan National Central University, Taiwan, China Maiga Chang Athabasca University, Canada Yam San Chee National Institute of Education, Singapore Jim X. Chen Georage Masnion University, USA Nuno Correia Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal Jinshi Cui Peking University, China Akshay Darbari Tata Elxsi Limited, India Stepahne Donikian Université de Rennes, France Stephen Downes National Research Council Canada, Canada Guangzheng Fei Communication University of China, China Paul Fergus Liverpool John Moores University, UK Bernd Froehlich Bauhaus University Weimar, Germany Marco Furini University of Piemonte Orientale, Italy Lisa Gjedde Danish University of Education, Denmark Martin Goebel fleXilution, Germany Michael Haller Upper Austria University, Austria Wenfeng Hu Communication University of China, China KinChuen Hui The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Wijnand IJsselsteijn Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands Manjunath Iyer Philips Electronics, India Marc Jaeger Digiplant, INRIA, France Posada Jorge VICOMTech, Spain Bill Kapralos University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada Börje Karlsson PUC-Rio, Brazil Mike Katchabaw University of Western Ontario, Canada Gerard Jounghyun Kim Korea University, Korea Sehwan Kim Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, USA Mona Laroussi Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, France Fong-Lok Lee The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Sang-goog Lee Catholic University of Korea, Korea Jongweon Lee Sejong University, Korea Xin Li DigiPen University in Seattle, USA Craig Lindley University of Gotland, Sweden Kwan-Liu Ma Professor in Visualization, UC Davis, USA Bruce Maxim University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA Wolfgang Mueller University of Education Weingarten, Germany Stéphane Natkin Conservatoire National Des Arts Et Métiers, France Yoshihiro Okada Kyushu University, Japan Chunhong Pan CAS Institute of Automation, China Zhigeng Pan Zhejiang University, China Jun Park Hongik University, Korea Daniël Pletinckx Visual Dimension, Belgium Edmond C. Prakash Manchester Metropolitan University, UK Marc Price BBC Research, UK Matthias Rauterberg Technical University of Eindhoven, The Netherlands Theresa-Marie Rhyne North Carolina State University, USA Albert Skip Rizzo University of Southern California, USA Marco Roccetti University of Bologna, Italy Cecilia Sik Lanyi University of Pannonia, Hungary Ulrike Spierling University of Applied Sciences in Erfurt, Germany Gerard Subsol The National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control, France Mohd Shahrizal Sunar Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia Kim Hua Tan Nottingham University Business School, UK Ruck Thawonmas Ritsumeikan University, Japan Harold Thwaites Multimedia University, Cyberjaya, Malaysia Jaap Van Den Herik University of Maastricht, The Netherlands Frederic Vexo Ecoles Polytechniques Fédérale in Lausanne, Switzerland Yangsheng Wang CAS Institute of Automation, China Charlie Wang The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Toyohide Watanabe Nagoya University, Japan Kevin Kok-Wai Wong Murdoch University, Austria Woontack Woo GIST, Korea Hongping Yan INRIA PARIS-Rocquencourt, France Xiaopeng Zhang CAS Institute of Automation, China