The European projects Campiello, Comris, HIPS and MLounge organize a one-day workshop to gather academic and industrial specialists working in intelligent information interfaces and related technology. The aim of the workshop is to discuss the most appropriate technological solutions to the requirements emerging from novel human-centred systems and interfaces. The workshop is supported by the European Commission through the Esprit's i3net, Information Intelligent Interfaces network of excellence.

Industrial partners are invited to actively take part in the workshop by presenting their own products and solutions to a set of key technological issues raised in the development of the projects organizing the workshop.

Workshop topics will include issues relevant for the developement of wearable/portable assistants for a user interacting with a physical/informational space and intelligent interfaces for local communities. In particular, the workshop will address the technical problems involved in monitoring the user's movements, in accessing remote repositories of information through wireless technology, in letting different people communicating in their everyday activities.

The target participants for this workshop are i3 projects and European industries working in the telecommunications field, producers and software developers for PDAs, industries already implementing portable information systems. The workshop will provide opportunities for establishing fruitful collaboration contacts between research consortia and technology providers, as well as for stimulating the interest of potential exploiters and users in the innovative results being developed inside Campiello, Comris, HIPS and MLounge.

 9:30  Welcome of the City of Siena Major

 9:45  I3 - Intelligent Information Interfaces Research Programme
       (Jacub Wejchert, European Commission)

 10:15 Coffee break

 10:45 HIPS: a new tool for turists to simulteneously navigate
             a physical space and a related information space

 11:15 Campiello: integrated tools in a collaborative environment
                  to promote and sustain the dynamic exchange of
                  cultural information and experiences between
		  the local community and visitors

 11:45 Comris: wearable assistant ("parrot") to enhance participation
               in large-scale mixed-reality events

 12:15 MLounge: a virtual meeting place with different levels
                of interaction for the members of a
                geografically distributed community.

 12:45 Lunch

 14:00 Forum session:
       INFORMATION SERVICES AND DELIVERY TO MOBILE USERS
       The forum session will present and discuss technical features
       of wireless networks for data trasmission,
       positioning localization technologies (e.g. infrared sensors,
       DECT, GSM), PDAs, and their potential applications to
       information services and delivery to mobile users.

 15:45 Coffee break

 16:15 Forum session:
       TELECONFERENCING AND WEB-ACCESS THROUGH HETEROGENEOUS DEVICES
       The forum session will present and discuss
       the technical features of teleconferencing systems
       based on heterogeneous devices including
       cellular phones and PDAs, and the web-access through PDAs.

 18:00 End

See also the workshop background document.

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