From: Mike Macedonia Subject: CONF: 3D & Multimedia on Internet, WWW, & Networks,16-18 April 96, UK Date: January 31, 1996 Date: Wed, 31 Jan 96 09:58:52 GMT From: R.A.Earnshaw@bradford.ac.uk Subject:"3D & Multimedia on Internet, WWW, & Networks", 16-18 April 96, UK Please pass to members of your organisation with interests in the areas of WWW, Internet, 3D, multimedia, cyberspace, computer graphics, CSCW, virtual working, and networked applications. This is full information on the Conference to be held 16-18 April. We have a number of enthusiastic co-sponsoring organisations, including Eurographics (and EG-UK), Computing Suppliers Federation, City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council, Computer Graphics Society, and the Virtual Reality Society. The Conference will be held in the prestigious National Museum of Photography, Film & Television in Bradford (close by the the University). A major $10 Million expansion for an Electronic Gallery in the Museum is currently being planned, and also access to digital archive material over Internet. Thus it is very appropriate to have a Conference with this theme in the Museum and in Bradford. We are sure you will enjoy all the facilities of the Museum and the Conference. For information on the National Museum of Photography, Film & Television, see URL - http://www.nmsi.ac.uk/nmpft/ Please note the discount Early Bird Registration rate for bookings received by 29 February 1996. Thank you, Huw Jones John Vince Rae Earnshaw Roy Middleton Co-Chairs ______________________________________________________________________________ "3D AND MULTIMEDIA ON THE INTERNET, WWW AND NETWORKS" International Conference 16-18 April 1996 Pictureville National Museum of Photography, Film & Television Bradford, UK SPONSORED BY: British Computer Society Computer Graphics Society Virtual Reality Society IN CO-OPERATION WITH: Electronic Imaging and Media Communications Unit University of Bradford, UK National Museum of Photography, Film & Television Computing Suppliers Federation City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council Eurographics and EG-UK INAUGURATION OF THE CONFERENCE: Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bradford, Professor D. J. Johns KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Prof Peter Cochrane, Head of Advanced Applications and Technologies, BT Laboratories, UK INVITED SPEAKERS: Prof Ian Ritchie (Heriot Watt University, UK) Dr Brian Collins (IBM UK Scientific Centre, Hursley Park, UK) Prof Harold Thimbleby (Middlesex University, UK) Mr Mark Hughes (Silicon Graphics Inc, USA) Mr Brian Kelly (Netskills, University of Newcastle, UK) CO-CHAIRS: Prof Rae A. Earnshaw, University of Bradford, UK Prof John A. Vince, Bournemouth University, UK Mr Huw Jones, Middlesex University, UK Mr Roy Middleton, University of Edinburgh, UK "3D AND MULTIMEDIA ON THE INTERNET, WWW AND NETWORKS" SUMMARY OF CONFERENCE "1995 was the year when the Internet became not just the coolest thing around, but also the most important - as even Microsoft was moved to admit in December"...."Netscape's public offering was to be launched at $14 a share, which was increased to $28, but the price climbed from $45.75 to a peak of $174. Only Microsoft's December announcements - when Bill Gates said his company was really, really serious about the Internet - managed to take it down a peg" (Jack Schofield, Guardian, OnLine, 28 December 1995). The British Computer Society Computer Graphics & Displays Group will hold an international meeting on this theme to take place in the UK, 16-18 April 1996. There is a lot of current interest in tools and techniques for generating, exploring and displaying graphics and multimedia via the network and World Wide Web (WWW). New approaches for accessing, analyzing, and collaborating on 3D graphical information over networks are being developed. Types of data include real-time, dynamic scientific data, 3D objects, and virtual environments. Developments such as VRML and Java allow greater sophistication in the exploitation of the facilities of the Internet and are generating a lot of excitement about the future. Papers have been selected by peer review from those submitted in response to the Call for Papers. Countries represented at the Conference include Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden, UK, and USA. VENUE The National Museum of Photography, Film & Television is close to the University of Bradford and is a collaborator in the Electronic Imaging and Media Communications degree courses run by the University. For further information on the degree courses see URL - http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/eimc/eimc.html and for the University of Bradford, see URL - http://www.brad.ac.uk/bradinfo/bradinfo.html For information on the National Museum of Photography, Film & Television, see URL - http://www.nmsi.ac.uk/nmpft/ It is a national facility with a prime city centre position. It has an IMAX theatre and a Pictureville Cinema. Galleries are devoted to the history, science and art of photography, film and television, and feature special exhibitions, including artists such as Bradford-born David Hockney. The Museum has become a major tourist attraction with nearly 1 million visitors per year. It is a fascinating resource, a Video Reference Library, and is currently planning the migration of current materials into digital form for access over Internet. On Wednesday evening, 17 April, there will be a special showing of an IMAX film to the Conference delegates. The National Museum of Photography Film & Television in Bradford is part of the National Museum of Science and Industry which includes the Science Museum, London. The NMPFT currently has over 3 million objects and images in its care including - The Kodak Museum of Photography, the complete records of the Daily Herald, and has recently acquired a massive collection of UK Television advertisements from the 1950's to the present day. It also houses the only IMAX theatre in the UK. The NMPFT is the most popular Museum outside London and typically has over 3/4 million visitors each year. Future plans of the NMPFT include a new Digital Media Gallery within a planned 4000 sq metre expansion. ACCESS TO THE VENUE Leeds/Bradford Airport is about 9 miles from the venue and has flights to London (Heathrow and Gatwick) as well as the European cities of Paris, Amsterdam, and Brussels. For access by road, the Museum is conveniently placed to motorways and trunk roads. From the M6 and M1, the M62 leads to the M606, within 2 miles of the Museum. City Centre signs lead direct to the Museum. City Centre hotels are conveniently placed close by. EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION RATES Please note the discount Early Bird Registration rate for bookings received by 29 FEBRUARY 1996. PROGRAMME INTERNATIONAL PRE-CONFERENCE COURSE "AN INTRODUCTION TO THE INTERNET, WORLD-WIDE-WEB, AND MULTIMEDIA" Tuesday 16 April 1996, 10.00 - 17.30 Registration 9.30 - 10.00 am LECTURERS: Prof Rae A. Earnshaw (University of Bradford, UK) Mr Brian Kelly (University of Newcastle, UK) Dr Ian Palmer (University of Bradford, UK) Mr Nic Chilton (University of Bradford, UK) Mr Walter Scales (University of Newcastle, UK) VENUE: Electronic Imaging and Media Communications Unit University of Bradford Bradford BD7 1DP UK SUMMARY OF THE COURSE This one-day course will provide an introduction to the Internet and the World Wide Web. The course will provide hands-on access to information resources on the Web, together with the opportunity to create simple HTML documents for the Web. Current developments and initiatives in 3D graphics and multimedia will be outlined and the offerings of Microsoft and Netscape summarised. The course is intended for those new to the field of Internet and World Wide Web and who wish to obtain the basic information needed to understand the state-of-the-art developments and initiatives such as those to be presented and described in the 2-day Conference that follows the Course. The Course will be hosted by Netskills - a national network training project funded under the Electronic Libraries initiative (see the URL http://www.netskills.ac.uk/ for further information) in conjunction with staff from the University of Bradford. SCHEDULE Session 1 10.00 - 11.15 Introduction to Internet and WWW Coffee Session 2 11.30 - 12.45 Finding Information on WWW Lunch Interval Session 3 14.00 - 15.15 Providing Information on WWW Tea Session 4 15.45 - 17.00 Graphics, Multimedia, VRML and Java Session 5 17.00 - 17.30 Questions and Answers INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 17-18 April 1996 National Museum of Photography, Film & Television Pictureville Bradford BD1 1NQ UK INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, WEDNESDAY 17 APRIL 1996 08.00 - 09.30 Registration 09.30 Conference Opens 09.30 - 09.40 Co-Chairs Introduction Opening Welcome from the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bradford, Professor D. J. Johns KEYNOTE LECTURE 09.40 - 10.20 "I See and I Remember" Professor Peter Cochrane (Head of Advanced Applications and Technologies, BT Laboratories, UK) INVITED LECTURE 10.20 - 11.00 "Commercial Publishing on the Internet" Professor Ian Ritchie (Heriot Watt University, UK) 11.00 - 11.20 Coffee 11.20 - 11.50 "Interface Design and Development for the Internet" Dr Bob Jacobson (President and CEO, Worldesign Inc, USA) 11.50 - 12.20 "Developing an Interactive Illustration: Using Java and the Web to make it Worthwhile" Dr J. Beall, Dr A. Doppelt, Prof J. F. Hughes (NSF/ARPA Science and Technology Centre for Computer Graphics, and Brown University, USA) 12.20 - 12.50 "Using Virtual Worlds over Public Networks" Dr S. Whalley (BT Laboratories, UK) 12.50 - 14.00 Lunch Interval (Lunch not provided) INVITED LECTURE 14.00 - 14.40 "The Reality of Virtual TV Studios" Dr Brian Collins (IBM UK Scientific Centre, UK) 14.40 - 15.20 "Information Visualization enables Interaction with Large Datasets via the Internet" Dr M. Jern (Vice-President Technology, AVS/UNIRAS, Denmark) 15.20 - 15.50 "Animating the Web - an SGML-based Approach" Dr A. Eliens and J. R. van Ossenbbruggen (Vrije University, Netherlands) 15.50 - 16.10 Tea 16.10 - 16.40 "Efficient Image Synthesis on Distributed Architectures" D. J. Hancock and Dr R. J. Hubbold (University of Manchester, UK) 16.40 - 17.10 "From Video Sequence to Comic Strip: Summarising Video for Faster WWW Access" P. Macer and Prof P. J. Thomas (University of the West of England, UK) 17.10 - 17.40 "Presence in Absence: Asynchronous Communication in Virtual Environments" J. Morphett (BT Laboratories, UK) 17.40 - 18.10 "Hypermedia Documents: Bridging the Gap between the Internet and CD-ROM" Dr P. S. Ward and R. Browne (IMP Unit, University of Leeds, UK) 18.10 - 18.30 Break, Exhibition, Demonstrations 18.30 - 19.30 SPECIAL IMAX SCREENING FOR CONFERENCE DELEGATES & EXHIBITORS Remainder of the evening free for delegates to discuss/take dinner etc. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, THURSDAY 18 APRIL 1996 08.00 - 09.00 Registration INVITED LECTURE 09.00 - 09.40 "3D Creativity for Web Backgrounds" Prof Harold Thimbleby (Middlesex University, UK) 09.40 - 10.10 "Exploiting ATM Technology in the Implementation of Networked Multimedia Applications" Dr W. Lamotte, Prof F. Van Reeth, Prof E. Flerackers (Digital Media Expertise Centre, Limburgs University, Belgium) and Prof R. A. Earnshaw (University of Bradford, UK) 10.10 - 10.40 "CBL for Graphics: The Use of Java for Tutorials on the Web" Dr I. J. Palmer and Paul Helm (University of Bradford, UK) 10.40 - 11.00 Coffee 11.00 - 11.30 "AMI - The Advanced Multimedia Interface" S. Powers and D. Sheat (BT Laboratories, UK) 11.30 - 12.00 "The Application of Intelligent Agents to the Design of a Home Banking Interface" M. Lynch (HCI Group, AIT Ltd, UK) 12.00 - 12.30 "Accessing the Digital Campus and the Digital Library" Prof P. J. Thomas and J. Tuckett (University of the West of England, UK) 12.30 - 13.00 "Personal Spaces: 3D Spatial Worlds for Information Exploration" Dr J. A. Waterworth (University of Umea, Sweden) 13.00 - 14.00 Lunch Interval (Lunch not included) INVITED LECTURE 14.00 - 14.40 "WEBFORCE - Current Developments and Future Prospects" Mr Mark Hughes (Silicon Graphics Inc, USA) 14.40 - 15.10 "From E-Journal to Me-Journal: a Case Study of the Development of an Online, Personalised, Electronic Journal Support Site" D. Reed and Prof P. J. Thomas (University of the West of England, UK) 15.10 - 15.40 "Publishing in a 3D World: Data Sharing with VRML" Dr J. Walton (NAG Ltd, UK) 15.40 - 16.10 "Using Java and Open Inventor to Rapid Prototype 3D Worlds" J. White, D. Klaphaak, T. Meyer (NASA/ARPA Brown University Graphics Group, USA) CAPSTONE LECTURE 16.10 - 16.40 "Beyond Browsing and Authoring: Future Developments on the Web" Mr B. Kelly (Netskills, University of Newcastle, UK) 16.40 Tea and Depart WHAT IS INCLUDED IN YOUR REGISTRATION Your registration fee includes teas, coffees for the days you register for, but no breakfasts, dinners or overnight accommodation. Lunch is not included but can be obtained at the cafeteria in the Museum (17-18 April) or in the University dining facilities (16 April). In addition, there are many restaurants and cafeterias close by the Museum and the University. Printed Course notes are included for the Course and full Proceedings for the Conference. ACCOMMODATION All delegates are responsible for making their own hotel reservations. The National Museum of Photography, Film & Television is in the city centre of Bradford and close by the University. There are numerous city centre hotels within walking distance including - Stakis Norfolk Gardens Hall Ings Bradford BD1 5SH UK Tel: 01274-734734 Fax: 01274-306146 A reduced rate is available at the above hotel for delegates attending the Conference. Please mention the Conference is at the Museum and University making your reservation, and ask for the reduced rate. Victoria Hotel Bridge Street Bradford BD1 1JX Tel: 01274-728706 Fax: 01274-736358 The Secretariat can supply further hotel details and approximate prices, including lower cost bed and breakfast options in the area. Note that the Pre-Conference Course is held in the Electronic Imaging and Media Communications Unit in the University of Bradford. As the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television (the venue of the Conference, 17-18 April) and the University are close together, the same hotel in the city centre will do for either or both venues. BOOKING Advance registration is required. IN VIEW OF THE TOPICAL NATURE OF THE SUBJECT AND THE LIMITED NUMBER OF PLACES, YOU ARE ADVISED TO APPLY EARLY to avoid disappointment. Delegates can apply for either or both days, but there is a discount for both days. In the event of all places being taken up, priority will be given to delegates requiring both days. Please note that payment (see Booking Form below) should accompany the Booking Form. Alternatively, you can submit a purchase order or ask for an Invoice to be sent to you. Places will be allocated in the order of receipt of payment. There is an EARLY BIRD Booking Rate for bookings and payment received by 29 FEBRUARY 1996. After the 29 February 1996 the normal rates will apply. Cancellations can be accepted only if received in writing not later than 7 days before the Conference, but substitutions can be made at any time. The Committee reserve the right to make programme changes without notice, if required. _________________________________________________________________________ Please note that e-mail bookings cannot be accepted due to the requirement for payment or purchase order to accompany the Booking Form. You should print out this form on your printer and return it with your payment or purchase order by fax or ordinary mail. BOOKING FORM "3D and Multimedia on the Internet, WWW, and Networks" 16-18 April 1996 Please use CAPITAL letters Last Name (Prof/Dr/Mr/Ms etc) ___________________________ First Name ________ Address ________________________________ Town/City ________________________________ Country ________________________________ Post Code ________________________________ Institution ________________________________ E-mail ________________________________ Work Telephone ________________________________ Home Telephone ________________________________ Facsimilie ________________________________ CONFERENCE FEES: Circle applicable rate and enter below Please register me for (you can take any combination of the Conference Days and/or Course Day) - DAY 1 (Course) DAY 2 (Conference) DAY 3 (Conference) Applicable Rate (Circle your requirements - All rates are in pounds sterling (#). 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Payments or purchase orders MUST BE INCLUDED WITH THE BOOKING. Delegates from overseas should purchase a sterling bank draft from their bank. Cheques in foreign currency or Eurocheques will NOT be accepted due to high conversion costs charged on them in the United Kingdom. Please return this Booking Form and Payment (by Airmail if from overseas) to - Conference Secretariat Mrs Winifred Taylor Electronic Imaging and Media Communications Unit University of Bradford BRADFORD BD7 1DP UK Tel: 01274-385463 International: 44-1274-385463 Fax: 01274-383727 International fax: 44-1274-383727 Email: W.M.Taylor@bradford.ac.uk Early application is advised. BCS VAT No: 440 3490 76 (the above fees include VAT at the current rate) _______________________________________________________________________________