9th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON VIRTUAL REHABILITATION (ICVR) 2011

Event Dates

Mar 04, 2008 - Mar 07, 2008

Location

Barcelona, Spain

Submission Deadline

Oct 20, 2007

Affiliated with the International Society for Virtual Rehabilitation

http://www.isvr.org

Also see: www.rehabweekzurich.com

ICVR is an international conference that provides an overview of novel

technological and clinical developments in the field of virtual reality

and augmented reality applied to rehabilitation. The 2011 conference

will focus on clinical validation studies, low-cost systems, avatars

and tele-rehabilitation. ICVR 2011 will run as part of Rehab Week

Zurich 2011 (www.rehabweekzurich.com) at the ETH Zurich Science City

campus from June 27 – July 1, 2011. Other events include the

International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR, June 29

– July 1) and the International Neurorehabilitation Symposium (INRS,

June 27 – June 29).

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

General Chair: Kynan Eng, Uni. Zurich & ETH Zurich

General Co-Chair: Patrice L. (Tamar) Weiss, Uni. Haifa

Scientific Chair: Daniel Thalmann, EPFL

Scientific Co-Chairs: Emily Keshner, Temple Uni.

Lars Lünenburger, Hocoma AG

Local Chair: Daniel Kiper, Uni. Zurich & ETH Zurich

Local Committee: Pawel Pyk and Michael Villiger, Uni. Zurich & ETH Zurich

Exhibits Chair: Rena De Zanet, Hocoma AG

Workshop & Tutorials Chairs: Belinda Lange, Uni. of Southern California

Karin Brütsch, Uni. Children’s Hospital Zurich

Proceedings Chair: TBA

Finance Chair: David Lawrence, Uni. Zurich and ETH Zurich

Awards Chair: Mindy Levin, McGill Uni.

Web Chair: Hristiyan Kourtev

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM TOPICS

* Motor Rehabilitation

* Brain Computer Interfaces

* Rehabilitation Robotics

* Haptic interfaces

* Novel applications of game consoles

* Psychological and Environmental Rehab.

* Cognitive Rehabilitation

* Tele-rehabilitation

* Vestibular and Balance Rehabilitation

* Regulatory and educational efforts to promote Virtual Rehabilitation

* Sociological, demographic and legal aspects of Virtual Rehabilitation

AWARDS

Best Paper Award

Best Student Paper Award

Best Poster Award

SPECIAL ISSUES

Selected papers will appear in special issues of relevant journals.

REHAB WEEK ZURICH PLENARY SPEAKERS

Olaf Blanke, EPFL

Skip Rizzo, Uni. of Southern California

Tim Lüth, Technical Uni. Munich

Carolee Winstein, Uni. of Southern California

Zev Rymer, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago

Hugh Herr, Massachusetts Inst. of Technology

John Allum, Uni. Hospital Basel

IMPORTANT DATES & CONTACT INFORMATION

Aug. 13, 2010 First call for papers

Jan. 14, 2011 Paper submission deadline

Mar. 04, 2011 Notification of acceptance

Apr. 15, 2011 Camera ready submissions

CONTACT

Dr. Daniel Kiper

Institute of Neuroinformatics, Uni. Zurich & ETH Zurich

kiper@ini.phys.ethz.ch

http://www.rehabweekzurich.com

http://www.virtual-rehab.org

Phone: +41 44 6353052

Fax: +41 44 6353053