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ICEC 2003 Progam Schedule
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Thursday, May 8th, 2003 (Day 1)

1:45 pm
to 3:00 pm
Conference Opens - Attendee Registration until 4:15 PM, Carnegie Mellon University Center, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA
3:15 pm
to 4:15 pm
Optional Molley's Trolley tour of Pittsburgh
4:45 pm
to 6:00 pm
Keynote Speaker: Robert Legato, Academy Award winner for Best Visual Effects, Titanic
6:15 pm
to 6:30 pm
Bus transit to the Andy Warhol Museum, 115 Sandusky Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
6:30 pm
to 7:45 pm
Keynote Speaker: Chris Klug, Creative Director, Electronic Arts
7:45 pm
to 9:00 pm

Conference reception at Warhol Museum, pasta & carver stations and substantive hors d'oeuvres

9:15 pm
to 9:30 pm
Return bus transit to conference hotels

Friday, May 9th, 2003 (Day 2)

8:30 am
to 9:00 am

 Coffee/tea/juices, pastries, Danish, and networking in the Carnegie Mellon University Center

9:00 am
to 10:15 am

 Keynote Speaker: Ed Covannon, Eastman Kodak, Rochester, New York

10:30 am
to 11:45 am

Paper Presentation # 1: Creating Engaging Artificial Characters for Games: Penelope Sweetser, Daniel Johnson, Jane Sweetser, Janet Wiles (The University Of Queensland, Australia)

Paper Presentation # 2: Emotional Effects of Shooting Games: “Real” versus “Virtual Actions and Targets: Matthias Rauterberg (Technical University Eindhoven, Netherlands)

Paper Presentation # 3: Toontown Online: Jesse Schell (Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA)

Paper Presentation # 4: How Children Experience Playing Video Games: Jeanne B Funk, Tracie Pasold, Jennifer Baumgardner (University of Toledo, Ohio, USA)

12:00 pm
to 1:30 pm

Lunch (on your own)
and/or
Entertainment Technology Centre Technology Demonstrations

1:45 pm
to 3:00 pm

Paper Presentation # 5: Linking Physical and Virtual Action Spaces to Control Game Flow: Berry Eggen, Loe Fejjs, Peter Peters (Technical University Eindhoven, Netherlands)

Paper Presentation # 6: A Mixed Reality Mystery Game: Jorge Santiago, Luis Romero, Nuno Correia (New University of Lisbon, Portugal)

Paper Presentation # 7: Creating a Level Playing Field: Improving Communication through Improvisational Techniques: Tina Blaine, Brenda Bakker Harger (Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA)
3:15 pm
to 4:15 pm

Paper Presentation # 8: Fitness Computer Game with a Bodily User Interface: Sari Mokka, Antti Vaatanen, Juhani Heinila, Pasi Valkkynen (VTT Information Technology, Finland)

Paper Presentation # 9: Automating the Design of Virtual Worlds using Rational Agents: Mary Lou Maher, Ning Gu, (University Of Sydney, Australia)

Paper Presentation # 10: Applying Mixed Reality to Entertainment: Christopher Stapleton (University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida)

Technology Demonstration 1: Lemur (League of Electronic Musical Urban Robots) Robotic Orchestra: Eric Singer (Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA)

 
4:45 pm
to 6:00 pm
Technology Demonstration 2: Entertainment Technology Centre Technology and Robotics Institute
6:15 pm
to 6:30 pm

Bus transit to the Carnegie Museum of Natural History
or
to the Carnegie Mellon Entertainment Technology Center Multi-Purpose Room in the Pittsburgh Technology Centre (PTC)
6:30 pm
to 7:45 pm

Conference reception at Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pasta/Carver stations and substantive hors d'oeuvres
or
(6:30 pm to 9:00 pm)
“The Game Pitching Session” featuring Jesse Schell and a panel of game design experts. This is a closed section, if interested, please RSVP with Jesse Schell (jns@cs.cmu.edu).
7:45 pm
to 9:00 pm

Keynote Speakers Panel: Transformations in Hollywood: How Technology has Changed the Face of Film, Television, Music, and Sports Entertainment

Keynote Speakers: Barry Frank, Gary Smith, Bob Summer and Bud Yorkin

Saturday, May 10th, 2003 (Day 3)

8:30 am
to 9:00 am

 Coffee/tea/juices, pastries and networking in the Carnegie Mellon University Center

9:00 am
to 10:15 am

 Keynote Speaker: Clark Dodsworth, interactive product development consultant, Editor of Digital Illusion: Entertaining the Future with High Technology

10:30 am
to 11:45 am

Paper Presentation # 11: Artificial Interactive Creatures as Entertainment Agents –an Insight into Robotic Psychology and Robotherapy with Max the Robotic Cat: Alex Libin (Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., USA)

Paper Presentation # 12: Perceived Reality and Media Entertainment: Michael A Shapiro (Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA)

Paper Presentation # 13: Explaining the Enjoyment of Playing Video Games: the Role of Competition: Peter Vorderer, Tilo Hartmann, Christoph Klimmt, (University of Southern California, USA & Hanover University, Germany)

12:00 pm
to 1:30 pm

Lunch (on your own)
and/or
Technology Demonstration 3 at Carnegie Museum of Natural History's EarthTheatre: An Introduction to Sky Skan’s Innovative Display Technology, presented by Steve Savage (Founder & President, Sky Skan Technologies, Nashua, New Hampshire, USA)
1:45 pm
to 3:00 pm

Paper Presentation # 14: 3D Virtual Space Creation System Reflecting User’s Emotion by Interactive Evolution Method: Hiroshi Kaino, Masafumi Hagiwario Universitya (Department of Information and Computer Science, Keio University, Yokohama, Japan)

Paper Presentation # 15: The Magic Window: The Emergent Aesthetics of High Resolution, Large-Scale Video Display: Jim Bizzocchi (Simon Fraser University, Canada)

Paper Presentation # 16: Violent Videogame Effects: Brad Bushman (Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA)
3:15 pm
to 4:15 pm

Paper Presentation #17: Entertainment Computing Goes Retail: How Computers are Transforming the Dynamic of Branding: David Polinchock and Mark Romeo (Brand Experience Laboratory, New York, N.Y.)

Paper Presentation # 18: Interactivity in Ico: From initial involvement through Immersion to Investment: Drew Davidson (Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA, USA)

Paper Presentation # 19: Interactive Storytelling-from AI Experiment to New Media: Marc Cavazza (University of Teeside, United Kingdom)
4:45 pm
to 5:15 pm
Conference Conclusion and Closing Remarks: Donald Marinelli Co-Director, Carnegie Mellon Entertainment Technology Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
5:20 pm
 Bus transit to PNC Park on Pittsburgh's North Shore
6:00pm
to 7:05 pm

Barbeque picnic (hot dogs, baked beans, French fries, potato chips, soda and beer) at the Allegheny Riverfront picnic area of PNC Park, 115 N. Federal Street, Pittsburgh, PA.
7:05 pm
to 10:00 pm

Good seats for the Pittsburgh Pirates versus Arizona Diamondbacks baseball game.

10:15 pm
Return bus transit to conference hotels.