Keynote speakers
TUESDAY: Professor Stephen Brewster, University of Glasgow, UK
WEDNESDAY: Peter Alexander, Vice-President, Cisco Worldwide Field Marketing
THURSDAY: Professor Udo Bleimann, Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences, Germany
0930-1030, Tuesday 8th September 2009
Professor Stephen Brewster
Multimodal Interaction Group:
Department of Computing Science
University of Glasgow, UK
'Head up' interaction: can we break our addiction to the screen and
keyboard?
Our interactions with mobile devices are based on techniques developed for
desktop computers in the 1970s such as buttons, sliders, windows and progress
bars. This keynote will look at the possibility of moving away from these
kinds of interactions to ones more suited to mobile devices and their dynamic
contexts of use where users need to be able to look where they are going,
carry shopping bags and hold on to children. A range of multimodal (audio
and tactile) interactions will be presented which can be used eyes and hands
free, and to allow users to interact in a 'head up' way.
Professor Brewster will present some of the work his group has completed on input using pressure, and gestures done with fingers, wrist and head, along with work on output using non-speech audio, 3D sound and tactile displays in applications such as text entry, camera phone interfaces and navigation. He will talk about how they designed these for mobile use and the evaluation techniques developed to assess whether they are effective or not for users on the move.
Biography
Stephen Brewster is Professor of Human-Computer Interaction in the Department of Computing Science at the University of Glasgow, UK. His main research interest is in Multimodal Human-Computer Interaction, sound and haptics and gestures. A significant part of his research has been into Earcons, a particular form of non-speech sounds.
Stephen completed his degree in Computer Science at the University of Herfordshire, UK. After a period in industry, he obtained his PhD from the University of York, UK. He then worked as a research fellow for the European Union as part of the European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics (ERCIM), followed by a period at VTT Information Technology in Helsinki, Finland and finally SINTEF DELAB in Trondheim, Norway. Since 1995 he has led the research group in multimodal HCI at the University of Glasgow. He was recently awarded a 5 year EPSRC Advanced Research Fellowship, allowing him to work full-time on his research.
Home page: http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~stephen/aboutme.shtml
Publications: http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~stephen/publications.shtml
0900-1000, Wednesday 9th September 2009
Peter Alexander
Vice-President, Cisco Worldwide Field Marketing
The Internet in Business: How the Internet and Internet Applications are changing business processes and enabling new business models
The impact of rich Internet applications and Internet-optimized computing technologies will increase as they deliver substantial business benefits while empowering companies to create wholly new kinds of engaging, innovative experiences for customers, partners and employees. This keynote focuses on how B2B markets provide the best path for monetization of these applications by tracing how they transform the business processes of the various functions in an organization, leading to new uses and organizational structures. Mr. Alexander will:
- Compare internet-based businesses with non-internet-based businesses to
show how internet applications reduce costs and increase the value of the
investment
- Show how technologies that use existing budgets vs. new ones provide greater
opportunity
- Explore the issue of commoditization in B2B technologies and show how technologies
reverse these trends and provide ways to innovate, add value and reduce costs
- Look at the impact of these technologies on Cisco’s business, organization
and operations both now and going forward
As viewed from the perspective of an industry user and leader, Mr. Alexander
will challenge developers to look at business processes first, and only then
look at how their new technologies will change them.
Biography
Peter Alexander is Vice President of Worldwide Field Marketing at Cisco Systems, the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet, where he is responsible for global marketing planning and execution. His team is focused on providing scalable execution globally, aligning marketing resources with country execution requirements, and utilizing replicable marketing models, services, engines, and mix to maximize efficiency.
In addition, Peter sits on the Commercial Business Council and the Emerging Markets Business Council, which are cross-functional executive teams responsible for defining strategy as well as coordinated investment and execution in their respective focus areas. The Commercial Council focuses on the global small and mid-market business segments, and the Emerging Markets focuses on over 130 developing countries worldwide that are using technology to drive domestic infrastructure, GDP growth, and global markets participation.
Peter holds a M.B.A degree from U.C. Berkeley’s Haas School of Business and a B.Eng (honors) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Bradford in England.
0900-1000, Thursday 10th September 2009
Professor Udo Bleimann
Managing Director igdv – Center for Advanced Learning:Media and Simulation
Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences
Director aida - Institute of Applied Informatics, Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences
"The Future of Learning and Teaching"
We are living in a 'Knowledge Society', one which has a great impact on Learning and Teaching. Facts and figures are no longer that important!
We all have to learn "how to learn?" and will make use of the ability througout our lives..
We all have to learn "how to adapt to rapidly changing situations?".
We all have to learn "how to solve problems in teams?", which leads to a much greater significance for social skills.
This Keynote tries to find some answers to these and other questions in line with the speaker's research principles of "Learn Your Own Way" and "Learning by Contribution".
Biography
Professor Dr. Udo Bleimann received the Diploma in mathematics (MSc) and a Doctorate in economics (Dr. rer. pol.) from the University of Frankfurt in 1975 and 1981 respectively. He has forty years' experience in academia and industry and has worked as a freelance consultant, managing director, professor and research supervisor to over 500 postgraduate students, giving him a keen insight into the 'lifelong learning' concept. He sits on many influential development committees and editorial panels and is the author, editor, and co-author of numerous publications in books, journals and conference proceedings.
Home page: http://www.fbi.h-da.de/organisation/personen/bleimann-udo
Publications: http://www.fbi.h-da.de/organisation/personen/bleimann-udo/veroeffentlichungen.html
