ECDVRAT 1998

The Second European Conference on Disability, Virtual Reality and Associated Technologies

10^th to 11^th September 1998 - Mount Billingen, Skövde, Sweden

Conference Organisation

Conference Co-Chairs

• Dr. Jan-Ingvar Lindström, Telia, Hanige, Sweden
• Prof. David Rose, Dept. of Psychology, University of East London, UK

Programme Chair

• Dr. Paul Sharkey, Department of Cybernetics, University of Reading, UK

International Programme Committee

• Dr. David Brown, VIRART, Dept. of Manufacturing Engineering, University of Nottingham, UK.
• Dr. Sylvie Collins, Dept. of Psychology, University of Leeds, UK.
• Mr. Martyn Cooper, Open University, UK.
• Prof. Paolo Dario, Scuola Superiore D. Anna, Pisa, Italy.
• Dr. Alistair Edwards, Dept. Computer Science, University of York, UK.
• Prof. Toshio Fukuda, Dept. of Mechano-Informatics and Systems, Nagoya University, Japan.
• Prof. Ephraim Glinert, Computer Science Dept., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA.
• Prof. John Gray, Dept. of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Salford, UK
• Dr. William Harwin, Dept. of Cybernetics, University of Reading, UK.
• Prof. Jim Hewit, Dept. of Appl. Physics and Electronic & Manuf. Eng., University of Dundee, UK.
• Dr. Javier Ibañez-Guzmán, ESA IGELEC, Saint-Nazaire, France.
• Mr. Magnus Magnusson, University of Karlstad, Sweden
• Dr. Harry Murphy, Centre on Disabilities, California State University, Northridge, USA.
• Dr. Stuart Neilson, Centre for Health and Disability Studies, Brunel University, London, UK.
• Prof. Alan Newell, Applied Computer Studies Division, University of Dundee, UK.
• Dr. Helen Petrie, Dept. of Health and Human Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, UK.
• Dr. Penny Probert, Dept. Engineering Science, University of Oxford, UK
• Mr. Chris Ramsden, Clinical Engineering and Design Systems, Royal Hospital for Neuro-Disability, London, UK.
• Dr. David Roberts, Dept. of Cybernetics, University of Reading, UK.
• Prof. David Rose, Dept. of Psychology, University of East London, UK.
• Mr. Simon Rushton, Dept. of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, UK.
• Dr. Paul Sharkey, Dept. of Cybernetics, University of Reading, UK.
• Dr. John Wann, Dept. Psychology, University of Reading, UK.
• Prof. Kevin Warwick, Dept. of Cybernetics, University of Reading, UK.
• Dr. Paul Wilson, Virtual Reality Research Group, Dept. of Psychology, University of Leicester, UK.
• Dr. Ali Zalzala, Dept. of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, University of Sheffield, UK.

Organisation Committee

ECDVRAT is very grateful to the Organising Committee for Mechatronics '98 through which all local arrangements were organised.