Max Lemke is Deputy Head of Unit at the European Commission. He will make a presentation of the new research axes in simulation, visualisation, interaction and mixed reality within the EU Framework Programme 7 that will be launched at the end of this year.

Janet H. Murray is Professor and Director of the Graduate Program in Digital Media in the School of Literature, Communication, and Culture at Georgia Tech, U.S.A. An internationally recognized interactive designer, she is the author of Hamlet on the Holodeck: The Future of Narrative in Cyberspace, which has been hailed as the Aristotle's Poetics of the digital age, and translated into six languages. Her current projects include directing an interactive TV prototyping lab and creating a digital edition of Casablanca.

Ernest W. Adams has been a design consultant, lead designer, producer, and software engineer in the game industry since 16 years (including Ubisoft, BullFrog Prod. Ltd.) after 7 years as an engineer in the CAD industry. He wrote two textbooks on game design and game industry and is the author of The Designer’s Notebook, a monthly column on game design for the Gamasutra webzine.

Ernest W. Adams has been a design consultant, lead designer, producer, and software engineer in the game industry since 16 years (including Ubisoft, BullFrog Prod. Ltd.) after 7 years as an engineer in the CAD industry. He wrote two textbooks on game design and game industry and is the author of The Designer’s Notebook, a monthly column on game design for the Gamasutra webzine.

Michitaka Hirose is a professor of systems engineering in the Department of Mechano-Informatics at the University of Tokyo. His research interests include human interface, interactive computer graphics and virtual reality. Hirose received BE, ME and Ph.D. degree from the University of Tokyo in 1977, 1979 and 1982 respectively. He is a member of the ACM, IEEE, SICE and JSME..