EMCSR 2008 Programme

Tue., Mar. 25   9.00 Conference Office on 1st Floor of the Main Building of the University of Vienna opens
10.00 GREAT FESTIVAL HALL

WELCOME
by Prof. Dr. Heinz W. Engl,
Vice-Rector of the University of Vienna

WELCOME
by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schütz,
Rector of the Medical University of Vienna

OFFICIAL OPENING
by the Federal Minister of Science and Research, Dr. Johannes Hahn
and the Federal Minister for Transport, Innovation, and Technology, Werner Faymann

ADDRESS
by the Chairman of the Meeting,
Prof. Dr. Robert Trappl
President, Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies

PLENARY ADDRESS:
LOCATIONAL AWARENESS ON THE INTERNET
Prof. DI Dr. Franz Leberl
Head, Department of Machine Vision and Representation Dean, Faculty of Computer Science Technical University of Graz, Austria

Break for Lunch
14.00-18.00 SYMPOSIA
19.00 OPENING: Exhibition of Cybernetic Art and Design "Pask Present"
Atelier Färbergasse
Färbergasse 6
1010 Vienna
Wed., Mar. 26 9.00 PRESENTATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION FOR SYSTEMS RESEARCH (IFSR) (Room 47)
9.30 ROSS ASHBY MEMORIAL LECTURE OF THE IFSR (Room 47)
MODELS AND SYTEMS FOR KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATION AND CREATION
Prof.Dr. Yoshiteru Nakamori
School of Knowledge Science Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Ishikawa, Japan
11.00-13.00 SYMPOSIA
Break for Lunch
14.00-18.00 SYMPOSIA
Thu., Mar. 27 14.00-17.30 SYMPOSIA
Fri., Mar. 28 9.00 BEST PAPER AWARDS (Room 47)
9.30 PANEL DISCUSSION (Room 47)
BRINGING CYBERNETICS, ART AND DESIGN TOGETHER IN THE NOW.
Moderator: Prof. Ranulph Glanville, CybernEthics Research and The Bartlett, UCL, London, UK
11.00-13.00 SYMPOSIA
Break for Lunch
14.00-16.00 SYMPOSIA
19.00 Participants are kindly invited by the Mayor of Vienna and by the Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies to a Heurigen