EMCSR 2010 Programme

Tue., Apr. 6   9.00 Conference Office on 1st Floor of the Main Building of the University of Vienna opens
10.00 GREAT FESTIVAL HALL

WELCOME
by the Representative of the Rector of the University of Vienna Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Klas, Dean, Faculty of Computer Science

OFFICIAL MESSAGE
from the Federal Minister of Science and Research, Prof. Dr. Beatrix Karl

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

PLENARY ADDRESS:
RESEARCH FOR A WORLD IN TRANSITION
Prof. Detlof von Winterfeldt
Director, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria

Break for Lunch
14.00-19.00 SYMPOSIA
Wed., Apr. 7 9.00 PRESENTATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION FOR SYSTEMS RESEARCH (IFSR) (Room 41)
9.30 ROSS ASHBY MEMORIAL LECTURE OF THE IFSR (Room 41)
GRAND CHALLENGES FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE RESEARCH
Prof. Dr. Johann Eder
University of Klagenfurt, Austria
11.00-13.00 SYMPOSIA
Break for Lunch
14.00-19.00 SYMPOSIA
Thu., Apr. 8 14.00-18.30 SYMPOSIA
Fri., Apr. 9 9.00 BEST PAPER AWARDS (Room 41)
9.30 PLENARY ADDRESS (Room 41)
ROBOTIC HELPERS: INTERACTION, INTERFACES AND COMPANIONS IN ASSISTIVE AND THERAPY ROBOTS
Prof. Dr. Kerstin Dautenhahn
Adaptive Systems Research Group, School of Computer Science, The University of Hertfordshire, UK
11.00-13.00 SYMPOSIA
Break for Lunch
14.00-17.00 SYMPOSIA
20.00 Participants are kindly invited by the Mayor of Vienna and by the Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies to a Heurigen