April 20, 2009
7th edition of EuroITV this year in Belgium, Zappware's home base
Zappware, the Belgium-based one-stop solution provider for iDTV on multiple TV-platforms, is Gold Sponsor of EuroITV2009 which is this year taking place in the lively town of Leuven (Belgium) on 3, 4 and 5 June 2009.
EuroITV started in 2003 and was held twice in Brighton (UK), and subsequently in Aalberg (Denmark), Athens (Greece), Amsterdam (Netherlands) and Salzburg (Austria).
EuroITV is a forum for professionals from all over the world, who are interested in, work with and do research on all aspects of interactive television (iTV). This annual conference features state-of-the-art academic as well as practitioner's work on different aspects of interactive television, e.g. IPTV, mobile TV, digital content production, entertainment computing, usability and user experience evaluation, changes in technical requirements and infrastructure and future technologies.
This year's conference is on 'Networked TV' and contains:
Three keynote speakers
- The Connected Home redefines the TV experience by Jan Van Bogaert (Alcatel-Lucent)
- The Internet Revolution Will Be Televised by Rich Ezekiel (Yahoo! Connected TV)
- Needs, emotions, experience! by Prof. Dr. Marc Hassenzahl (Folkwang University)
Five tutorials
- User Experience in TV-centric Services: What to consider in the Design and Evaluation?
- Standardized IPTV services in Managed IP Infrastructures
- Ambient Media
- How to create an iDTV campaign (by Zappware)
- Designing and Evaluating the Sociability of Interactive Television
Three workshops
- Think positive - designing and understanding enjoyable interactive media experiences
- Enhancing Social Communication and Belonging by Integrating TV Narrativity and Game-Play
- Defining the Architecture for Next Generation Inclusive Television
A number of full and short paper presentations
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Media, Social and Economic Studies
- Systems and Enabling Technologies
For more details, see the conference programme.
