The conference is structured around 5 tracks: WEBTEC, which deals with web technology-COMTEC, which covers communications technology-MEDIATEC, which covers multimedia technology-APTEC, which provides an overview of media-integration and ETEC, which covers electronic commerce.
The conference also features special workshops on E-Business, D-TV, Medical Imaging, Facial and Biometric Recognition, Computer Graphics and Cyber Security.

WEBTEC
The WEBTEC conference focuses on new developments with respect to Internet, Intranet, HTML/XML…, and WEB 2.0. Because of the large amount of new tools and developments, scientific papers focusing on this subject should always include references to other ideas and products. If your paper describes a new language or tool, include the theoretical basis, application, and (tested) experiences.
Topics:
Internet Viewers and Programs
* Development and Design Tools for the Web
* Tactical Internet
* Web Programming
* Web Simulation and Animation
* Interactive Web Publishing Tools
* Dynamic New Languages and Standards
* Java Security
* CORBA and the Web
* IPV6 (next generation internetprotocol)
Visual Programming Languages
* Advanced Web Authoring and Development Tools
* Visual Web Programming
* Visual HTML - XML , XSL editors
* Applets and Scripting Languages over Networks
3D Web Programs
* 3D Worlds
* Rule Based Programming for 3D Environments (avatars)
* Building Online Communities
* Web 2.0 social software
Video and Audio Streaming on the Web
* Video Telephony, Web Video and Web Conferencing
* Video and Audio Libraries
* Internet telephone networks
AI on the Web
* Intelligent Agents, Knowbots and REBOL Bots
* Worm Programs, Data Mining and MDX, SQL, SQLJ Based Tools
* Mobile Network Agents
* Site Analysis Tools
* Collaborative Filtering
* Intelligent Interactive Characters
* Semantic Web Applications
* Webbased Information Systems
Software for Web-based Business Applications and E-Commerce
* Building Interactive Advertising and Information Interfaces
* Business Objects and Business to Business E-Commerce
* Customer Tracking Tools, E-Commerce Tools & Architectures
* Electronic Cash Transfer Protocols on the Web
* Joint Electronic Payments Initiative
* Internet Open Trading Protocols
* Security and E-Commerce
* Web Based Training and Web Based Networked Simulation
* PC VR Based Training

MEDIATEC
The MEDIATEC conference looks at new developments in multimedia technology. Step by step, multimedia computing becomes more common and more popular. CD-ROM-DVD technology, videoconferencing, and real-time 3-D animation have become widely available for standard hardware platforms. The type of papers we are looking for try to give a theoretical foundation to developments in multimedia hardware and software, if possible comparing different alternatives so that empirical results can form a basis for new standards and choice among alternatives.
Topics:
Multimedia Techniques and Telecommunications
* Real Time Interactive Systems
* Hardware for multimedia storage
* Hardware and networks for multimedia transmission
* CD-Interactive Systems and Online DVD Technology
* Removable Storage Technology
* Multimedia Sensors (RF Tags)
* Intelligent Analysis and Interpretation of Multimedia Data
Multimedia Authoring Tools and Software
* Presentation Tools
* Presentation Software
* Animation /Facial Animation
* Animation Tools
* 3D Authoring Tools, 3D Graphics, 3D Accelerators and Motion Capture
* Video and Audio Editing
* PC-DVD Video Imaging, Editing Techniques and Tools
* Video Compression Techniques and Tools
* Video Accelerators
* Non Linear Video Editing Systems
* Digital Video
* MPEG 5 PC-Video Encoding and Decoding
* (MPEG) Image Compression
* Colour Palette Strategies
* Audio Editing
* Digital Audio Software
* CD Recording Software
* Voice Recognition Systems
* Industrial Applications
* automatic speech recognition
* Software Defined Radio
Multimedia Building Blocks
* Multimedia Databases
* Toolboxes for Moving Graphics
* Productivity Tools
* Multimedia and CORBA

COMTEC
The COMTEC conference covers different types of communication technology utilising both fixed and mobile infrastructures. Of course, this conference must be seen in alliance with the overall theme of the conference: new media that are used on a world-wide basis in relation to information and communication infrastructures.
Topics:
Telecommunications Technologies
* High Speed Interconnects
* Optical Networks and Switching
* Transport Networks
* HSI in Parallel/Distributed Systems
* Message Passing Communication Standards
* Communication Servers and Networks
* Access Networks and Protocols
* Systems and Applications Software
* Clusters and Load Balancing
* Traffic Models and Performance Simulations
* Fault Tolerance, Reliability Models, Performance Studies
and System Validation
Networks
* Quality of Service
* Multicast
* ISDN, Intelligent Networks, LAN-WAN Interconnection, WIFI
* Broadband and Wideband Networks
* Information Super Highways, GRID
* Network Management
* Case Studies on Large Networks Simulation technology
* Network Planning & Management & Software Radio
* Broadband convergence networks (BcN)
Network Security
* Encryption and Coding
* Software Protocols
* Privacy, ID Verification, Authentication, Message Integrity,
Message Non-Repudiation and Security Policies
* Access Control
+ Firewalls
+ Intrusion Detection
* Smart Card Technology
Mobile Communications
* Satellite Services
* WAP compliant Broadband Mobile Communication
* Voice Paging, Mobile Fax, Mobile Video Text
* 3G Networks
* Mobile Networks Planning
* W-CDMA (3rd generation mobile telecommunications)
* Mobile adhoc networks (MANETS)
TV Technology
* CATV, HDTV, 3D TV
* Interactive Video
* DAVIC
* Digital TV
* DMB (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting)
QoS
* QoS in TP Networks
* QoS in ATM Networks
* QoS in Public Networks
* QoS in Mobile Networks
* QoS in Heterogeneous Networks
* QoS Charging

APTEC
The APTEC conference shows how effectiveness and efficiency of individuals and public and private organisations can be improved using telematics, advanced communications, and multimedia technology. Papers in the APTEC conference should present the relation between the type of activity that is supported by new technology and the characteristics of the technology itself. If possible, empirical test results should be included in the paper.
Topics:
Telematics Consumer Applications
* Home Banking
* Video-on-Demand, Video and PC-Gaming
* Video Kiosks
Cooperative Telematics Applications
* Home Shopping
* Teleconsulting
* Teleworking
* Teleprocessing
* Telepresence
* Web Enabled Devices
Tele-Education
* Tele-Teaching
* Multimedia and DVD Technology
* Computer Based Training
* CBT Authoring Software
* Computer Assisted Instruction
* Simulation Based Training
* Interactive Tools
* Tele-Education on the Web
* Case Studies
Integrated Enterprise Software and Groupware
* Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
* VHDL and Verilog Applications
* Product Data Interchange
* Synthetic Environments and Simulation on the Web
* Distributed Simulation (DIS)
* Virtual Reality
* Innovative e-mail applications
* Shared Memory, Shared Screen
* Group Decision Support
* Group Scheduling
* Group Editing
* Video Conferencing and standards
* Desktop Video Conferencing
* Workflow Software
* Putting Interactive Training Online
Telemedicine
* Multimedia
* Real-Time Systems
* Telediagnostic
* Fault Tolerance
* Telemonitoring
* Data Bases
* Case Studies
Ubiquitous computing Applications
* health care
* Pervasive computing
* Video human interaction
* Mediascapes
* Interactive posters
* Electronic tags
* Ambient intelligence
* System architecture and concepts, software and intelligent receptors
* Smart homes and transport (cars,planes, Digital home concept)
* smart surroundings using ubiquitous wireless sensor networks
* self organising digital sensor networks of individual motes
* GPS, active RFID technology
* context aware systems (f.ex SIREN)
* privacy and security from motes, smart sensors to smart dust
Embedded Systems and future product market combinations
* modelling specification and validation of embedded systems
* intelligent clothing and polytronics
* rfid technology
* intelligent products and environments
* active silenced machines (adaptronics)
* simulated environments (reverse engineering)
* man-machine interaction (converging technology)
* security systems (biometric and other dataprocessing techniques
Multimodal communication
*context sensitive sensing
*affective computing
*speech recognition, recognition of facial expressions
*recognition of emotion in text, speech and video
*usability
*engineering experiences

ETEC
The ETEC conference reviews the latest trends and technologies applied in the growing field of electronic commerce. This track will be exclusively dedicated to practical applications in business to business and business to customer environments. E-Commerce provides valuable guidance on reconfiguring the structure and interaction between organisations, businesses, and customers, to create effective new possibilities and to stay ahead of competition, by implementing new advanced information and communications technology. The track focuses on the reality rather than the hype which tends to surround these items. This conference is a unique occasion to find out the key issues and essential facts from case studies and unbiased expert presentations.
. Tele-X
. E-commerce
. Security
. Medical Information Systems
. Challenges of tomorrow and beyond Trust and security: provisions and instruments
. Online availability of public services
. Service survivability and maintainability
. Interoperability of services
. Security in e-democracy (including e-participation and e-voting)
. E-justice (administration and workflow security for legal processes)
. Secure federating information access (from different government and
third party agencies)
. Security and reliability in media integration
. Secure e-government and Identity Management
. Security and reliability of Smart Card System
. Availability and reliability of mobile services
. Data protection and data privacy (e.g. e-health and e-education)
. Intrusion detection and prevention
. Anti-spam legislation and solution
. Public-private- partnerships management
. Role-based management and usage restriction

Special Tracks
Special Track on Knowledge Management and e-Mobility
* Knowledge warehouse
* Knowledge acquisition and datamining
* E-blended learning
* MPEG2 standards in e-mobility

Special Track on In-Car Applications
This track will cover the embedded systems envisaged in
future car design based on multimedia applications.
* Look-Ahead Radar
* Automatic Braking
* Blind Spot Detection
* Steer by Wire
* LEDS
* Lane Departure Warning
* Conversational Voice Recognition
* Drowsiness Sensors
* Cockpit Controllers
* Split Displays
* In-car Entertainment Systems
* Glass Cockpit/HUD Displays
* Smart Navigation
* Networking
* Integrated Sensors

Special Track on Facial Recognition or Non Verbal Communication
Facial expressions play an important role in human communication. We are able to read emotions from human faces. Turn taking in human dialogues can be regulated by facial expressions. There is an ongoing discussion about the universal character of emotions. Psychologist P. Ekman claims that there are 6 universal emotions corresponding with unique facial expressions: happiness, sadness, disgust, anger, fear and surprise. But there are much more emotions, which can be conveyed by facial expressions, way of speaking, gestures and other body language. For many years researchers have been involved in the automatic recognition and generation of emotions. There are systems which are
able to read faces and analyze speech signals to recognize emotions.
Researchers have developed “talking faces” which are able to show facial expressions and to speak with appropriate emotions. At this moment here robots and avatars which are able to display emotions and are able to recognize emotion.
The goal of the session/track is to invite researchers to present papers in the area of non verbal communication.

Special Track on Virtual Reality 2.0 Applications
This track will cover Virtual Reality 2.0 Applications using Motion
Capture Technology in
* Advertising
* Healthcare
* Market research
* Auto Safety
* Mobile Phones
* Security

Workshops
e-business information management or e-BIM
Information is a strategic resource in every organisation. In Business Information Management (BIM) we focus on the continuous improvement of the quality of the information, that is intrinsic in business processes and is supporting management decisionmaking.
In e-Business Information Management (e-BIM) internet based information modelling analyzing and presentation is a hot issue and is part of a company’s competitivity.
Themes:
* e-business, e-marketing, e-services
* business process modelling
* management information systems
* content management
* business intelligence
* management reporting
* e-learning
Organised by Jeanne Schreurs, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium

Medical Imaging Systems
In recent years, extensive research has been performed to develop more and more efficient and powerful medical imaging systems. Such systems are crucial for medical specialists, allowing a deeper analysis and to understand what is going inside the human body, and therefore they play an essential role for adequate medical diagnosis and treatments.
To accomplish efficient and powerful medical imaging systems, many research works have being done in many domains, like the ones related with medical image devices, signal processing, image processing and analysis, biomechanical simulation and data visualization.
The main goal of the Workshop “Medical Imaging Systems” is to bring together researchers involved in the related domains, in order to set the major lines of development for the near future.
Therefore, the proposed Workshop will consist of researchers representing various fields related to Medical Devices, Signal Processing, Computational Vision, Computer Graphics, Computational Mechanics, Scientific Visualization, Mathematics and Medical Imaging. The Workshop endeavors to contribute to obtain better solutions for more efficient and powerful medical imaging systems, and attempts to establish a bridge between clinicians and researchers from these diverse fields.
The proposed Workshop will cover topics related with medical imaging systems, such as:
€ image acquisition
€ signal processing
€ image processing and analysis
€ modelling and simulation
€ computer aided diagnosis
€ surgery, therapy, and treatment
€ computational bioimaging and visualization
€ software development
€ virtual reality
€ telemedicine systems and their applications
Organised by Joao Tavares of the University of Porto, Portugal

D-TV Workshop
3rd Workshop on Digital Television & Digital Special Interest Channels at the Euromedia 2009 - From Realisable Visions to Feasible and Sustainable Applications.
Scope:
In contrast to traditional TV DTV is a telecommunication system for broadcasting and receiving moving pictures and sound by means of digital signals. It uses digitally compressed modulation data, which requires decoding by a specially designed television set or a standard receiver (set-top box) as well as via PC-TV based on ADLS (VDSL). Digital Television has several advantages regarding technically as well as content and programme related aspects. One of the most significant is the use of a smaller channel bandwidth. This frees up space for more digital channels, other non-television services such as pay-multimedia services and the generation of new revenue models based on interactive advertisement and marketing features. Furthermore there are special services such as multicasting (more than one programme on the same channel), electronic programme guides and interactivity providing a wider range of application.
Accordingly within the last year a growing up of specialised digital TV channels (Special Interest Channels) has to be observed European wide. This new growing up stream is mainly characterised by the phenomena of merging television (TV) and information technology (IT) know how, methods and techniques.
In this context the workshop targets to show up the development in both directions: the technically aspects as well as the content and programme issues. It provides a presentation and discussion platform for exchanging experiences made within the establishment as well as the maintenance of digital special interest channels. Main focus will be to point out the interdependencies and the mutual influences of technically streams and content respectively service related issues.
Topics:
* Broadband Television
* Interactive Television
* IPTV - Web-TV
* DVB-H, DVB-T, DVB-S, DVB-C
* MHP & Interactive Television
* Set-Top-Boxes
* Full Digital Production Chain Management
* Digital-Video-Journalism
* DMB (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting)
* FreeTV & PayTV
* Interactive Video
* Interactive Advertising Formats
* Event Oriented Interview Formats
* Event Driven Program Schemes & Formats
* Mobile Content
* Cross-Format Content & Knowledge Pooling
* Cross-Media Content Production & Distribution
* Indexing and Retrieval of Digital Content
* Semantically Enrichment of Digital Content
* Security & Digital Rights Management (DRM)
* Watermarking & Copyrights & Protection
* Cross-platform productions on TV Media-Convergence
* Peer-to-peer Grid TV Applications
Organised by Hasn-Joachim Nern, DT-TV

Cybersecurity
Access Control, Applications of Cryptography, Attacks and Viral Software, Authentication and Authorization, Biometrics and Applications, Critical ICT Resources Protection, Data and System Integrity, Data Protection, Ethics, Digital Content Security, Identity Management, Information Hiding, Information Warfare, Internet and Web Security, Intrusion Detection, Peer-to-Peer Security, Privacy Enhancing Technologies, Risk Analysis and Management, Secure Electronic Voting, Secure Sensor Networks, Secure Systems Development, Security Architectures, Security Economics, Security Education, Security Management, Security Metrics, Smart Cards, SPAM, SPIT, SPIM, Trust Management and Models
Computer Graphics Applications

TUTORIALS
Tutorials can be proposed in the following three categories:
T1- Introductory tutorials
T2- State of the Art Tutorials
T3- Software and Modelware Tutorials
Tutorial proposals should be emailed to Philippe.Geril@eurosis.org

POSTER SESSION
The poster session only features work in progress. Next to the actual poster presentation, these submissions also feature as short papers in the Proceedings.

STUDENTS SESSION
This session is for students who want to present their work in progress or part of their doctoral thesis as a paper. Student papers are denoted by the fact that only the name of the student appears on the paper as an author. They are published as short papers in the Proceedings.

DIVERSE ACTIVITIES
For demonstrations or video sessions, please contact EUROSIS. Special session will be set up for vendor presentations in coordination with the scientific program. User Group meetings for simulation languages and tools can be organised the day before the conference. If you would like to arrange a meeting, please contact the Conference Chairs. We will be happy to provide a meeting room and other necessary equipment.

Exhibition
There will be a special exhibition section for universities and non-profit organisations, and a special section for publishers and commercial stands.
If you would like to take part in this exhibition please contact the
EUROSIS for a full price schedule and stand layout.

Deadlines and Requirements
DECEMBER 15, 2008 (EARLY BIRD SUBMISSION)
JANUARY 20, 2009 (SUBMISSION DATE)
FEBRUARY 5, 2009 (LATE SUBMISSION)
Notification of acceptance or rejection will be sent in the period
FEBRUARY 15, 2009
Camera-Ready Copies:
MARCH 25, 2009
All EUROSIS Proceedings are indexed by ISI-THOMSON and INSPEC

As this event is being held in Belgium, our home country, we are required to add on a 21% VAT surcharge. In order for you to get a VAT refund, have your registration paid by your university, institute or company as they have a VAT number. If you prepay personally it is possible you cannot reclaim the VAT. All prices below are without VAT.

REGISTRATION FEES
Registration Authors EUROSIS Other
Fees Members Participants
Pre-Reg
before 495 Euro 495 Euro 555 Euro
March 25, 2009
Reg after Pre-
March 25, 2009 registration 535 Euro 595 Euro
Required
Registration fees should preferably be paid in EUROs, but can
also be paid in the equivalent amount of US$.. Payment is possible
by Creditcard The registration fee includes one copy of the Conference Proceedings, coffee and tea during the breaks, all lunches, a welcome cocktail, the conference dinner and conference visit.
Author Registration
Authors are expected to register early (at a reduced fee) and to attend the conference at their own expense to present the accepted papers.
Without early registration and payment, the paper will not be published in the Conference Proceedings. Each registration covers one presentation.

PAPER SUBMISSION TYPES
FULL PAPER (including abstract, conclusions, diagrams, references, at least five pages, double column)
During review, the submitted full papers can be accepted as a regular 5 page paper. If excellent, full papers can be accepted by the program committee as an extended (8-page) paper. Each submission will be reviewed by at least three members of the International Program Committee.
EXTENDED ABSTRACT (at least five pages, single column)
Participants may also submit a 5 page extended abstract for a regular (5 pages) or short (3 pages) paper or poster, which will be reviewed by the International Program Committee. All accepted papers will be published in the EUROMEDIA’2009 Conference Proceedings.
SHORT ABSTRACT (at least three pages)
Participants may also submit a 3 page abstract for a short paper or poster, which will be reviewed by the International Program Committee. All accepted papers will be published in the EUROMEDIA’2009 Conference Proceedings.
ONE PAGE ABSTRACTS ARE NOT ACCEPTED.

Refereeing and Camera-ready papers
The notification of acceptance or rejection, in combination with suggestions to improve the paper, will be sent by FEBRUARY 15, 2009.
Along with the notification of acceptance, an author kit with complete instructions for preparing a camera-ready copy for the Proceedings will be sent to authors of accepted abstracts or drafts. The camera-ready copy of the papers must be in by MARCH 20, 2009. In order to guarantee a high-quality conference, the camera-ready papers will be checked as well, to check see the suggestions of the program committee have been incorporated.

VENUE
The EUROMEDIA 2009 will be co-located with the FUBUTEC 2009/ECEC 2009 conferences. Paying registration for either one of the conferences allows you to visit sessions from all three conferences.
The conference itself is held in the beautiful Medieval city of Bruges (an UNESCO
Heritage site) known as the Venice of the North.
http://www.brugge.be
http://foto.brugge.be/slides/slides.htm
All conferences are co-located at the Novotel Brugge Centrum.
http://www.novotel.com/gb/hotel-1033-novotel-brugge-centrum/index.shtml
which is located in the very heart of the historic city of Bruges.

CONFERENCE VISIT
A visit will be envisaged to a company relevant to the conference.
In this case it will be New Holland in Zedelgem, just outside Bruges.
http://www.cnh.com/wps/portal/cnhportal
The conference dinner will be held at the Huisbrouwerij Halve Maan
http://www.halvemaan.be/
While a reception will be given on Wednesday the 15th of April at
the Town Hall of Bruges.