13th AAATE Conference

Budapest, Hungary10 – 13 September 2015

Why Budapest?

• Budapest, a metropolis in the heart of Europe• Conditions available for organisation of a world

congress (hotel, room capacity) • Schengen, easy entry• Easy access

– by plane - Budapest Liszt Ferenc Airport• flights from 64 destinations, Sólyom Hungarian Airways

– by train from >30 cities of Europe • (EuroCity, EuroNight)

• Hungarian Parliament• St Stephen’s Basilica• Buda Castle• Dohány Street Synagogue• Margaret Island• Andrássy Avenue• Heroes’ Square• Danube Promenade• Citadel• City Park – Széchenyi Bath

Budapest highlights

Why in 10-13 September?• AAATE conference usually organised early autumn

• The weather in Hungary in September is usually sunny and warm. Temperatures are usually in the range between 20 and 25 °C during the day

AAATE 2015

Great Elders from the InformationTechnology to Special Education in Hungary

Slogen of the conference:Attracting new areas and building bridges

• Engineers, researchers and users with disabilities • Attracting new areas of this discipline

o experts working on the field of special teaching and therapy training

• Attracting new generations:o doctoral Consortium,o young researchers, o a section for BSc – BA and MSc – MA students

• Attract participants from the surrounding countries, from the East side of the former iron curtain

• Working together and developing a shared and not divided world, a more user friendly, usable IT world

Scientific program

Sessions1. Technology for Motor Limitations2. Information Support to Mobility3. Technology and aspects of Visual

Limitations4. Aspects of Hearing Limitations5. Ambient Assisted Living6. Aging Aspects7. Stroke Aspects8. Technology for Sensory and Cognitive

Limitations9. Aspects of Alternative and

Augmentative Communication10. Healthcare and Rehabilitations11. Users and Technology

12. Design for All13. Education and Training14. Entertainment in Rehabilitation15. Economic Aspects and

Standardisation16. HCI and User Needs17. Accessible Environments18. Assistive Robotics19. Computer Access20. Smart Devices

Scientific program

Day 1

08.00 Registration09.00 Opening of the conference and keynote lecture (plenary) 350 persons 10.30 Coffee break 11.00 Session 1

(5 breakout rooms)12.30 Lunch break 13.30 Session 2

(5 breakout rooms)15.00 Tea break 15.30 Session 3

(5 breakout rooms)17.00 Closing day 1 17.30 Welcome Cocktail18.00 Additional Events SIGs, Board meeting etc.

Day 2

08.30 Registration 09.00 Plenary session with invited

speakers 350 persons 10.30 Coffee break 11.00 Session 4

(5 breakout rooms)12.30 Lunch break 13.30 Session 5

(5 breakout rooms)15.00 Tea break 15.30 Session 6

(5 breakout rooms)17.00 Closing day 2 17.00 Additional events:

AAATE Assembly etc.20.00 Social Event and Banquet

Day 3

08.30 Registration 09.00 Plenary session with invited

speakers 350 persons 10.30 Coffee break 11.00 Session 7

(5 breakout rooms)12.30 Lunch break 13.30 Closing of conference 14 00 Additional events

(upon request) The conference programme will be made available to delegates through a programme book and daily programme notifications will be made available on the conference floor

Provisonal Programme – 10-13 September 2015

Organizers

The organisation of the AAATE 2015 is planned to be done by the members of three Institutes:

• University of Pannonia• John von Neumann Computer Society,• Supporting Organiser:

– BLISS Foundation

University of Pannonia

• The University of Pannonia is the major focal point of research and education in Pannonia, the western part of Hungary.

• The Faculty of Information Technology is one of the five faculties of the University.

• The Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Systems is one of the four Departments of the Faculty.

• Virtual Environment and Imaging Technologies Research Laboratory

• http://en.uni-pannon.hu/index.php/en/

Virtual Environment and Imaging Technologies Research Laboratory

• Colorymetry and lighting technologies

• Multimedia and virtual reality applications for the education of children with special education needs and for rehabilitation of adult persons

• The Laboratory has more than 15 years’ experience in teaching „User intarface design”

• Since 2005 UP is the Hungarian National Contact Centre for EDeAN, in 2009 secretairat manager of EDeAN

• 5 conferences organised in the last 12 years

About John von Neumann Computer Society (NJSZT)

John von Neumann Computer Society (NJSZT) is an NGO devoted to a knowledgebased information society, the leading domestic professional organisation of the science and application of information technology. As a professional forum independent of any institutions, the Society plays a crucial social role in:• the domestic promotion of computer literacy, achieving digital equality;• protection and promotion of the professional-cultural heritage and the values

of the profession;• promotion of computer culture and the newest professional and scientific

information, and• talent development.http://njszt.hu/en

The past of the futureExhibition on ICT History

Further information:http://www.pastofthefuture.com

Organizers

Organising Committee

• The Organising Committee is responsible for the overall arrangements of the conference• Dr. Cecília Sik Lányi, associate professor (chair)• Dr. Rozália Pigler-Lakner, dean• Dr. Ágnes Werner-Stark, head of department• Dr. Ferenc Szabó, assistant professor• Péter Csuti, engineer of information technologies• Dolli Drozdik, proejct assistant

Scientific Advisory Board

• AAATE board members will act as the scientific advisory board of the conference

Professional CongressOrganiser (PCO)• Diamond Congress Ltd.

o Since 1994 in the Hungarian meeting industryo Well trained, multi-lingual teamo Steadily growing PCO

• Diamond Professional Congress Systemo Online registration handling (payments, invoices)o Online abstract handling (submission, review process)

• Serviceso Venue selectiono Printing / mailingo Exhibition managementso Registration arrangemento Financial managemento Hotel services

o Social programso Transportationo On-site services

Selection of References for Diamond Congress Ltd.

• 2001: World Congress on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (380 participants)• 2005: 36th International Symposium on Essential Oils (167 participants)• 2010: FISITA World Automotive Congress (790 participants); 20th General

Meeting of the International Mineralogical Association (1491 participants)• 2009: ITA-AITES World Tunnel Congress (1250 participants); 11th Scientific

Assembly of IAGA (794 participants)• 2011: 36th International Symposium on HPLC (1330 participants); 8th

European Biophysics Congress (830 participants)• 2012: 3rd International Regulatory Workshop on A to Z on Bioequivalence

Bioanalysis, Dissolution and Biosimilarity 2012 (273 participants)• 2013: 32nd Congress of the International Society of Limnology (480 person)• 2013: 44th International Symposium of Essential Oils, Budapest (in progress)• For further references (more than 250 meetings) please visit:

www.diamond-congress.hu

Congress Venue

• Budapest Congress Center with Novotel Hotel City– 17 climatized meeting rooms– Capacity from 10 to 2000 people– Excellent technical equipment and trained staff– Poster area – Exhibition space ~ 4 000 m2

– WiFi

Budapest Congress Center – Floor plan

1 Pátria: 20002a+2b Bartók 300,3 Lehár: 120,7a+7b Liszt 120 persons

Accessibility

• The congress centre is fully accessible with wheel chairs

• The congress centre is easy to use for visually impaired people (braille signs in the elevators, personal assistance by hostesses in each conference floor)

• In the connecting Novotel Hotel City**** accessible rooms are available

• Interpreting to sign language

Accomodations offered by the congress • Venue Hotel – Novotel Budapest City 4****

– Single room 89 € +VAT and city tax

– Double room 100 € +VAT and city tax

– Guaranteed room prices by the venue hotel for 2015!

Accomodation in Budapest

Category Hotels Rooms Beds

5***** 10 2 760 5 2774**** 29 5 156 10 2723*** 72 5 637 11 9942** 12 470 1 2261* 5 187 497pensions, hostels 66 1 354 3 273

Provisional congress fees

• Early full registration fee for members 490 EUR• Early full registration fee for nonmembers 560 EUR• Early speakers' registration fee for members 490 EUR• Early student registration fee for members 350 EUR• Early student registration fee for non-members 400 EUR

Social Program

• Concert in the St. Stephen’s Basilica • included in the registration fee

(sponsored by the Hungarian Convention Bureau)

Congress DinnerEvening excursion to the Puszta

• Hungarian folklore performance and horse show in authentic surrounding

• Dinner will be served at an original Csárda• “Puszta Ötös” coach and five, obstacle driving of

coach and four, several field events of horse-herds: laying, seating of horses, cracking a whip, competition of horse-herds etc.

• After the show a typical Hungarian dinner will be served.

City tours: city of historyFrom Roman times…

…to the fall of communism

Aquincum, Roman settlement

Memorial Park ofCommunist Statues

Monument of the Revolution in 1956

Buda Castle

City of cultural world heritageHeroes Square

Danube panorama

Fishermen’s Bastion

Cultural centre

National Opera

Palace of Arts

Synagogue of Budapest

Museum of Fine Arts

City of baths and spas

See you in Budapest

13th AAATE Conference, 10-13 September 2015