2022 IEEE Future Directions Symposium on Telepresence
09-10 November 2022 – Virtual Event
Videos of the 2022 IEEE Future Directions Symposium are now available on-demand. Access the video recordings.
Decades after it was first used to control operations in hazardous environments and in space, telerobotics, combined with autonomy, is getting ready to significantly impact our lives in major ways. In 1980, MIT Professor and AI pioneer, Marvin Minsky’s words predicted a revolutionary change: “Telepresence is not science fiction. We could have a remote-controlled economy by the twenty-first century if we start planning right now”. While the progression was slower, several recent events, in particular the global pandemic, provided a boost to the ‘tele’ revolution.
From tele-health to tele-education and teleoperation products and applications that will irreversibly change how we work and live, telepresence will have a major impact on quality of life.
After a successful workshop in 2021, IEEE Future Directions Committee followed up with the 2022 Symposium on Telepresence to facilitate research and developments.
Session List
| Day | Time* | Code | Session Title | Chair(s) | POC email |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday 09-Nov. |
12 PM, ET | D1A1 | TeleEducation | Carla Ramirez | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
| 12 PM, ET | D1A2 | Telepresence Technologies and Applications | Nikhil Deshpande and Gunter Nimeyer | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | |
| 2 PM, ET | D1B1 | Ethics, Privacy, and Security | Thomas Sheridan | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | |
| 2 PM, ET | D1B2 | Human Experience and Data Analytics. Entrepreneurship. Societal Impacts | Adrian Stoica | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | |
| Thursday 10-Nov. |
12 PM, ET | D2A | Roadmap towards a Telepresence Society | Jan van Erp | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
| 12 PM, ET | D2A | Parallel Roadmap Session | |||
| 2 PM, ET | D2B1 | Telehealth and Telemedicine | Farokh Atashzar | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | |
| 2 PM, ET | D2B2 | ANA Avatar XPRIZE | David Locke | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
Speakers by Session
D1A1: TeleEducation (Chair: Carla Ramírez)
| SPEAKER NAME | AFFILIATION | PRESENTATION TITLE |
|---|---|---|
| Adrian Adascalitei | Technical University "Gheorghe Asachi," Iași, Romania | Implementation of Blended Teaching and Learning, including Online Laboratories |
| Lorenza Abbate | Politecnico di Torino, Italy | Telepresence Robots for Educational Settings: a Model to Support Virtual Inclusion |
| Agustín Barrera | Grupo Scanda | Augmented Reality in Education |
| Susana Catalina Peña Parás | Tecnológico de Monterrey, México | Global Week at Hall Immersive Room |
| Antonio Negrete Juárez | Tecnológico de Monterrey, México | Academic Experiences in the Metaverse of the Tec Virtual Campus |
| Carla Ramírez | Tecnológico de Monterrey, México | Reflections for the Future in Tele-education |
D1A2: Telepresence Technologies and Applications (Chairs: Nikhil Deshpande and Gunter Nimeyer)
| SPEAKER NAME | AFFILIATION |
|---|---|
| Carlos Vallespi-Gonzalez | Facebook Reality Labs Research, Meta, USA |
| Jeffrey Delmerico / Juan Nieto | Microsoft Mixed Reality and AI Lab, Zürich, Switzerland |
| Carolina Cruz-Neira | University of Central Florida |
D1B1: Ethics, Privacy and Security (Chair: Thomas Sheridan)
| SPEAKER NAME | AFFILIATION | PRESENTATION TITLE |
|---|---|---|
| Peter Hancock | University of Central Florida | Human Factors |
| Dana Yoerger and Allisa Dalpe | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute | Dep Ocean Exploration |
| Woodrow Barfield | University of Washington | Legal Issues |
| Jacob Boyd | Harvard Kennedy School | AI/Digital Policy |
| Thomas Sheridan | MIT | Perils of Telepresence |
D1B2: Human Experience and Data Analytics. Entrepreneurship. Societal Impacts (Chair: Adrian Stoica)
| SPEAKER NAME | AFFILIATION |
|---|---|
| Jeff Linnell | Formant, USA |
| Yaoping Hu | U. Calgary, Canada |
| Tom Gedeon | ANU, Australia |
| Maria Palombini | IEEE, USA |
| Tamas Heidegger | Hungary |
| Tariq Rahim Soomo | Pakistan |
D2A: Roadmap towards a Telepresence Society (Chair: Jan van Erp)
Working groups will be formed at the beginning of the meeting, with registrants to the session.
Some of the confirmed participants include Carla Ramirez, Leila Takayama, Terry Fong, Gunter Niemeyer, Tiago Falk, Adrian Stoica, Farokh Atashzar
D2B1: Telehealth and Telemedicine (Chair: Farokh Atashzar)
| SPEAKER NAME | AFFILIATION |
|---|---|
| Roozbeh Jafari | Texas A&M University |
| Paolo Bonato | Harvard University |
| Sujit Dey | University of California, San Diego |
D2B2: ANA Avatar XPRIZE (Chair: David Locke)
- ANA Avatar XPRIZE Competition Presentation – Summary of the Challenge, including Finals results and data
- Panel #1: ANA Avatar XPRIZE Judge Panel – several Judges, Discussion on the Prize experience and findings
- Panel #2: ANA XPRIZE Winning Team Panel Three of the winning teams from Finals to discuss their experiences. Speakers for this panel are TBD until the winners are announced on Nov. 5th.
For additional information and updates visit: https://ieee-telepresence.org/symposium.html
General Chairs: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and Saeid Nahavandi, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Program Chair: Adrian Stoica, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and Gunter Niemeyer, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
To participate please Register for free at: bit.ly/ieee_telepresence_2022
For additional session information or special requests please email the session chairs. For general information or to be included in the discussions please email Program Chair, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. before November 1st, 2022