CyberTherapy 2005

CyberTherapy 2005

A Decade of VR
Ramada Plaza Basel
Hotel and Conference Center, Messeplatz 12 CH-4058 Basel

Conference Organizers | Awards | Presentations in pdf

Conference at a Glance | Workshops | Symposia

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Conference Organizers:

Alex H. Bullinger, M.D., MBA
Conference Co-Chair
Center of Applied Technologies in Neuroscience
(COAT-Basel)

Brenda K. Wiederhold, Ph.D., MBA, BCIA
Conference Co-Chair
Interactive Media Institute
Virtual Reality Medical Center

Scientific Committee Chairs:

Cristina Botella, Ph.D.
Universitat Jaume I

Giuseppe Riva, Ph.D.
Istituto Auxologico Italiano

Albert “Skip” Rizzo, Ph.D.
University of Southern California

Work-Shop Committee Chair:

Stéphane Bouchard, Ph.D.
Universite du Quebec en Outavais

Committee Members Program Committee:
Mariano Alcaniz Raya, Ph.D.
Technical University of Valencia

Maria Teresa Arredondo-Waldmeyer, Ph.D.
Universidad Politecnica de Madrid

Dr. Evangelos D. Bekiaris
Centre for Research and Technology Hellas

J. Galen Buckwalter, Ph.D.
eHarmony.com

Maria Cabrera, Senior Research Fellow
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.

Joann Difede, Ph.D.
Weill Cornell Medical Center

Walter Greenleaf, Ph.D.
Greenleaf Medical

Hunter Hoffman, Ph.D.
University of Washington

Kay Howell
Federation of American Scientists

Ashfaq Ishaq, Ph.D., FRSA
International Child Art Foundation

Sun I. Kim, Ph.D.
Hanyang University

Harvey Magee
Telemedicine & Adv Tech Research Center (TATRC)

Fabrizia Mantovani, Ph.D.
Istituto Auxologico Italiano

Greg T. Mogel, M.D.
Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center West

Maressa H. Orzack, Ph.D.
Computer Addiction Clinic

David Rose, Ph.D.
University of East London

James “Butch” Rosser, M.D.
Beth Israel Medical Center

Richard Satava, M.D., FACS
University of Washington

Ben Sawyer
Serious Games Initiative

Elmar Schmeisser, Ph.D.
US Army Research Office

Susan Schneider, Ph.D., R.N., AOCN
Duke University

Professor Paul Sharkey
The University of Reading

Russell Shilling, Ph.D.
Office of Naval Research

Gregoris Simos, M.D., Ph.D.
Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki

Heidi Sveistrup, Ph.D.
University of Ottawa

Ioannis Tarnanas, Ph.D.
Aristotle University of Thessalonica

Cheryl Trepagnier, Ph.D.
The Catholic University of America

Erik Viirre, M.D., Ph.D.
University of California, San Diego

David Walshe, Ph.D.
University College Cork

Patrice (Tamar) Weiss, Ph.D.
University of Haifa

Mark D. Wiederhold, M.D., Ph.D., FACP
Virtual Reality Medical Center

Christine Youngblut, Ph.D.
Institute for Defense Analyses

Awards

CyberTherapy 2005 in Basel (Switzerland):

1st Excellence in Research Award:
Stéphane Bouchard, Université du Québec en Outaouais (Canada)

2nd New Investigator Award:
Sophie Côté, Ottawa University (Canada)

Best poster (no particular order):
-Belinda Lange, University of South Australia (Australia)
-Julie St-Jacques, Université du Québec à Montréal (Canada)
-Alessandra Preziosa, Istituto Auxologico Italiano (Italy)

CyberTherapy 2004 in San Diego (USA):

1st New Investigator Award:
Patrick Bordnick, University of Georgia (USA)

Presentations in (.zip format)

Alcaniz
Banos
Banos 2
Barak
Barak, Factors Related to Success of Helping Highly Distress
Botella
Bouchard
Bouchard 2
Brosnan
Cabrera
Côte
Coyle
Cuevas
Dumoulin
Fernandez
Folen
Freund
Gaggioli
Gaia
Galimberti
Galimberti 2
Gamito
Garcia-Palacios
Graham
Guittirez
Howell
Ishaq
Jang
Josman
Kaufmann
Kim, Kwanguk
Kim,Jaehun
Klinger
Kumar
Lange
Lee
Lentziou
Lentziou, The Overall Architecture of the ISLANDS System- to
Lewis
Magee
Mager
Matthews
McGarvey
Miyahira
Miyahira 2
Moustakas
Moustakas 2
Mühlberger
Parsons
Parsons, Kerr
Parsons, Use, Understanding and Learning in Virtual Environment
Penn
Penzel
Preziosa
Renaud
Riva
Rizzo
Rizzo 2
Robillard
Satava
Sawyer
Stefani
Tarnanas
Tettegah,Neville
Trepagnier
Tse
Urru
Vera
Villani
Weiss
Weiss, Josman
Wiederhold
Wiederhold 2
Wolter

Conference at a glance

MONDAY, June 6, 2005

Pre-conference Workshops

Workshop Chair: Stéphane Bouchard PhD

Morning:

Workshop #1:
Basic Issues about Virtual Reality and its Clinical Applications

Workshop #2:
Virtual Reality and Pain Reduction

Afternoon:

Workshop #3:
Virtual Reality and the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders

Workshop #4:
Virtual Reality and the Treatment of Eating and body-image Disorders

Workshop #5:
VR and Neurological Assessment/Rehabilitation
TUESDAY, June 7, 2005

9-9:10 Welcome
Alex H. Bullinger, MD, MBA

9:10-9:20 Welcome
Brenda K. Wiederhold, PhD, MBA

9:20-10:20 Keynote
Prof. Dr.-Ing.Hans-Jörg Bullinger

10:20-10:50 BREAK

10:50-11:50 Keynote
Greg T. Mogel, MD

Anxiety Disorders

Session Chairs: Brenda K. Wiederhold, PhD, MBA & Alex H. Bullinger, MD, MBA

13:30 – 15:00 Oral Presentations

15:00 – 15:30 BREAK

Physiological Measurements and Imaging during VR

Session Chairs: Alex H. Bullinger, MD, MBA & Brenda K. Wiederhold, PhD, MBA

15:30 – 17:00 Oral Presentations
WEDNESDAY, June 8, 2005

Addictions

Session Chair: Nathan Appel, PhD

9:30 – 10:30 Oral Presentations

Robotics

Session Chair: Richard Satava, MD, FACS

9:30 – 10:30 Oral Presentations

10:30 – 11:00 BREAK

Eating Disorders and Obesity

Session Chair: Giuseppe Riva, PhD

11:00 – 12:00 Oral Presentations

Neuropsychological Assessment, Rehabilitation and Disabilities

Session Chairs: Paul Sharkey, PhD & Albert “Skip” Rizzo, PhD

11:00 – 12:00 Oral Presentations

12:00 – 13:30 LUNCH

Training

Session Chair: Jean-Louis Belard, MD

13:30 – 15:00 Oral Presentations

Videogames for Health Applications

Session Chair: Ben Sawyer

13:30 – 15:00 Oral Presentations

15:00 – 15:30 BREAK

Pain and Pathological Grief

Session Chair: Dave Thomas, PhD

15:30 – 17:00 Oral Presentations

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Session Chairs: Russell Shilling, PhD & Gerhard Dammann, MD

15:30 – 17:00 Oral Presentations

18:00 Poster Reception

19:00 AWARD CEREMONY

– CRC-Clinical Cyberpsychology New Investigator Award

– Student Poster Awards
THURSDAY, June 9, 2005

Autism

Session Chairs: Cheryl Trepagnier, PhD & Sarah Parsons, PhD

9:30 – 10:30 Oral Presentations

Integrated System for Long Distance Psychiatric Assistance and Non-conventional Distributes Health Services

Session Chairs: Maria Fernanda Cabrera, PhD & Angelos Amditis, PhD

9:30 – 10:30 Oral Presentations

10:30 – 11:00 BREAK

Virtual Reality and Schizophrenia

Session Chairs: Sun I. Kim, PhD & Jae Jin Kim, MD

11:00 – 12:00 Oral Presentations

Virtual Therapies: Case Studies and Clinical Application Examples

Session Chair: Cristina Botella, PhD

11:00 – 12:00 Oral Presentations

12:00 – 13:30 LUNCH

E-Health

Session Chairs: Maria Teresa Arredondo-Waldmeyer, PhD & Ulrich Meise, MD

13:30 – 15:00 Oral Presentations

Rehabilitation of the Future/ Prosthetics

Session Chairs: Richard Satava, MD, FACS & Mark D. Wiederhold, MD, PhD, FACP

13:30 – 15:00 Oral Presentations

15:00 – 15:30 BREAK

Education

Session Chair: Kay Howell, MBA

15:30 – 17:00 Oral Presentations

Presence

Session Chairs: Stéphane Bouchard, PhD & Christine Youngblut, PhD

15:30 – 17:00 Oral Presentations

17:30 Cyberarium
FRIDAY, June 10, 2005

Adaptive Displays

Session Chair: Elmar Schmeisser, PhD

8:30 – 10:30 Oral Presentations

Next Generation VR

Session Chairs: Alex H. Bullinger, MD, MBA & Angelos Amditis, PhD

11:00 – 12:00 Oral Presentations

12:00 – 13:00 LUNCH

13:00 AWARD CEREMONY

 

Workshops

We are excited to announce that IMI is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. IMI maintains responsibility for the program.

By attending our entire 2005 CyberTherapy Conference from June 7th through June 10th 2005, you can earn 20 continuing education (CE) credits.
We will also be offering workshop sessions in the morning and afternoon of June 6th, 2005. You can earn 3 credits for each workshop that you attend.

Workshop participants are not required to attend the CyberTherapy conference or visa versa.
Disclaimer: To register to receive CE credits please just follow the instructions of the regular “registration” link found on this website. Note that you will be charged an additional one-time $35 US (regardless of how many workshops/symposia you attend) processing fee.

Pre-Conference Workshops

Workshop Chair: Stéphane Bouchard, PhD

MONDAY, June 6, 2005

Morning

Workshop #1:

Basic Issues about Virtual Reality and its Clinical Applications

Stéphane Bouchard, PhD & Évelyne Klinger, PhD candidate

Aim: This introduction workshop presents concepts that are essentials to understand if one is interested in using virtual reality in clinical applications, such as: what is virtual reality, what kind of equipment is involved, what is the feeling of presence, what is cybersickness and how to prevent it, how to get or create virtual environments, etc. Practical guidelines will be offered to conduct safer virtual immersions. It is highly recommended for people who are new to the field of virtual reality. These information will not be introduced in the more advanced workshops presented during the afternoon.

 

Workshop #2:

Virtual Reality and Pain Reduction

Hunter Hoffman, PhD, Brenda K. Wiederhold, PhD, MBA, Bertus Faber, PhD, Sam Sharar, MD, Gretchen Carrougher, RN, Sarah Miyahira, PhD, Dave Patterson, MD

Aim: One fascinating application of virtual reality is to control or reduce pain. The presenters will present the empirical evidences showing the potential of virtual reality to distract people from their acute pain. Studies presented will address a wide range of applications, from severe burn pain to dental procedures. The mechanisms leading to pain reduction and some potential moderating variables will be discussed. How to use virtual reality to reduce pain will be illustrated with practical examples.

 

Afternoon

Workshop #3:

Virtual Reality and the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders

Brenda K. Wiederhold, PhD, MBA, Stéphane Bouchard, PhD & Cristina Botella, PhD

Aim: The key therapeutic ingredient in the treatment of anxiety disorders is called exposure and it consists essentially in facing the feared situation. Exposure has been integrated in more sophisticated treatment packages that are now considered among the few really effective treatment of mental disorders such as specific phobias, social anxiety, post-traumatic stress-disorder or panic disorder with agoraphobia. Empirical studies are showing more and more convincingly that virtual reality can be used to conduct xposure. In addition to review the literature on this form of therapy, treatment packages will be presented and tips to conduct effective exposure will be provided.

 

Workshop #4:

Virtual Reality and the Treatment of Eating and body-image Disorders

Giuseppe Riva, PhD & Rosa-Maria Banos, PhD

Aim: The studies that have looked at the efficacy of using virtual reality in the treatment of eating disorders and body-image problems have shown its strong potential. This technology allows the therapist to immerse the patient in virtual environments where its body-image can be confronted and more adaptive eating behaviour can be practice. It is a strong adjunct to traditional therapy, where avoiding relapse is a serious problem that can hardly be solved without virtual reality. A few empirical studies will be described, followed by a detailed presentation of two different treatment protocols.

 

Workshop #5:

VR and Neurological Assessment/Rehabilitation

Albert “Skip” Rizzo, PhD & Tamar Weiss, PhD

Aim: Neuropsychological assessment usually suffers from ecological validity problems where tests being used rarely correspond to real-life situations. By reproducing physical reality in a standard and replicable fashion, virtual reality allows to assess neuropsychological disorders in ways that are now considered more clinically valid and probably more precise. Cognitive and physical rehabilitation can also benefit from ecologically valid virtual environments. But the advantages of offering more enticing rehabilitation exercises is a strong asset of this technology. The two presenters will survey the vast number of neuropsychological and rehab applications, along with their strengths and limitations. Interactions with the workshop leaders and audio-visual presentations will allow the audience to benefit from concrete clinical examples.

Symposia

TUESDAY, June 7, 2005

9-9:10 Welcome
Alex H. Bullinger, MD, MBA

9:10-9:20 Welcome
Brenda K. Wiederhold, PhD, MBA

9:20-10:20 Keynote
Prof. Dr.-Ing.Hans-Jörg Bullinger

10:20-10:50 BREAK

10:50-11:50 Keynote
Greg T. Mogel, MD

Anxiety Disorders
Session Chairs: Brenda K. Wiederhold, PhD, MBA & Alex H. Bullinger, MD, MBA

13:30 – 15:00 Oral Presentations

Alex H. Bullinger, MD, MBA
COAT-Basel
“Treating Acrophobia in a Virtual Environment”

Carlo Galimberti, PhD
Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
“Beyond Interfaces: An Integrated Approach to the Ergonomic Analysis of Virtual Environments in Psychotherapy of Anxiety Disorders”

Daniela Vilani, PhD Candidate
Istituto Auxologico Italiano
“Virtual Reality to Reduce Anxiety in Healthy Population: the Relaxation Island”

Azucena Garcia-Palacios, PhD
Universitat Jaume I, Castellon
“Outcome Predictors in Virtual Reality Exposure for the Treatment of Phobias”

Evelyne Klinger, PhD Candidate
LTCI – ENST, Paris
“Virtual Reality Therapy for Social Phobia: its Efficacy through a Control Study”

Brenda K. Wiederhold, PhD, MBA
Interactive Media Institute
Virtual Reality Medical Center
“VR for Blood-Injection-Injury Phobia”

15:00 – 15:30 BREAK

Physiological Measurements and Imaging during VR
Session Chairs: Alex H. Bullinger, MD, MBA & Brenda K. Wiederhold, PhD, MBA

15:30 – 17:00 Oral Presentations

Simon Graham, PhD
Sunnybrook and Women’s College
“An fMRI Study Examining Spatial Navigation through a Virtual Environment: Partial Least Squares Analysis”

Andreas Mühlberger, PhD
University of Würzburg
“Subjective and physiologic reactions of flight phobics during VR exposure and treatment outcome: What adds motion simulation?”

Ralph Mager, MD
COAT-Basel
“Vigilance and Performance Measurements in a Real-Car Based Driving-Simulator”

Patrice Renaud, PhD
University of Quebec, Outaouais
“The Recording of Gazing Responses in Virtual Immersion: a New Clinical Tool to Assess Preferences in Paraphilias”

Thomas Penzel, PhD
Phillips Universitaet
“New Sensor Development for the Detection of Sleepiness in the Work and Traffic Environment and Sleep Laboratories”
WEDNESDAY, June 8, 2005

Addictions
Session Chair: Nathan Appel, PhD
9:30 – 10:30 Oral Presentations

Sarah Miyahira, PhD
Pacific Telehealth & Technology Hui
“VR Addictions Research:  The State of the Field and Promising New Technologies”

Ken Graap, M.Ed.
Virtually Better
“Virtual Reality and Addiction Research: Updates, Status, and Lessons Learned”

Luciano Gamberini, PhD
University of Padova
“Playsafety: Virtual Environments as a Persuasive Tool to Contrast Risky Behaviors in Youth”

10:15-10:30 Addictions Discussion Panel

10:30 – 11:00 BREAK

Robotics
Session Chair: Richard Satava, MD, FACS
9:30 – 10:30 Oral Presentations

Takanori Shibata, PhD
National Institute Advance Science and Technology (AIST)
“A Progress Report of Long-term Robot Assisted Activity at a Health Service Facility for the Aged”

Konstantinos Moustakas, PhD Candidate
Informatics and Telematics Institute/ CERTH
“Haptic Interface for the Performance of a Remote Echography Examination”

Richard Satava, MD, FACS
University of Washington
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
“The Revolution in Healthcare Robotics”

10:30 – 11:00 BREAK

Eating Disorders and Obesity
Session Chair: Giuseppe Riva, PhD
11:00 – 12:00 Oral Presentations

Giuseppe Riva, PhD
Istituto Auxologico Italiano
“Virtual Reality in Eating Disorders and Obesity: State of the Art and Future Directions”

Gian Luca Cesa, MS
Istituto Auxologico Italiano
“Integrated Experiential Therapy for the Treatment of Obesity and Binge Eating Disorder: a Clinical Trial”

Marta Ferrer-Garcia, PhD Candidate
University of Barcelona
“Assessment of Emotional Reactivity Produced by Exposure to Virtual Environments in Patients with Eating Disorder”

Gian Luca Cesa, MS
Istituto Auxologico Italiano
“A New Generation of Virtual Environments for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Eating Disorders”

12:00 – 13:30 LUNCH BREAK

Neuropsychological Assessment, Rehabilitation and Disabilities
Session Chairs: Paul Sharkey, PhD & Albert “Skip” Rizzo, PhD
11:00 – 12:00 Oral Presentations

Tamar Weiss, PhD
University of Haifa
“The Virtual Mall: a Functional Virtual Environment for Stroke Rehabilitation”

Mihaela Ioana Baritz, PhD
University of Transilvania, Brasiv
“The Improvement of the Audio-Video Techniques and Virtual Environment Used for Investigation Methods and Assisted People with Disabilities”

Carlo Galimberti, PhD
Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
“The Domotic Evaluation”

Dimitrios Tzovaras, PhD
Informatics and Telematics Institute/ CERTH
“Haptic Access to Virtual Models of Real Data for Training the Visually Impaired”

12:00 – 13:30 LUNCH BREAK

Training
Session Chair: Jean-Louis Belard, MD
13:30 – 15:00 Oral Presentations

Jaime Sanchez, PhD
University of Chile
“Training Blind Children to Develop Mathematics Skills Through Audio”

Genevieve Robillard, MSc
University of Quebec in Outaouais
“Comparative Study of Immersion Technology for a Virtual Bicycle”

Natalia Fernandez, PhD Candidate
Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
“Motivational Training Tool to Promote Healthy Lifestyle Using Virtual Reality”

Hannes Kaufmann, PhD
Vienna University of Technology
“General Training of Spatial Abilities by Geometry Education in Augmented Reality”

Harvey Magee
Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC)
“A Primer on TATRC’s Medical Modeling & Simulation Portfolio: The Serious Side of Fun”

15:00 – 15:30 BREAK

Videogames for Health Applications
Session Chair: Greg T. Mogel, MD, and Ben Sawyer
13:30 – 15:00 Oral Presentations

David Coyle, PhD Candidate
Trinity College Dublin, MIT-Media Lab
“Adaptable Computer Gaming for Adolescent Psychotherapy”

Albert “Skip” Rizzo, PhD
University of Southern California
“Games for Health: Game-Based Virtual Reality Applications for Mental Disorders & Rehabilitation”

Ben Sawyer
Serious Games Initiative
“Games For Health: Therapy and Beyond”

Eileen, Brosnan, Research Fellow
MediaLab Europe
“Transforming Stories: A Multimedia Tool for Therapeutic Story Building with Children and Adolescents”

Yang Cai, PhD
Carnegie Mellon University
“Gedanken Experiment of Human Dynamics”

Marc Wolter, PhD
RWTH Aachen University
“NeuroMan – a Comprehensive Software System for Neuropsychological Experiments”

15:00 – 15:30 BREAK

Pain and Pathological Grief
Session Chair: Dave Thomas, PhD
15:30 – 17:00 Oral Presentations

Rosa Maria Banos, PhD
Universidad de Valencia
“Using “Traditional” Strategies in a “Virtual World” for the Treatment of Pathological Grief”

Belinda Lange, PhD Candidate
University of South Australia
“The Effectiveness of Virtual Reality in Reducing Pain and Anxiety during Digital Nerve Block”

Mimi Tse, PhD
Hong Kong Polytechnic
“Affective Images: Relieving Chronic Pain and Enhancing Quality of Life for Older Persons”

Azucena Garcia-Palacios, PhD
Universitat Jaume I, Castellon
“Virtual Reality Distraction vs. Post-Hypnotic Analgesic Effects on Thermal Pain Stimulation.”

Dave Thomas, PhD
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
“NIDA’s Virtual Reality Pain Research Program”

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Session Chairs: Russell Shilling, PhD & Gerhard Dammann, MD
15:30 – 17:00 Oral Presentations

Russell Shilling, PhD
Office of Naval Research
“The Office of Naval Research Program in VR Therapy and the Use of “Serious Games” and Entertainment Technologies for Medical Simulation”

Cristina Botella, PhD
Universitat Jaume I, Castellon
“The Treatment of Emotions in a Virtual World. Application in a Case of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder”

Albert “Skip” Rizzo, PhD
University of Southern California
“From Training to Toy to Treatment: Preliminary Results from a VR Therapy Application for Iraq War Military Personnel with Combat-Related PTSD”

JoAnn Difede, PhD
Cornell University
“Virtual Reality Therapy for PTSD Following September 11, 2001”

Pedro Gamito, PhD
Universidade Lusofona
“Virtual War PTSD – a Methodological Approach.”

Naomi Josman, PhD
University of Haifa
“Virtual Reality: Innovative Technology for the Treatment for Victims of Terrorist Bus Bombing with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).”

18:00 POSTER RECEPTION

Carlos De las Cuevas, MD, PhD
University of La Laguna
“Telepsychiatry: Psychiatric Consultation through Videoconference patients’ Perception and Satisfaction”

Stephanie Dumoulin, BSc
University of Quebec, Outaouais
“Potential mechanisms Underlying the Efficacy of VR to Reduce Acute Pain: a Literature Review”

Jaehun Kim, MS
Hanyang University
“Development of VR System to Assess Social Problem Solving Ability for Patient with Schizophrenia”

Jeonghun Ku, PhD
Hanyang University
“Generation and Validation of Dynamic Facial Expression of Avatar”

Jeonghun Ku, PhD
Hanyang University
“Emotional Involvement in Presence during Interacting with Virtual Avatar”

Jeonghun Ku, PhD
Hanyang University
“Development of Avatar for Measuring Human’s Social Emotional Response in Immersive Virtual Environment”

Belinda Lange, PhD Candidate
University of South Australia
“Subjective, Physiological and Adverse Effects of the Virtual Reality ARQuake Game Compared to Watching an Animated Movie in Children Aged 6-17 Years” Belinda Lange, PhD Candidate
University of South Australia
“Virtual Reality as a Distraction Technique for Children during Minor Medical Procedures in a Pediatric Emergency Department”

Jang-Han Lee, PhD
Hanyang University
“Sex differences in Healthy Elderly Adults for Completing 2-Dimensional Hidden Maze and 3-Dimensional Virtual Reality Navigation Learning Tasks”

Elizabeth Lewis, MRC
University College Cork
“Is Video Homework of Benefit When Patients Don’t Respond to VR Therapy for Driving Phobia?”

Elizabeth McGarvey, EdD
University of Virginia
“Interactive Computer Imagining to Facilitate Chemotherapy-Related Alopecia Distress”

Alessandra Preziosa, PhD Candidate
Istituto Auxologico Italiano
“Mobile Narratives to Improve the Quality of Life: an Experimental Research”

Thomas Senn, PhD Candidate
COAT-Basel
“ISLANDS – E – Mental Health – Telepsychiatry”

Takanori Shibata, PhD
National Institute Advance Science and Technology (AIST)
“Neuropsychological Effects of Robot Assisted Therapy for Demented Patients”

Julie St-Jacques, PhD Candidate
University of Quebec, Outaouais
“Clinical Applications of Virtual Reality and Cybersickness”

Efisia Urru, PhD
L’Associazione Medica Italiana per lo Studio della Ipnosi (A.M.I.S.I) “Project IR”
Feryel Znaidi, MA
CNRS UMR 7593
“Towards a Cognitive and Sensorial Model of Presence: A Study in Different Virtual Sensory Conditions”

19:00 AWARD CEREMONY
– CRC-Clinical Cyberpsychology New Investigator Award
– Student Poster Awards
THURSDAY, June 9, 2005

Autism
Session Chairs: Cheryl Trepagnier, PhD & Sarah Parsons, PhD
9:30 – 10:30 Oral Presentations

Cheryl Trepagnier, PhD
The Catholic University
“Virtual Environments to Address Autistic Social Deficits”

Sarah Parsons, PhD
University of Birmingham
“AS Interactive: Development and use of Virtual Environments for Social Skills Training”

Sarah Parsons, PhD
University of Birmingham
“Use, Understanding and Learning in VE by Adolescents with Autistic Spectrum Disorders”

Jang-Han Lee, PhD
Hanyang University
“The Application of a VR-Tangible Interaction System in Sensory Integration Training and Assessment for Children with Autism”

10:30 – 11:00 BREAK

Integrated System for Long Distance Psychiatric Assistance and Non-conventional Distributes Health Services
Session Chairs: Maria Fernanda Cabrera, PhD & Angelos Amditis, PhD
9:30 – 10:30 Oral Presentations

Lentziou Zoi, MD Candidate
Institute of Communications and Computer Systems (ICCS)
“The ISLANDS System: a Modular Non-Conventional E-Mental Health System to Support Services to Remore Areas”

Hubert Sulzenbacher, MD
Medical University, Inssbruck
“Telecommunication in Psychiatry: A Needs Assessment of Different Potential User Groups in the “ISLANDS” Project”

Maria Fernanda Cabrera, PhD
Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
“e-Ment@l He@lth. The ISLANDS Project as a Challenge for the Future”

10:30 – 11:00 BREAK

Virtual Reality and Schizophrenia
Session Chairs: Sun I. Kim, PhD & Jae Jin Kim, MD
11:00 – 12:00 Oral Presentations

Kwanguk Kim, MS
Hanyang University
“Investigation of Social Cue Perception in Schizophrenia using Virtual Reality”

Hee Jeong Jang, BA
Yonsei University
“Investigation of Social Anxiety of Patients with Schizophrenia Using Virtual Avatar”

So Young Kim, BA
Yonsei University
“The Relationship Between Interpersonal Distance and Symptoms of Schizophrenia According to Different Emotional Categories Using Virtual Reality”

Jeonghun Ku, PhD
Hanyang UniversityJeonghun “Relationship between Social Response to Virtual Avatar and Symptom Severity of Patients with Schizophrenia”

12:00 – 13:30 LUNCH BREAK

Virtual Therapies: Case Studies and Clinical Application Examples
Session Chair: Cristina Botella, PhD
11:00 – 12:00 Oral Presentations

Sophie Coté, PhD Candidate
University of Ottowa
“Cognitive Mechanisms Underlying Virtual Reality Exposure’s Efficacy in the Treatment of Arachnophobia”

Sarah Miyahira, PhD
Pacific Telehealth & Technology Hui
“The Maturing of Virtual Reality Research in Behavioral Health: a Meta-Analysis and Review”

Viktoria Simon, MD
Semmelweis University
“Clinical Experiences in Using Virtual Reality (VR) in Psychotherapy”

Raymond Folen, PhD
Tripler Army Medical Center
“Is Virtual Reality Better than Non-Virtual Reality Clinical Applications? A Discussion of Five Studies”

12:00 – 13:30 LUNCH BREAK

E-Health
Session Chairs: Maria Teresa Arredondo-Waldmeyer, PhD & Ulrich Meise, MD
13:30 – 15:00 Oral Presentations

Micheline Allard, PhD Candidate
University of Quebec, Outaouais
“Effectiveness of CBT Delivered Through Videoconferencing and Face-to-Face for Panic”

Mark Matthews, MSc
Trinity College/ MIT-Media Lab
“Wireless Therapy: Mobile Games as a Means of Engaging Adolescent Clients”

Azy Barak, PhD
University of Haifa
“Factors Related To Success of Helping Highly Distresses Individuals Through Emotional Support Online Chat”

Carlos de las Cuevas, MD, PhD
University of La Laguna
“Psychiatric Consultation through Videoconference Clinical Results”

Maria Fernanda Cabrera, PhD
Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
“Open Mobile Platform for Emergency Healthcare Applications”

Enrico Gaia, PhD
Alenia Spazio S.p.A.
“Virtual Technologies for Extreme Environment Effect Mitigation”

15:00 – 15:30 BREAK

Rehabilitation of the Future/ Prosthetics
Session Chairs: Richard Satava, MD, FACS & Mark D. Wiederhold, MD, PhD, FACP
13:30 – 15:00 Oral Presentations

Andrea Gaggioli, PhD
Istituto Auxologico Italiano
“The Virtual Mirror: Mental Practice with Augmented Reality for Post-Stroke Rehabilitation”

Paul Penn, PhD
University of East London
“Virtual Reality in Memory Assessment and Rehabilitation: Progress to Date and Future Potential”

Mark Wiederhold, MD, PhD, FACP
Virtual Reality Medical Center
“Low-Cost Videogame-Based Rehabilitation Therapy”

Richard Satava, MD, FACS
University of Washington
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
“Advanced technologies for Rehabilitation”

15:00 – 15:30 BREAK

Education
Session Chair: Kay Howell, MBA
15:30 – 17:00 Oral Presentations

Kay Howell, MBA
Federation of American Scientists
“Immune Attack: Building Biologically Based Immune System Simulations for Education and Training”

Jang-Han Lee, PhD
Hanyang University
“Spatial Ability and Navigation Learning in a Virtual City”

Sharon Tettegah, PhD
University of Illinois
“Exploring Animated Narrative Vignette Technology To Understand Empathy, Aggression and Racial Ideologies With Middle School Youths”

Eileen Brosnan, Research Fellow
Media Lab Europe
“‘Working Things Out’ A Therapeutic Interactive CD-Rom Containing the Stories of Young People Dealing with Depression and Other Mental Health Problems”

Cecilia Vera, MSc
SIEMENS, S.A
“Wearable System for Automatic Emotion Detection in Extreme Conditions”

Presence
Session Chairs: Stéphane Bouchard, PhD & Christine Youngblut, PhD
15:30 – 17:00 Oral Presentations

Christine Youngblut, PhD
Institute for Defense Analyses
“Presence– Setting the Scene”

Stéphane Bouchard, PhD
University of Quebec, Outaouais
“Reliability and Validity of a Single-Item Measure of Presence in VR”

Ken Graap, M.Ed.
Virtually Better
“The Addition of Scent to Immersive VR Environments in Addiction and Speech Pathology Research”

Wijnand Ijsselsteijn, PhD
Eindhoven University of Technology
“Towards a Neuropsychological Basis of Presence “

Elizabeth Lewis, MRC
University College Cork
“What Aspects of Virtual Environments Makes the Experience “Real” For Agoraphobic Patients?”

Rosa Maria Banos, PhD
Universidad de Valencia
“The Role of Presence and Reality Judgment in Virtual Environments in Clinical Psychology”

17:30 CYBERARIUM
FRIDAY, June 10, 2005

Adaptive Displays
Session Chair: Elmar Schmeisser, PhD
8:30 – 10:00 Oral Presentations

Beau Freund, PhD
U.S. Army Research Institute
“Physiologic Monitoring of Soldiers: Present and Future.”

Ricardo Ron-Angevin, PhD Candidate
Universidad de Malaga
“Development of a Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) Based on Virtual Reality to Improve Training Techniques”

Mariano Alcaniz, PhD
Technical University of Valencia
“Real Time Changing Virtual Environment: A New Tool for Virtual Therapy”

Manfred Krapp, MD, PhD
C.G. Jung-Institute
“The computer as a helpmate for imagination”

Damini Kumar, MSc
University College Dublin
“Wearable kinematic and physiological biofeedback system for movement-based relaxation”

Ioannis Tarnanas, PhD
Kozani University of Applied Science
“Aroused and Immersed: Introducing “Virtual Pain” into an Extreme Team Training Experience”

10:30 – 11:00 BREAK

Next Generation VR
Session Chairs: Alex H. Bullinger, MD, MBA & Angelos Amditis, PhD
11:00 – 12:00 Oral Presentations

Alex H. Bullinger, MD, MBA
COAT-Basel

Mario Doulis, MD, PhD
“Product Design Aspects of Input Devices and Interaction in Virtual Environments of the Future”

Oliver Stefani, Dipl.-Ing. Designer
COAT-Basel
“Next Generation Virtual Reality Systems: Future Challenges”

12:00 – 13:00 LUNCH BREAK

13:00 AWARDS CEREMONY