Call for Abstracts: The 14th Annual International CyberTherapy and CyberPsychology Conference

21-23 June 2009, Verbania, Italy.
The 14th Annual International CyberTherapy and CyberPsychology Conference (CT14) brings together researchers, clinicians, policy makers and funding agencies to share and discuss advancements in the growing disciplines of CyberTherapy & CyberPsychology. The conference will seek input from a wider segment of the scientific community, and is interested in attracting experts in clinical therapy and rehabilitation, cognitive sciences, social sciences, and computer sciences interested in the meeting's core topics: emerging applications of new media, design of new media and effects of new media.

There is also an interest in continuing to design, evaluate and apply cutting edge technologies such as Ambient Intelligence, Augmented and Mixed Reality, Avatars, Shared Virtual Worlds, Video Game Virtual Reality (VGVR), Web 2.0 and 3.0, 3G and 4G mobile phones.

Conference attendees have the opportunity to play a role in designing the future of cyberpsychology and health care.

Oral presentations, posters and symposiums are sought in the following areas (abstract submission on http://www.e-therapy.info), but are not limited to:

  • Adaptive Displays
  • Addictions
  • Advanced user interfaces
  • Ambient Intelligence
  • Anxiety disorders
  • Augmented reality
  • Autism
  • Avatars and autonomous agents
  • Brain Computer Interfaces
  • Cognitive assessment
  • Cyberaddiction
  • Cyberbullying
  • Cybersickness
  • Distance Learning and learning communities
  • Eating disorders, obesity and body image disturbances
  • Education
  • Haptics
  • Internet
  • Internet Addiction
  • Mobile Computing
  • Mobile Phones
  • Motor Rehabilitation
  • Multiplayer on-line games
  • Neuropsychological assessment
  • Pain reduction
  • Physiological measurement and imaging during immersion in VR
  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
  • Presence
  • Psychotherapy
  • Rehabilitation
  • Robotics
  • Schizophrenia
  • Science 2.0
  • Serious Gaming
  • Social Networking
  • Telehealth and videoconferencing
  • Training
  • Videogame applications
  • Virtual reality applications
  • Web 2.0

Submission and Registration Deadlines:
January 15th, 2009: Oral, Poster, and Symposia abstracts due.
February 15th, 2009: Authors are informed if their submission has been accepted.
March 15th, 2009: Submission deadline for full papers.
May 15th, 2009: Deadline for early registration (see website for details).
June 15th, 2009: Deadline for online registration

For further information and registration, please visit:
http://www.e-therapy.info

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