Events and Talks (selection)

2013

International Conference on Distributed, Ambient and Pervasive Interactions (DAPI)
Program Chairs: Norbert Streitz (Germany) & Constantine Stephanidis (Greece)
jointly held with the 15. International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII-2011)
21. - 26. July 2013, Mirage Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA     (Call for Papers)

Smart Cities as New Challenges for Human-Centered Design. Norbert Streitz Keynote Speaker at SouthCHI 2013 - ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Factors in Computing and Informatics in Maribor (European Capital of Culture), Slovenia (1.- 3. July 2013)

Human-Centered Interaction and Experience Design of Smart Cities. Norbert Streitz. Invited Talk at the IFI-Colloquium of the Department of Informatics, University of Zürich (18. April 2013)

2012

Smart Cities and Ambient Intelligence. Eingeladener Vortrag von Norbert Streitz auf dem "ConventionCamp - Die Internet(un)Konferenz". Hannover, Germany (27. November 2012).

International Joint Conference on Ambient Intelligence (AmI-12)
Pisa, Italy (13.-15. November 2012)
(Norbert Streitz member of the AmI-Steering Committee)

Designing Smart Cities: Urbane Räume als Orte vernetzter Arbeits- und Lebenswelten.
Invited Talk by Norbert Streitz at the "Mensch & Computer 2012" Conference (Konstanz, Germany, 9.-12. September 2012).

Trends und Thesen zu den Arbeitswelten der Zukunft: Neue Formen der Zusammenarbeit im Zeitalter lokaler und globaler Mobilität. Keynote by Norbert Streitz at "Future IT Workplace: How your workforce will drive fundamental changes in IT. Extendance Event
(Neue Börse, Zürich, Switzerland, 29. August 2012)

Designing Interactive Lighting workshop at 
the
Designing Interactive Systems Conference
(DIS 2012)
(11.- 15. June 2012, Newcastle, UK) Call for Papers deadline: 1. March 2012
Norbert Streitz is one of the Organizers of this workshop.

"Human-Centered Interaction and Experience Design of Ambient Intelligence Environments" Two Invited Lectures by Norbert Streitz at the "Workshop on Multi-Display Environments - MDE2012" organized by the
Pervasive and Artificial Intelligence research group at the Department of Informatics of the University of Fribourg, Switzerland (22. - 23. March, 2012).

Invited talk by Norbert Streitz at the Conference "Leben 3.0 - Treffpunkt Zukunft" (Life 3.0 - Meeting Point Future) on the Panel "Mobility, City and Space". (14. March 2012, Frankfurt, Germany)

Norbert Streitz visited Singapore as a member of the Advisory Review Committee of the Keio-NUS CUTE Center *, a research lab operated by the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Keio University, Japan, during 28. February - 1. March 2012.
This was followed by two presentations in the Event "Mirai - Future Lifestyle" at the Cultural Center
The Arts House in the Old Parliament of Singapore on 2.- 3. March 2012:
"Future Life Style in Smart Cities: The Disappearing Computer and Ambient Intelligence", a presentation in the Technical Forum "Magic behind Future Life
Smart Cities", and
a Public Talk 
"Interaction Design for Ambient Intelligence Environments and Smart Cities".
(*CUTE = Connective Ubiquitous Technology for Embodiments)

2011

International Joint Conference on Ambient Intelligence (AmI-11)
Amsterdam, The Netherlands (16. - 18. November 2011)
Late Breaking Results Paper Chairs:
Norbert Streitz (Germany) & Adrian Cheok (Singapore, Japan)

Digiteo Annual Forum 2011
École Polytechnique, Paris (18. October 2011)
"Smart Hybrid Cities and Ambient Intelligence"
Invited plenary presentation by Norbert Streitz

HCI International 2011 (9.-14. July 2011, Orlando, Florida, USA)
 -
"Designing Interaction for Ambient Intelligence Environments"
     (Invited Tutorial
presented by Norbert Streitz)
 -  "Smart Cities, Ambient Intelligence and Universal Access"
     (Presentation of accepted paper
by Norbert Streitz)

Interaction Design Zurich University of the Arts / Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (ZHdK)
Invited talk: "Designing Interaction for Ambient Intelligence Environments and Smart Cities"
(16. June 2011, Zürich, Switzerland)

FET'11: The European Future Technologies Conference and Exhibition.
(4. - 6. May 2011, Budapest, Hungary). Norbert Streitz: invited speaker in the session
"Pervasive Socio-Technical Fabric: Challenges to pervasive systems research"

26. Wireless World Research Forum (WWRF26): Wireless Solutions for Vertical Markets
Plenary Speaker Norbert Streitz: "Ambient Intelligence for Smart Urban Living"
(11. - 13. April 2011, Doha, Qatar).

Carnegie-Mellon-University Qatar
Visitor and invited speaker Norbert Streitz: "Smart Cities, Ambient Intelligence and the Disappearing Computer" (10. April 2011, Doha, Qatar).

PropertyCom Executive Management Conference
(23. March 2011, GDI - Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute, Rüschlikon/Zürich, Switzerland)
Invited Speaker Norbert Streitz:  "Smart Hybrid City: Paradigma für die Zukunft urbanen Lebens“
(Program)

1. International Conference on Pervasive and Embedded Computing and
Communication Systems (PECCS 2011)
  (5. - 7. March 2011, Algarve, Portugal)
Keynote Speaker Norbert Streitz:
"Smart Hybrid Cities as an Umbrella for Ambient Intelligence Research"

TEI ’11 - Fifth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction
(23. - 26. January 2011, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal). Norbert Streitz invited member of the
Panel "Tangible Embedded Embodied Interaction: What’s the Fuss?"

2010


Trendforum 2010:
Das Business-Symposium für Trendforschung, Innovationsmanagement
& Trendmarketing. (23.-24. November 2010, BMW-Welt, München, Germany)
Invited Speaker Norbert Streitz: "Smart Urban Living: Die Zukunft unserer
Lebens- und Arbeitswelten"

AmI-10  First International Joint Conference on Ambient Intelligence.
(10. - 12. November 2010, Málaga, Spain)
Landscapes Chair: Norbert Streitz: Speaker and  Session Chair
Invited talk: Ambient Intelligence Research Landscapes

Media Architecture Biennale 2010  - Conference,  Workshops, Exhibit
(7. - 9. October 2010, Künstlerhaus, Wien, Austria)
Speaker and Chair of Session  "M.U.S.E. – Media Urbanism,
Smart & Green City, Environmental Sustainability"

Seminar on "Intelligent Cities for a Sustainable Development"
at the Fondazione Ugo Bordoni
(30. September 2010, Rome, Italy)
Keynote speaker Norbert Streitz: "Smart Hybrid Cities: Designing
our Future Urban Environments".

ISAmI 2010 - International Symposium on Ambient Intelligence
(16.- 18. June 2010, Guimarães, Portugal) (Norbert Streitz  PC-Member)

Goldbach Mediarena 2010: Trends der digitalen Kommunikation
(18. May 2010, World Trade Center, Oerlikon, Zürich, Switzerland)
Inivted Speaker Norbert Streitz: "Smart Hybrid City – Trends für die Stadt der Zukunft"

Namahn Lecture Series
(21. April 2010, Brussels, Belgium)
Invited Lecturer Norbert Streitz: "Towards the City of the Future:
The role of innovative human-computer interaction paradigms"

2009

AmI-09 - Third European Conference on Ambient Intelligence
(18. - 21. November 2009)  Salzburg, Austria
with a new category called "Landscapes" (Chair: Norbert Streitz).
The accepted submissions constituted two sessions chaired by Norbert Streitz
with an Opening Presentation by him on
"Ambient Intelligence Landscapes for Realizing the Cities of the Future"

ACE 2009 International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology Athens, Greece (29.-31. October 2009). The topic of the presentation of the
Keynote Speaker Norbert Streitz was  "Towards the City of the Future".

COSIT'09 - Conference on Spatial Information Theory. Aber Wrac'h, Bretagne,
France (21.-25. September 2009).
Norbert Streitz Invited Speaker at COSIT'09 Workshop on
"Spatial and Temporal Reasoning for Ambient Intelligence Systems" with a talk on
"Designing Information, Communication, and Experiences in Ubiquitous Hybrid Worlds"

Tutorial on "Ambient Intelligence: Designing Interaction for Smart Artefacts"
at the 13th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
(HCI International 2009), San Diego, USA, 19.-24. July 2009.

ERCIM Spring Days and ERCIM 20th Anniversary, Paris, France (26. - 29. May 2009)

Science beyond Fiction: The European Future Technologies Conference (FET'09)
Prague, Czech Republic (21.-23. April 2009)

Series of International Workshops of the Working Group "Ambient Computing and Communication Environments" (Chair: Norbert Streitz)  that were organized as part
of the InterLink-project.

5. Final Dissemination Event on 22. April 2009
    at the FET'09 Conference in Prague, Czech Republic

4. Consolidation Workshop in Cannes, France (12.-14. November 2008)

3. Thematic Workshop in Tokyo, Japan (18.-20. June 2008)

2. Thematic Workshop in Eltville-Hattenheim, Germany (5.-7. November 2007)

1. Opening Workshop in in Eze, France (10.-12. May 2007)