iACToR Weekly Newsletter #19

[James Cullen]

Opening Statement

Hello iACToR members,

This year, the University Lusófona of Humanities and Technologies (ULHT), in Lisbon is organizing the 1st International Conference on Eye Tracking, Visual Cognition and Emotion (ETVCE 2010) on 14th & 15th October, 2010, in Lisbon, Portugal.

ETVCE 2010 will focus on the use of eye tracking as a valuable method in different research fields such as:

• Visual Cognition
• Emotion
• Linguistics
• Affective Computation
• Assistive Software
• Virtual Reality
• HCI
• Usability
• Marketing
• And many other related scientific domains...

Registration ends on October 9th, 2010. Register now to be apart of this groundbreaking conference in Lisbon!

Want to publicize your conference, meeting, or symposium on iACToR’s website? Please contact the Director of Communications of iACToR, Mr. James Cullen at [e-mail] for more information.
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Top CyberPsychology News

Call for Papers: Laval Virtual - VRIC11 International Conference April 6-8, 2011 (Symposium 1)
Prof. Paul Sharkey, co-chair, and Prof. Evelyne Klinger, chair, of Laval Virtual invite you to submit to their full day symposium dedicated to the contribution of Virtual Reality and Associated Technologies to the recovery of abilities. Disciplines that will be covered include Virtual Reality; Cognitive Rehabilitation; Cognitive Stimulation; Motor rehabilitation; Clinical assessment; Sensory impairment; etc. In a general way, they expect contributions dedicated to therapeutic applications of Virtual Reality and Associated Technologies. For more information on the conference and this symposium, please visit http://www.laval-virtual.org/#VRIC%202011

St. Jude Medical to Showcase New Lesion Assessment Technology at TCT 2010
St. Paul, MN – September 24, 2010 - St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE: STJ), a global medical device company, will highlight recently launched technology, including its new Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) product platform, at the 22nd annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) meeting in Washington, D.C. The new C7-XR™ OCT Intravascular Imaging System complements the company's PressureWire™ Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR) measurement technology platform, offering physicians a new diagnostic standard for comprehensive intravascular lesion assessment. The C7-XR OCT Intravascular Imaging System is a leading imaging technology platform that aids physicians in the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease. The C7-XR System uses near-infrared light to create high-resolution images that allow physicians to visualize and measure important vessel characteristics otherwise invisible or difficult to assess with older imaging technology. To read more, please visit http://bit.ly/cql6eZ.
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Thank you all and I look forward to shaping our community with your help and valuable input!

Create your own reality!

Brenda K. Wiederhold, PhD, MBA, BCIA
Secretary General
International Association of CyberPsychology, Training, & Rehabilitation (iACToR)