Thought this might interest some individuals on the list.<div><br></div><div><b><a href="http://veillance.me/">http://veillance.me/</a></b></div><div><b style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></b></div><div><p align="justify" style="margin:0px 0px 14px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:20px;font-family:'Lucida Grande',Verdana,Arial,sans-serif">

<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(255,0,0);font-family:tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">ISTAS'13</strong><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> will bring together participants sharing research, projects, and ideas about people living in smart environments.</span></span></p>

<p align="justify" style="margin:0px 0px 14px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:20px;font-family:'Lucida Grande',Verdana,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The environment around us is becoming "smarter". Soon there will be a camera in nearly every streetlight to do better occupancy sensing,and ultimately a camera in every light fixture. And modern automatic flush toilets, faucets, and sensor-operated showers are starting to use more sophisticated camera-based computer-vision technologies.</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">In a world of smart things like smart lights, smart toilets, smart grids, smart meters, smart roads, and the like, what happens when you have "smart people" (i.e. put sensors on people)? What do we make of the growing numbers of businesses like department stores and restaurants that prohibit cameras, yet display QR codes that require cameras to read and understand?</span></span></p>

<h3 align="justify" style="margin:5px 0px 4px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:18px;vertical-align:baseline;font-weight:normal;line-height:1.2;font-family:Oswald,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(255,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Keynote Panel Speakers</span></h3>

<p style="margin:0px 0px 14px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:20px;font-family:'Lucida Grande',Verdana,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="http://www.eecg.toronto.edu/~mann/" target="_blank" title="Steve Mann" class="ext" style="color:rgb(34,98,164);outline:none;text-decoration:initial">Steve Mann</a><span class="ext" style="margin:0px;padding:0px 12px 0px 0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:url(http://veillance.me/sites/all/modules/extlink/extlink.png);background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat"></span>, <a href="http://web.media.mit.edu/~minsky/" target="_blank" title="Marvin Minsky" class="ext" style="color:rgb(34,98,164);outline:none;text-decoration:initial">Marvin Minsky</a><span class="ext" style="margin:0px;padding:0px 12px 0px 0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:url(http://veillance.me/sites/all/modules/extlink/extlink.png);background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat"></span>, <a href="http://www.kevinwarwick.com/" target="_blank" title="Kevin Warwick" class="ext" style="color:rgb(34,98,164);outline:none;text-decoration:initial">Kevin Warwick</a><span class="ext" style="margin:0px;padding:0px 12px 0px 0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:url(http://veillance.me/sites/all/modules/extlink/extlink.png);background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat"></span><br>

</span></p><h3 style="margin:5px 0px 4px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:18px;vertical-align:baseline;font-weight:normal;line-height:1.2;font-family:Oswald,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(255,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Topics</span></h3>

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<span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="http://www.interaction-design.org/encyclopedia/wearable_computing.html" class="ext" style="color:rgb(34,98,164);outline:none;text-decoration:initial">Wearable computing</a><span class="ext" style="margin:0px;padding:0px 12px 0px 0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:url(http://veillance.me/sites/all/modules/extlink/extlink.png);background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat"></span><br>

</span></li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Augmediated reality</span></li>

<li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The <a href="http://wearcam.org/McVeillance.htm" target="_blank" title="The Veillances" class="ext" style="color:rgb(34,98,164);outline:none;text-decoration:initial">Veillances</a><span class="ext" style="margin:0px;padding:0px 12px 0px 0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:url(http://veillance.me/sites/all/modules/extlink/extlink.png);background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat"></span></span></li>

<li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Everyday life</span></li>

<li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Social concerns</span></li>

<li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Traditional fields of interest to SSIT</span></li>

</ul></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br clear="all"><div>James Clement</div>
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