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                        CALL FOR SPECIAL SESSIONS
		   
                             3DTV-CON 2009 
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                           3rd 3DTV Conference
          The True Vision - Capture, Transmission and Display of 3D Video
	  
                      Website:  www.3dtv-con2009.org
                      Dates:    May 04-06, 2009
                      Location: Potsdam, Germany
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The 3DTV-CON 2009 Program Committee invites proposals for the Special Sessions Program 
of 3DTV-CON 2009, the 3rd 3DTV Conference on Capture, Transmission and Display of 3D Video, 
to be held May 4-6, 2009, in Potsdam, Germany.


TOPICS OF INTEREST
    * 3D Capture and Processing:
      3D scene capture and reconstruction techniques for static and 
      dynamic scenes, synchronization and calibration of multiple cameras, 
      holographic camera techniques, multi-view and multi-sensor image and 
      3D data processing, mixing of virtual and real worlds, 3D tracking.  
    
    * 3D Coding and Transmission: 
      Systems, architectures and transmission for 3DTV, Free viewpoint TV, 
      coding of multi-view video, 3D meshes, and holograms, error resilience 
      and error concealment of 3D video and 3D geometry 
      
    * 3D Visualization:
      Projection and display technology for 3D videos, stereoscopic and
      auto-stereoscopic display techniques, holographic display technology, 
      reduced parallax systems, integral imaging techniques, 3D mesh, texture, 
      point, and volume-based representation, object- based representation and 
      segmentation, 3D motion animation, human factors.
   
    * 3D Applications:
      3D television, cinema, games and entertainment, virtual studios, 
      3D teleimmersion and remote collaboration, 3D imaging in virtual 
      heritage and virtual archeology, augmented reality and virtual 
      environments, underlying technologies for 3DTV, medical and biomedical 
      applications, 3D content-based retrieval and recognition, 3D watermarking,
      other applications.  

    Each special session will have some specific objective, for example:
	* To present original and valuable research results in the larger context in which 
	  they have been achieved, e.g., an EU R&D project.
	* To present a set of technologies that definitively solves an existing problem, or 
	  that is constrained to a specific application domain
	* To present explorations regarding future emerging technologies, showing different 
	  approaches to solve some new research     

    Other objectives can also be proposed by the Sessions chair.


SUBMITTING A PROPOSAL
    Each Special Session is expected to have from 4 to 8 papers and at least one author 
    of each paper must register for the conference and present the paper during the session.

    All papers at 3DTV-CON 2009, including papers solicited for special sessions, undergo the 
    same rigorous reviewing process by anonymous and independent reviewers. If after the reviewing
    process less than 4 papers solicited for a special session are selected, the Special Session will 
    be canceled, and the solicited papers that passed reviewing will be presented within the main 
    technical track of the conference. Special Session papers will be published together with regular 
    papers in the conference's proceedings.
    
    Proposals for Special Sessions must include:
	* Title of the Special Sessions
	* Rationale of the need and objective of the session
	* Session outline
	* Specific topics of interest
	* Contact information for the Special Session chair(s)
	* Short biography of the Special Session chair(s)
	* List of potential papers, including title, abstract and author names, affiliations and 
	  contact information

    Proposals for Special Sessions should be submitted to Marius Preda (marius.preda[at]int-evry.fr)
    *and* Tanimoto Masayuki (tanimoto[at]nuee.nagoya-u.ac.jp) before February 1st, 2009. Prospective organizers 
    are strongly encouraged to contact Marius Preda or Tanimoto Masayuki in advance. Notification of acceptance 
    of proposals is scheduled for February 10th, 2009, while paper submission and review schedule is the same as 
    for regular papers.

IMPORTANT DATES:
   Special session proposal deadline:             February 01, 2009 
   Notification of special session acceptance:    February 10, 2009 
   Regular paper submission deadline:             February 20, 2009 
   Notification of paper acceptance:                 March 25, 2009  
   Camera-ready paper submission deadline:           April 08, 2009 
   Tutorial proposals deadline:                      March 09, 2009 
   Conference:                                      May 04-06, 2009