Overview

ISO (International Standard Organization) document IWA3(2005) on Image Safety recognizes that visually induced motion sickness (VIMS), visual fatigue, and photosensitive epileptic seizures (PES) are the major biomedical concerns in conjunction with image safety. In October 2006, during a CIE (Commission Internationale de L'eclairage or the International Commission on Illumination) Technical Committee (TC1-67) meeting on image safety, members have suggested that a regular symposium on VIMS and visual fatigue should be organized. This symposium is the first international scientific meeting to focus on VIMS as well as to bring scientists from the three fields under one roof.

Major Themes of VIMS2007

The major topics of the symposium include:

• Theories and etiology of VIMS, visual fatigue, and photosensitive epileptic seizures (PES)
• Neuro-mechanisms correlate with symptoms of VIMS, visual fatigue, and PES
• Pharmaceutical aspects and drug development
• Empirical studies on VIMS, visual fatigue, and PES
• Computational models and sickness prediction
• Display designs and diagnostics equipment
• Game development and medical concerns for child viewers
• Social aspects, regulations and standardization

Local Symposium Committee

• Prof. Richard H. Y. So (Symposium Chair)
  Department of Industrial Engineering and Logistics Management, HKUST
  
  
• Prof. Raymond Cheung, MD
  Faculty of Medicine & Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong
  
  
• Prof. Andrew Lam
  School of Optometry, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  
  

International Symposium Committee

Prof. Takehiko Bando, Japan
Prof. Frederick Bonato, United States
Prof. Jelte E. Bos, Netherlands
Prof. Alan Chan, Hong Kong
Prof. Raymond Cheung, Hong Kong
Prof. Stephen R. Ellis, United States
Prof. John Golding, United Kingdom
Prof. Ravindra Goonetilleke, Hong Kong
Prof. Michael J. Griffin, United Kingdom
Prof. Michael W. Haas, United States
Prof. Graham Harding, United Kingdom
Prof. Lawrence J. Hettinger, United States
Prof. Peter Howarth, United Kingdom
Prof. Ho-chi Huang, Hong Kong
Prof. Takayuki Ito, Japan
Prof. Robert Kennedy, United States
Prof. Tohru Kiryu, Japan
Prof. Andrew Lam, Hong Kong
Prof. Eric Muth, United States
Prof. Charles Oman, United States
Prof. Donald Parker, Unites States
Prof. Ken Sagawa, Japan
Prof. Kay Stanney, United States
Prof. Yukitoshi Takahashi, Japan
Prof. Takeo Takahshi, Japan
Prof. Mark Turner, United Kingdom
Prof. Richard So, Hong Kong
Prof. Robert Stern, United States
Prof. Thomas A. Stoffregen, United States
Prof. Hiroyasu Ujike, Japan
Prof. Kazuhiko Ukai, Japan
Prof. Arnold J. Wilkins, United Kingdom
Prof. John Wilson, United Kingdom
Prof. Makoto Yoshizawa, Japan
Prof. Laurence Young, United States