Conference Program at a Glance

The tables below present all conference activities, organized by day. Links to the pages with details about the various conference events are provided as well.

Tuesday, August 27

Time

Aula

Auditorium

Hall

Training Room

Other Locations

09:30-14:00  

User Meeting: VU-AMS

      

14:00-18:00

 

User Meeting: VU-AMS

(ends at 16:30)

Registration

Poster mounting

 

 

18:00-19:00

   

 

  

Amsterdam City Hall

Welcome reception

 

Wednesday, August 28

Time

Aula

Auditorium

Hall

Training Room

Other Locations

08:30-09:00

Opening Session  

Late Registration

   

09:00-10:35

Symposium 1: Behavioral phenotyping in rodents: fundamental issues

 

Symposium 2: Understanding interactive behavior: new avenues in human-system interaction research

Late Registration

Exhibition

 Training

Small lecture room

SIG: Integrated measurement, analysis and visualization of behavior and physiological signals

10:35-11:00

 

 

Late Registration

Coffee break

 

 

11:00-13:00

Symposium 1: Behavioral phenotyping in rodents: fundamental issues Symposium 2: Understanding interactive behavior: new avenues in human-system interaction research

Late Registration

Exhibition

 

Training

Small lecture room

SIG: Integrated measurement, analysis and visualization of behavior and physiological signals (ends at 11:30)

Tutorial: Analyzing behavior and interactions with Theme (starts at 11:30)

13:00-14:00

 

  Late Registration

Lunch break

 

 

14:00-15:30

Symposium 1: Behavioral phenotyping in rodents: fundamental issues (ends at 14:50)

Symposium 3: Advances in telemetry: physiological measurements in freely behaving animals (starts at 14:55)

 SIG: Tools and techniques for the study of multi-modal communication, speech, gesture and facial expression Exhibition

 

Tutorial: Usability studies: getting the most from The Observer 4

Small lecture room

User Meeting: EthoVision

 

15:30-16:00

 

 

 

Coffee break

 

 

 

16:00-18:00

Symposium 3: Advances in telemetry: physiological measurments in freely behaving animals SIG: Tools and techniques for the study of multi-modal communication, speech, gesture and facial expression (ends at 17:00)

Exhibition

Training

Small lecture room

Tutorial: Observing animal behavior in the field: bespoke solutions for zoology and beyond

19:00-22:00

     

 

 

Dinner on the canals of Amsterdam

 

Thursday, August 29

Time

Aula

Auditorium

Hall

Training Room

Other Locations

08:00-08:45     Late Registration

 

   

08:45-09:00

Announcements    

 

09:00-10:30

Symposium 4: Advanced measurement techniques in human movement research

Symposium 5: Advanced methods in human factors research and usability testing (ends at 10:40)

Exhibition

 

Tutorial: Advanced spreadsheet techniques for analysis of data collected with EthoVision and The Observer

Small lecture room

User meeting Theme

10:30-11:00

   

Coffee break

   

11:00-12:30

Symposium 4: Advanced measurement techniques in human movement research User Meeting: The Observer

Exhibition

Tutorial: SEE: a software supported Strategy for the Exploration of Exploration

Small lecture room

User Meeting: Data Sciences International

12:30-13:30

   

Lunch break

 

 

13:30-14:00

Film: Kastberger  

 

 

 

14:00-15:30

 

Tutorial: Techniques for the study of insect behavior and chemoreception

 

Exhibition

Poster session 1 (symposia 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

Training

Scientific tours (1st round)

Small lecture room

Tutorial: Visualization and quantitative analysis of animal locomotion using WinTrack
15:30-16:00     Coffee break    
16:00-17:30   Tutorial: Eye trackers for measuring attention in psychological studies and human-computer interaction

Exhibition

Poster session 2 (symposia 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)

 

Training

Scientific tours (2nd round)

Small lecture room

Tutorial: Prerequisites for successful behavioral lab experiments using automated video tracking systems

19:00-23:00

   

 

 

Dinner in Artis Zoo

Note: you can also visit the Zoo itself if you are at the entry gate before 17:00 h.

 

Friday, August 30

Time

Aula

 

Auditorium

Hall

Training Room

Other Locations

08:00-08:45     Late Registration

 

   

08:45-09:00

Announcements    

 

09:00-10:30

Symposium 6: Innovation in recording of behavior and physiology

Symposium 7: Automatic analysis of facial expression by computer vision

Exhibition

 

Training

Small lecture room

SIG: Detailed biomechanical motion and EMG assessment: any place, any time?

10:30-11:00

   

Coffee break

   

11:00-12:00

Symposium 6: Innovation in recording of behavior and physiology

 

Symposium 7: Automatic analysis of facial expression by computer vision (ends at 11:50)

Exhibition

 

Training

Small lecture room

Tutorial: Advanced reliability analysis with The Observer
12:00-13:00 Symposium 6: Innovation in recording of behavior and physiology (ends at 12:40) Tutorial: Measuring human motion: features and pitfalls of various techniques Exhibition Training

Small lecture room

Tutorial: Advanced video tracking and path analysis with EthoVision
13:00-14:00     Lunch break

   

14:00-15:20

Symposium 8: Virtual reality and behavior

Symposium 9: Coding and analyzing behavioral sequences

Exhibition

Training

Small lecture room

SIG: Performing usability investigations with a usability laboratory

15:20-15:40

 

 

Coffee break

   

15:30-16:30

Symposium 9: Coding and analyzing behavioral sequences

Exhibition

Training

Small lecture room

SIG: Performing usability investigations with a usability laboratory (ends at 16:20)
16:30-17:00 Closing Session: R.A. McArthur, G.C. van der Veer        
17:00-18:00

 

  Farewell Drinks