Conference Program (Prelimilary)

Day 1 (7th, Jan)
09:00 | 09:15	Room A: Cho Yiu Hall, University Administration Building, CUHK Opening Speech Prof. Hui LIN and Prof. Michael BATTY
09:15 | 10:00	Room A: Cho Yiu Hall, University Administration Building, CUHK KeyNote Speech (I) Virtual Geographic Environments As Collective Constructions By Prof. Michael F. GOODCHILD Chaired by Prof. Andrew LOVETT
10:00 | 10:30	GROUP PHOTO: Morning Coffee
10:30 | 11:15	Room A: Cho Yiu Hall, University Administration Building, CUHK KeyNote Speech (II) The Multi-Representation of Space-Time Information By Prof. Donna J. PEUQUET Chaired by Professor Ifan SHEPHERD
11:15 | 12:45	Room A: Cho Yiu Hall, University Administration Building, CUHK Human-computer interfaces involving spatial visualization To see and see through graphics - Toward affordance-driven geovisualization by Prof. Liqiu MENG from Technical University of Munich O' Jerusalem: A Decision Support System for Jerusalem (O JDSS) by Prof. Juval PORTUGALI from Tel Aviv University Modelling Contextual Knowledge for Adaptive Geographic Visualization by Prof. Guoray CAI from Penn State University Chaired by Prof. P. C. LAI
12:45 | 14:00	Lunch (Restaurant: Staff Common Room Clubhouse, CUHK)
14:00 | 16:00	Room A: Cho Yiu Hall, University Administration Building, CUHK	Room B: Meeting Room, University Administration Building, CUHK
	Visualizing geographic phenomena in new information spaces Visualizing future 3-dimensional neighborhoods in Phoenix: An application of incorporating empirical methods with computational graphics by Prof. Subhrajit GUHATHAKURTA from Arizona State University Assessing the Availability of Virtual Geographic Environment by Dr Gang WAN from Zhengzhou Institute of Surveying and Mapping The Study on Multi-style Interaction in Virtual Geographic Environment by Dr. Yongning WEN from Nanjing Normal University Digital Urban: The Visual City by Dr Andrew HUDSON-SMITH from University College London Chaired by Prof. Liqiu MENG	Public domain GIS, cartography and visualization Evaluating Real-Time Landscape Visualization Techniques for Public Communication of Energy Crop Planting Scenarios by Prof. Andrew LOVETT from University of East Anglia A Case Study on Multi-Agent Based Simulation of Pedestrian Crowds in Outdoor Events of Hong Kong by Mr. Lei WU from The Chinese University of Hong Kong A MasterMap-Based Virtual Environment for Urban Planning by Mr. Jialiang YAO from University of Salford Visualizing Childrenˇ¦s Walking Behaviour Using Portable Global Positioning Units (GPS) and Energy Expense Monitors by Ms. Yi GONG from University College London Chaired by Prof. Michihiko SHINOZAKI
16:00 | 16:20	Afternoon Tea
16:20 | 18:20	Room A: Cho Yiu Hall, University Administration Building, CUHK	Room B: Meeting Room, University Administration Building, CUHK
	Virtual environments for exploring and discovering spatial information Urban growth simulation models: an assist decision instrument for sustainable development of little cities in metropolitan areas of Latin America by Mr. Cristian Gabriel TERRENO from Universidad Nacional de Cordoba-Facultad de Arquitectura Visualizing impacts of public transportation policies on shops' market share by Ms. Ping CHEN from Kanazawa University Virtual 3D Models in Urban Design: Case studies in Tokyo and Fukuoka by Prof. Michihiko SHINOZAKI from Shibaura Institute of Technology Digital Earth with Digital Measurable Images by Prof. Deren LI from Wuhan University Chaired by Prof. Guoray CAI	Advances in Collaborative 3D and 4D visualization environments Towards Effective Interaction in 3D Data Visualizations: What can we learn from videogames technology? by Prof. Ifan SHEPHERD from Middlesex University Networked Collaborative Virtual Geographic Environments: Design and Implementation by Prof. Jianhua GONG from Chinese Academy of Sciences An on-line design review tool for agreement of townscape rules among stakeholders on the Internet environment by Prof. Zhenjiang SHEN from Kanazawa University Applying Virtual Reality in the Environmental Sciences: Four Years on From Building The Social Science for the Environment, Virtual Reality and Experimental Laboratory, What Have We Learnt? by Dr. Simon JUDE from University of East Anglia Chaired by Prof Qing ZHU
Dinner (Restaurant: Peking Garden, Star House, Tsim Sha Tsui)
Tour enjoying the night view of Victoria Harbour

Day 2 (8th, Jan)
09:00 | 09:45	Room A: Cho Yiu Hall, University Administration Building, CUHK KeyNote Speech (III) Virtual Kyoto By Prof. Keiji YANO Chaired by Professor Zhilin LI
09:45 | 10:30	Room A: Cho Yiu Hall, University Administration Building, CUHK KeyNote Speech (IV) Empowering the Web with the Location By Prof. Vincent TAO Chaired by Prof. Yee LEUNG
10:30 | 10:50	Morning Coffee
10:50 | 12:50	Room A: Cho Yiu Hall, University Administration Building, CUHK Real and abstract representation in virtual environments Multi-sensory Data Representation in Virtual Worlds: abstraction or pragmatism? by Prof. Ifan SHEPHERD from Middlesex University GIS and CG Integrated System for Automatic Generation of 3-D Building Models based on a Digital Map by Prof. Kenichi SUGIHARA from Gifu Keizai University Geographic Model Integration in Virtual Geographic Environments by Dr. Hui YANG from Nanjing Normal University VR Driving Simulator as a tool to study drivers' Spatial Behavior and Cognitive Maps by Mr. Oz SHALOM from Tel Aviv University Chaired by Prof. Bin JIANG
12:50 | 14:10	Lunch (Benjamin Franklin Centre Staff Canteen, Main Campus, CUHK)
14:10 | 15:40	Room A: Cho Yiu Hall, University Administration Building, CUHK	Room B: Meeting Room, University Administration Building, CUHK
	Locomotion and navigation in Geovisualization ˇV Method VGE-based Hierarchical Routing and Navigation Method by Dr. Yuan LI from Xiamen University A Framework of Orienting Pedestrians by Matching Natural Spatial Descriptions with Sidewalk Networks by Prof. Masatoshi ARIKAWA from University of Tokyo Hybrid Dynamic 3D Image-based Personal Navigation System Studies by Mr. Weijie MI from Shanghai GALILEO Industries Ltd Chaired by Prof. Bo HUANG	Locomotion and navigation in Geovisualization ˇV Devices Readability of Maps on Mobile Phones by Mr. Kazuki YANAGISAWA from Tokyo Metropolitan University Non-photorealistic Rendering on Mobile Devices and its Usability Concerns by Mr. Mathias JAHNKE from Technical University of Munich Exploring spatial uncertainty of GPS coordinates and DEM interpolation in virtual environments by Dr. Jing LI from University of Leicester Chaired by Dr. Andy Hudson SMITH
15:40 | 16:00	Afternoon Tea
16:00 | 17:30	Room A: Cho Yiu Hall, University Administration Building, CUHK Panel Session Chaired by Michael BATTY Panelists: Liqiu MENG, Subhrajit GUHATHAKURTA, Andrew LOVETT, Ifan SHEPHERD
17:30 | 17:45	Room A: Cho Yiu Hall, University Administration Building, CUHK Closing Speech By Prof. Hui LIN
Dinner (Restaurant: Shatin Star Seafood Floating Restaurant, 55-57, Tai Chung Ku Road, Shatin, Hong Kong)