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Technical Program

The 2014 Haptics Symposium features a four-day program beginning with workshops and tutorials on Sunday, February 23, and including a single-track symposium schedule from Monday, February 24, through Wednesday, February 26. A detailed conference program is shown below.  Please contact the Publications Chair, kuchenbe [at] seas [dot] upenn [dot] edu (subject: Preliminary%20Oral%20Presentation%20Schedule) (Professor Katherine Kuchenbecker), with any questions or concerns about this program.

February 23, 2014 (Sunday)

Time Schedule Place
8:15-9:00 Breakfast LaSalle Foyer
9:00-12:30 Morning Workshops and Tutorials LaSalle B, Travis, Nautile
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break (Food available for 30 minutes;
actual break time determined by workshop or
tutorial organizers.)		 LaSalle Foyer
12:30-13:30 Lunch LaSalle Foyer
13:30-17:00 Afternoon Workshops and Tutorials LaSalle B, Travis, Nautile
15:00-15:30 Coffee Break (Food available for 30 minutes;
actual break time determined by workshop or
tutorial organizers.)		 LaSalle Foyer
18:00-21:00 Welcome Reception
Demo and Poster Setup

Exhibit Space*

 

February 24, 2014 (Monday)

Time Schedule Place
8:00-8:45 Breakfast LaSalle Foyer
8:45-9:00 Conference Opening LaSalle B
9:00-9:35 Poster Teaser 1
(all odd-numbered posters)		 LaSalle B
9:35-10:35 Poster/Demo Session 1A
(all odd-numbered posters and demos)
Coffee Break		 Exhibit Space*
10:35-12:00 Oral Session 1:
Fingertip Contact and Human Hands		 LaSalle B
12:00-13:30 Lunch (on your own)  
13:30-14:00 TCH Early Career Awardee Talk:
Sliman J. Bensmaia		 LaSalle B
14:00-15:20 Oral Session 2:
Tactile Perception and Display		 LaSalle B
15:20-17:00 Poster/Demo Session 1B
(all odd-numbered posters and demos)
Coffee Break		 Exhibit Space*
17:00-18:05 IEEE Transactions on Haptics Special Session LaSalle B

 

February 25, 2014 (Tuesday)

Time Schedule Place
8:00-8:45 Breakfast LaSalle Foyer
8:45-9:20 Poster Teaser 2
(all even-numbered posters)		 LaSalle B
9:20-11:00

Poster/Demo Session 2A
(all even-numbered posters and demos)
Coffee Break

 Exhibit Space*
11:00-12:00 Keynote Speaker:
David Eagleman		 LaSalle B
12:00-13:30 Lunch (on your own)  
13:30-15:00 Oral Session 3:
Dynamic Modeling and Haptic Rendering		 LaSalle B
15:00-16:00

Poster/Demo Session 2B
(all even-numbered posters and demos)
Coffee Break

 Exhibit Space*
16:00-17:30 Oral Session 4:
Human Motor Learning and Movement		 LaSalle B
18:00-22:00 Banquet
Busses will begin departing from the conference hotel at 18:00		 Houston Museum of Natural Science
(transportation provided)

 

February 26, 2014 (Wednesday)

Time Schedule Place
8:00-8:45 Breakfast LaSalle Foyer
8:45-10:15 Oral Session 5:
Control for Virtual and Remote Interactions		 LaSalle Foyer
10:15-12:00 Poster/Demo Session 3
(optional for all posters and demos)
Coffee Break		 Exhibit Space*
12:00-13:30 Lunch (on your own)  
13:30-14:30 Keynote Speaker:
Sile O'Modhrain		 LaSalle B
14:30-15:40 Oral Session 6:
Expression and Communication		 LaSalle B
15:40-16:00 Award Ceremony and Closing LaSalle B
16:30-20:00 Post-conference Open House at Rice University
Busses will depart from the conference hotel.		 Rice University
(transportation provided)

 

*Exhibit Space

LaSalle A
Granger A and B
Dezavala
LaSalle Foyer
Granger Foyer

 

Special-Use Rooms

Committee Meetings: Nautile and Fannin
Speaker Preparation: Fannin