A research environment for meeting behavior

are developing an experimental environment for studying meetings in a controlled manner. In this environment, we will be able to control and manipulate the various factors that influence efficiency and participant’ satisfaction. The meeting behavior is measured in terms of both the process during the meetings and the outcomes. The research environment is based on an existing framework for studying the impact of technology on groups. We specify the research environment and provide an example scenario. We discuss two main applications of the environment. The first one is explorative, in the context of application development. We are especially interested in developing and evaluating innovative, ICT supported ways of conferencing. The second one is experimental, in the context of theory development.