Proceedings of the First International Conference on Immersive Telecommunications

We would like to welcome you all to The First International Conference on Immersive Telecommunications, IMMERSCOM 2007, and to Verona. IMMERSCOM intends to bridge the traditional gap existing between immersive technologies and networking, focusing on how traditional and emerging fields can be brought together with a focus on networking to better serve users and the society overall. Constantly growing research activities in these areas created naturally the need for such a Conference series. It is our belief and hope that this interest will grow and the series will be strongly anchored. As the lucky beginners we were able to put together a highly attractive Technical Program. It consists of keynote speeches from luminaries in the field, an outstanding program of technical sessions, and a panel to discuss the future of immersive communications. Our keynote speakers are Prof. Marc Cavazza from the University of Teesside, UK; and Dr. Harlyn Baker from Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, USA. The former speech is on immersive interactive media and the latter speech is on immersive videoconferencing systems.