Panels

  • Submission deadline - July 25th, 2022 August 9th, 2022
  • Notification of acceptance - August 19th, 2022
  • Camera-ready due - September 2nd, 2022

Call For Papers

The period for submitting panel proposals for the 24rd Symposium on Virtual and Augmented Reality - SVR 2022 is open until July 25th, 2022. The conference will take place between October 24th and 28st, in Natal. The Panels open space for specialists to discuss current and relevant topics in the ​​Virtual and Augmented Reality area, related to the market, innovation, ethics, technologies, among other possibilities. Aspects related to the current moment of the pandemic caused by COVID-19 associated with the extended reality environments are also of interest to the panels.

It is expected that panelists attend SVR 2022 on-sight. However, in exceptional cases, it is possible to have at most one panelist online during the panel (organization will project panelist image and sound during the session).

Accepted proposals are also invited (optional) to submit a short paper (2 – 3 pages including references), in English or Portuguese, to appear in the Extended Proceedings of the 24rd Symposium on Virtual and Augmented Reality in the SBC OpenLib (SOL), a digital library maintained by the Brazilian Computing Society (SBC): https://sol.sbc.org.br/index.php/indice.

Submission of Panel Proposals

Panels’ structure:

  • Proposals can be written in Portuguese or English.
  • Proposal must also indicate the language of presentation on the panel, in case it is approved.
  • Duration of each panel: 1 hour
  • Suggested format for each panel: consist of 2 or 3 participants and a mediator. Each participant makes a 15-20 minute presentation and at the end, we will have 20 minutes for discussions with the audience. Other formats can also be accepted (i.e. workshop format), if the 1 hour limit is respected and it uses at least 20 minutes for discussion with the audience.

The text must present the main description, including:

  • Panel Title, enabling easy identification of the content.
  • Author's Name(s) and last name(s), with their institutional affiliation.
  • Abstract: The summary must explain the motivation, contextualize the subject to justify its importance, objective(s) (300 – 500 words).
  • The biography of the participants must be presented in this proposal.
  • Short paper confirmation: Confirm if authors will submit a short paper related to the panel in case of acceptance.
  • Panel format: If the panel will use the standard format or another (please describe the alternative format).

Please access the JEMS system and choose the “SVR2022 Panel” category to submit your proposal (Click here to go to the submission website).

Proposals will be evaluated by relevance, innovation, originality, themes presented in previous SVR editions, author’s experience, and quality of the content.

Rules for Submission of Camera-Ready (short papers only)

If the proposal is accepted, authors are invited to submit a short paper (2 – 3 pages including references), in English or Portuguese, following the ACM SIG Proceedings template . Among the various ACM paper templates, make sure that you use the “SigConf” version, i.e., use “sample-sigconf.tex” if you use LaTeX, and “Interim layout.docx” if you use MS Word for preparing your manuscript. The ACM LaTeX template is also available on Overleaf platform . The final version of the short paper will be submitted with the SBC Copyright Form . The Copyright Form has also a Portuguese version. It is not necessary to sign both. Authors must choose between one of the two, no matter the language in which the paper was written.

The short paper will be published in the Extended Proceedings of the 24rd Symposium on Virtual and Augmented Reality in the SBC OpenLib (SOL), a digital library maintained by the Brazilian Computing Society (SBC): https://sol.sbc.org.br/index.php/indice.


Important Dates

  • Submission of panel proposals: July 25th, 2022 August 9th, 2022
  • Acceptance notification: August 1st, 2022 August 19th, 2022
  • Camera-ready and Copyright submission deadline: August 22, 2022 September 2nd, 2022

Panel Chairs

  • Francisco Paulo Magalhães Simões (DC/UFRPE, Brazil - francisco.simoes@ufrpe.br and Voxar Labs/CIn/UFPE, Brazil - fpms@cin.ufpe.br)
  • Fabiana Frata Furlan Peres (UNIOESTE, Brazil - fabiana.peres@unioeste.br)