Name Country Affiliation Type Adam Bermingham Ireland Dublin City University Researcher Ahmed Ghozia Italy Politecnico Di Milano Researcher Ahmet Saracoglu Turkey TUBITAK Space Technologies Research Institute Researcher Aiden Doherty Ireland CDVP & CLARITY, Dublin City University Researcher Alan Smeaton Ireland Dublin City University Speaker Alexander Glantz Germany Communication Systems Group, Technische Universität Berlin Researcher Alexander Hauptmann USA Carnegie Mellon University Speaker Alexander O'Connor Ireland Trinity College, Dublin Researcher Andrea Frasca Italy Sapienza Università di Roma Researcher Andreas Neus Germany IBM Speaker Andy Giefer Germany Deutsche Welle Profesional Anita Sobe Austria Klagenfurt University Researcher Antonis Karatzias Cyprus DIAS Publishing House Organiser Arne Grauls The Netherlands European Journalism Centre Profesional Barak Pridor USA Clearforest Speaker Benedikt Metzen Germany Deutsche Welle Profesional Betty Tsakarestou Cyprus DIAS Publishing House Organiser Byron Georgantopoulos Greece Institute for Language and Speech Processing "ATHENA" Research Centre Researcher Christian Hartvedt Norway PhD student University of Bergen Researcher Christoph Jung Germany Fraunhofer IGD Researcher Ciril Bohak Slovenia University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Computer and Information Science Researcher Clancy Childs UK Google Speaker Cuneyt Taskiran USA Motorola Labs Researcher Davide Lorusso Italy Università degli Studi di Milano Researcher Doris Baum Germany Fraunhofer IAIS Researcher Edel O'Connor Ireland Dublin City University Researcher Eftychia Andreou Cyprus DIAS Publishing House Profesional Elias Iosif Greece Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Technical University of Crete Researcher Engin Kurutepe Germany TU Berlin Researcher Eric Carstens The Netherlands European Journalism Centre Profesional Eugenie Giesbrecht Germany FZI Research Center for Information Technology Researcher Evaggelos Spyrou Greece National Technical University of Athens Researcher Federica Mangiatordi Italy Fondazione Ugo Bordoni Rome Researcher Florian Kaiser Germany Communication Systems Group, Technische Universität Berlin Researcher Francesco Fusco Italy Sapienza Università di Roma Researcher Frank Porschmann Germany IBM Speaker Gael Manson France Orange Labs/Inria Researcher Garifalia Sebou Greece Athens Technology Center Organiser George Tsagaridis Cyprus DIAS Publishing House Profesional Giovanni Ferrin Italy University of Udine Researcher Giseok Choe Korea Multimedia Lab, Sogang University Researcher Graham Healy Ireland Dublin City University Researcher Héctor Andrés García Silva Spain Researcher Henrique José Monteiro Oliveira Portugal Instituto de Telecomunicações Researcher Ilko Grigorov Bulgaria National University of Ireland Galway Researcher Ioannis Kliafas Greece Athens Technology Center Organiser Iordanis Konstantinidis Cyprus CyprusDIAS PublishingPublishing House Profesional Ivan Picart The Netherlands European Journalism Centre Profesional Jeff (Junwei) Han Skotland University of Dundee Researcher Jens Meinrenken Germany Deutsche Welle Profesional Jochen Spangenberg Germany Deutsche Welle Organiser Jogile Kuklyte Ireland Dublin City University Researcher Julian Kucklich UK Press Association Speaker Jürgen Hasselmann Germany Deutsche Welle Profesional Kai Cluver Germany TU Berlin Researcher Konstantinos Smaragdakis Cyprus DIAS Publishing House Organiser Lasantha Seneviratne London Queen Mary university of London Researcher Lucia Ciofi Italy University of Florence Researcher Lynda Hardman The Netherlands CWI Speaker Maksim Khadkevich Italy University of Trento Researcher Malika Doua Germany Deutsche Welle Profesional Marco Fisichella Germany Research Center L3S Researcher Marija Uscumlic Switzerland EPFL ‐ Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne Researcher Marina Arvanitidou Germany Communication Systems Group, TU Berlin Researcher Marko Esche Germany Communication Systems Group, TU Berlin Researcher Martin Maas Germany Deutsche Welle Organiser Martin Pinkerneil Germany Deutsche Welle Organiser Mats Sjöberg Finland Helsinki University of Technology Researcher Matthias F. Carlsohn, Germany Eng. & Consult. Computer Vision & Image Communikation Researcher Mattia Broilo Italy DISI Unitn 2 Researcher Medeni Soysal Turkey Space Technologies Research Institute Researcher Mehmet Yılmaztürk Turkey Middle East Technical Univarsity Researcher Meinolf Ellers Germany dpa Deutsche Presse‐Agentur Speaker Michael Tschochner Germany Deutsche Welle Profesional Michela Spagnuolo Italy Institute for Applied Mathematics and Information Technologies Speaker Mirko Lorenz Germany Deutsche Welle Organiser Mohamed Jabloun Tunisia VUB‐ETRO Researcher Murat Birinci Finland Tampere University of Technology Researcher Nikos Sarris Greece Athens Technology Center Organiser Noel O Connor Ireland Dublin CityCity UniversityUniversity SSpeakerpeaker Panagiota Dimitriou Cyprus DIAS Publishing House Profesional Panagiotis Mantis Greece Athens News Agency Invited Paola Hobson UK Motorola Speaker Pascal Kelm Germany Technische Universität Berlin Researcher Paula Tsoni Cyprus DIAS Publishing House Profesional Paulo Nogueira dos Santos Portugal LUSA News Agency Invited Pedro Concejero Spain Telefonica I+D Organiser Peggy Van der Kreeft Germany Deutsche Welle Profesional Peter Mika Spain Yahoo Speaker Philipp Schafer Germany Deutsche Welle Profesional Phivos Mylonas Greece National Technical University of Athens Researcher Rainer Boehme Germany TU Dresden Speaker Ralf Moller Germany Hamburg University of Technology Speaker Renata Dividino Germany Fraunhofer IGD Researcher Rene Kaiser Austria Joanneum Research Researcher Riccardo De Masellis Italy Sapienza Università di Roma Researcher Riccardo Miotto Italy University of Padua Researcher Richard Majer Germany Deutsche Welle Profesional Robert Freeman UK The Guardian Speaker Roberto Tronci Italy Ambient Intelligence Lab Sardegna DistrICT Researcher Rodrigo F. Carvalho UK The University of Sheffield Researcher Ruben Heras Evangelio Germany Technische Universität Berlin Researcher Sabine Gruen Germany Deutsche Welle Profesional Seamus Lawless Ireland Trinity College, Dublin Researcher Sebastian Schmiedeke Germany Technische Universität Berlin Researcher Selen Pehlivan Turkey Bilkent University Researcher Shahrul Azman Noah Malaysia Universiti Kebangsaan Researcher Sihyoung Lee South Korea Information and Communications Univ. Researcher Spyros Gidaros Greece CERTH/ITI Researcher Stefan Uhlmann Finland Tampere University of Technology Researcher Steffen Staab Germany University of Koblenz‐Landau Speaker Stephan Spat Austria Joanneum Recearch Forschungsgesellschaft mbH Researcher StephanieStephanie ZunZunkk GermanGermanyy Deutsche Welle Profesional Stina Westman Finland Department of Media Technology, Helsinki University of Technology Researcher Tim Koch Germany Deutsche Welle Organiser Tomas Kliegr Chech Republic University of Economics Researcher Ugo Ciracì Italy University of Brescia‐Department of Electronics for Automation Researcher Vangelis Karkaletsis Greece NCSR Demokritos Invited Vasileios Chasanis Greece Department of Computer Science, University of Ioannina Researcher Vasileios Mezaris Greece Informatics and Telematics Institute Organiser Volker Eiselein Germany Technische Universität Berlin Researcher Wilfried Runde Germany Deutsche Welle Organiser Wilfried Rutten The Netherlands European Journalism Centre Speaker Yew Seng Tan Malaysia MIMOS Berhad Technology Park Researcher Yi Chen China CDVP, Dublin City University Researcher Yuee liu Australia Faculty of Information Technology, QUT Researcher