[Radiance-general] Radiance workshop call for participation

[Greg Ward]

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION -- THIRD ANNUAL RADIANCE WORKSHOP

What: Scientific Applications Using RADIANCE

Where: University of Applied Sciences of Fribourg, Switzerland 
(www.eif.ch)

When: October 11th & 12th (Monday & Tuesday) 2004

Organizers: Raphael Compagnon and Greg Ward

Registration:	CHF 205 for speakers (approx. 1.5 CHF per Euro)
		CHF 270 for attendees
		CHF 105 for students

Fee includes: Coffee breaks, lunch both days, a dinner on Monday 
evening, and a workshop CD-ROM

Hotel:	Rooms of various categories have been pre-booked for 
participants at rates specified on the hotel registration form

Download registration forms from the workshop's web page: 
http://www.eif.ch/~compag/rw2004/

Deadline for registration:	August 31, 2004
As early registrations greatly help us in organising the workshop, we 
recommend
that participants send their registration forms as soon as possible. 
During the workshop
we will make a prize drawing for 2 participants among those who have 
registered before
July 15. The 2 winners will get a 50% cash refund on their registration 
fee!

Purpose:
To provide researchers with an opportunity to present their work with 
Radiance, and to share ideas and solutions with other attendees.
Participants are invited to give a talk, which will be limited to 30 
minutes (~20 minute for the talk followed by ~10 minutes of open 
discussion).
No printed proceedings will be produced, but a CD-ROM will be 
distributed to attendees that will include electronic materials 
submitted by the speakers and edited by the organizers.

At this workshop, we will introduce a special Problem Solving session 
on the second day, where users may present their difficulties and seek 
advice and suggestions, possibly working through solutions in a 
collaborative "brain-storming" with Greg, Raphael, and other attendant 
experts.  In addition, Georg Mischler and Andreas Lahme have been 
invited to give a half-day tutorial on Rayfront, and will demonstrate 
their new Radiance web rendering service.  Depending on the number of 
talks we end up scheduling, we may or may not conduct the problem 
solving session and Rayfront tutorial in parallel. Either way, everyone 
should get a chance to ask questions, and ample opportunities to help 
others with their problems as well.

A list of planned speakers and preliminary titles is given below. The 
list will be regularly updated on the workshop's web page.

o Using image based lighting to assess glare under different conditions 
by capturing the whole dynamic range of daylight, by Santiago L. Torres
o Comparison and Analysis of quantitative and qualitative data on 
luminous ambiances in interior spaces using Radiance, by Ljubica Mudri
o Calculation of luminaires using Radiance, by Krzysztof Wandachowicz
o Using Radiance to verify and inform some interesting simplified 
daylighting and solar radiation models, by Darren Robinson
o Comparison of daylighting results obtained under the Belgian 
artificial sky and with several daylighting software, by Magali Bodart
o Some experiments with irradiation modelling using cumulative skies, 
by Darren Robinson
o Using Radiance for Right-To-Light and Solar Access Studies, by Andrew 
Marsh
o 3D Lighting: Integrated software modelling and simulation package 
using 3Dsolar and Rayfront with Radiance, by Andreas Lahme
o Material measurement & modelling, by Peter Apian-Bennewitz
o Blender based Radiance GUI, by Francesco Anselmo
o iPPF: a Radiance based online tool for solar and daylight access 
studies in urban areas, by Raphael Compagnon
o Rayfront Tutorial, taught by Georg Mischler & Andreas Lahme
o Radiance problem-solving session, moderated by Greg Ward

The names and titles above are not final, and we may get new speakers 
and lose some people before we can provide a proper workshop agenda in 
September.

By August 31 2004, we will also need the final titles and abstracts for 
all the talks, along with any materials the speakers wish to include on 
the workshop CD-ROM. At minimum, we would like to get a copy of each 
speaker's presentation in PowerPoint, PDF, or HTML (preferred) format, 
and a short bio with contact information. If the speaker also has test 
scenes, images, and/or software they would like to share, these would 
be most welcome. We need to get all of these materials in order to have 
sufficient time to assemble them into a usable CD-ROM, so we cannot 
promise to include anything submitted after the August 31 deadline.

We look forward to meeting you at the workshop!

Greg Ward and Raphael Compagnon