Dear Colleagues,

This year the Interactive Media Institute (IMI) and Université du Québec en Outoauais (UQO) are organizing the 16th Annual CyberPsychology and CyberTherapy Conference (CT 16), the official conference of the International Association of CyberPsychology, Training, & Rehabilitation (iACToR). iACToR will hold its annual conference on June 19th-22nd, 2011 in Gatineau, Canada. We would like to invite you to join us this year!

This conference was originally a specialized symposium at the Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference featuring presentations that dealt mostly with conceptual matters and future possibilities. The symposium has continued to grow over the years in both size and scientific evidence and is now an independent two and a half-day conference.

The 15th Annual CyberTherapy Conference, held in June 2010, in Seoul, Korea, highlighted an impressive program with controlled clinical trials of virtual reality and other cutting-edge technologies (including shared virtual worlds, avatars, videogame virtual reality, noninvasive physiological monitoring in virtual worlds, and robotics) in the areas of mental health, rehabilitation, disabilities, training, and education. It involved representatives from 22 countries including Australia, Austria, Canada, Chile, China, Croatia, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and the United States reflecting its truly international character.

For the CT 16 conference, in addition to two and a half days of scientific presentations, a full day of pre-conference workshops will be held, presenting tutorials for those relatively new to the area, as well as advanced workshops in targeted topic areas. Once again, there will also be exhibits and an interactive Cyberarium held as part of the conference, where researchers will be able to try one another’s latest simulations and discuss possible collaborations. In addition, several funding agency representatives will be given the unique opportunity to experience first-hand the latest technologies and speak one-on-one with the scientists.

The conference will seek input from a wider segment of the scientific community, and is interested in attracting experts in clinical therapy and rehabilitation, cognitive sciences, social sciences, and computer sciences interested in the meeting's core topics: emerging applications of new media, design of new media and effects of new media. Conference attendees have the opportunity to play a role in designing the future of cyberpsychology and health care.

CT16 will explore the uses of advanced technologies such as:
- Virtual reality simulations
- Videogames
- Telehealth
- Video-conferencing
- The Internet
- Robotics
- Brain computer interfaces
- Wearable computing
- Non-invasive physiological monitoring devices
- In diagnosis, assessment, and prevention of mental and physical disorders.
- In addition, we will look at interactive media in training, education, rehabilitation, and therapeutic interventions.

This year's conference focus is two fold:

First, Technologies as Enabling Tools
CT16 will explore the uses of advanced technologies such as virtual reality simulations, videogames, telehealth, video-conferencing, the internet, robotics, brain computer interfaces, wearable computing, non-invasive physiological monitoring devices, in diagnosis, assessment, and prevention of mental and physical disorders. In addition, we will look at interactive media in training, education, rehabilitation, and therapeutic interventions.

Second, The Impact of New Technologies
CT16 will investigate how new technologies are influencing behavior and society through cyberadvertising, cyberfashion, and cyberstalking to name a few.

Register today to be apart of this groundbreaking conference! We would be truly honored by your participation.

Sincerely,

Brenda K. Wiederhold, Ph.D., MBA, BCIA Conference Co-Chair	Stéphane Bouchard, Ph.D. Conference Co-Chair