General Information
Date: June 24 – 26, 2019
Venue: Norfolk State University, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
CYPSY24 will be held at Norfolk State University, located in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. The university is located at the south-eastern portion of Virginia, close to the North Carolina border. Norfolk is approximately 200 miles (322 km) from Washington D.C., which is less than 1 hour by plane, between 3 and 4 hours by car depending on traffic, and about 5 hours by train (Amtrak).
See the Travel Information section for more information.
About the Conference
The CYPSY Conference began in 1996 and featured presentations dealing mainly with conceptual matters, ‘what ifs’ and the future possibilities of healthcare and technology. The conference largely focused on Virtual Reality, but has now grown to be more inclusive of other interactive technologies and to include presentations that demonstrate controlled clinical trials. It has also grown to include the investigation of social networking tools on individual behavior, society, and interpersonal relationships.
Language of the Conference
This conference is held in Virginia, USA. The official language is English as spoken in the United States. All presentations (unless advertised otherwise) will be in English.
Conference Chairs and Organizers
Professor Dr. Brenda K. Wiederhold, Ph.D., MBA, BCB, BCN 
Conference Co-Chair & Organizer
Interactive Media Institute
Virtual Reality Medical Institute
San Diego, CA, USA
Professor Dr. Scott M. Debb, Ed.D., LPC
Conference Co-Chair & Organizer
Associate Professor of Psychology
Norfolk State University
Norfolk, Virginia, USA 23504
Scientific Committee
Nathan Appel, PhD
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Christina Botella, PhD
Universitat Jaume, Castelló de la Plana, Castellón, Spain 
Willem-Paul Brinkman, PhD
Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands 
Stéphane Bouchard, PhD
Université du Québec en Outaouais, Gatineau, Canada 
Andrew Campbell, PhD
The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia 
Darlene Colson, PhD
Norfolk State University, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
Scott Debb, EdD
Norfolk State University, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
Chris Fullwood, PhD
University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom 
Andrea Gaggioli, PhD
Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano, Italy 
Luciano Gamerini, PhD
University of Padova, Padova, Veneto, Italy
Pedro Gamito, PhD
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Lisbon, Portugal 
Karen Holmes, PhD
Norfolk State University, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
Linda K. Kaye, PhD, CPsychol, SFHEA
Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, United Kingdom
José Gutierrez Maldonado, PhD
University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Thomas Parsons, PhD
University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, USA
Susan Persky, PhD
National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Wendy Powell, PhD
Tilburg University, Tilburg, Netherlands
Brad Ridout, PhD
The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Giuseppe Riva, PhD
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano, Italy
Dan Romer, PhD
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Michael Roy, M.D., MPH, FACP, COL (Ret.)
Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Stefan Stieger, PhD
Karl Landsteiner University, Krems an der Donau, Austria 
Local Coordinator
Scott Debb, Ed.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology
Norfolk State University
Norfolk, Virginia, USA 23504
email: cyberpsychology@nsu.edu Phone: +011 757-823-8943