XR Metaverse Conference

The International XR-Metaverse Conference is an annual immersive tech

event of the International Association of Immersive Technology Innovation(IAITI).

It aims to bring industry and academia together in order to discuss, present,

showcase the latest trends and advance the immersive technology arena.

The 9th International XR-Metaverse Conference will be held at Dong-Eui University,

Busan, Korea, 18-22 May 2024. The 9th International XR-Metaverse

Conference will focus on the theme of Metaverse: Where Reality Meets Imagination.

Participant Registration

IAITI OFFICIAL RECEIPT WILL BE eEMAILED OUT 4-5 days after registration!
Payments within Korea must be made in Korean Won. For Korean WonPayments, Please visit https://kr.iaiti.org/24
For oral or poster presentations, at least one author of each paper must be registered as a General Attend.
Payment for registration can be made by credit card or bank transfer. To pay by credit card, click “Payment” on the right.
Bank Transfer
- Countries other than Korean(Name of Account : Ludens Inc, Name of Bank : Industrial Bank of Korea, Account No : 518-026249-04-212, Swift Code : IBKOKRSE)
- Bank address : Eulji-ro 82, ibk finance tower floor 16, jung-gu, Seoul, South Korea
- If you paid by bank transfer, please send the sender's name, affiliation, paper submission no., e-mail address, phone number, and transfer receipt to bsh0810@ludensce.com.

9th International XR-Metaverse conference is divided into registered students and general public.
A right to return of tickets and the refund of the ticket purchase price only applies if the event is canceled or relocated.
If you are unable to attend the event, you can transfer your ticket to another person.
Please let us know the name of this person at least three days before the start of the event.
Up to two weeks before the event, it is possible to cancel the ticket. We will then refund half of the purchase price.

The Conference full-day registration fee includes:

Participation in all open sessions
Entrance to Exhibition and Poster session area
Coffee, 2days Lunch, Participation in networking and dinner Events
Submission fee for a full paper (Industry 6 pages) – (Academic up to 12 pages) for the SCOPUS Indexed “Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics” to be published in 2025.

Themes to be covered at the conference include, but are not limited to, the following areas:

· XR and the metaverse

· XR to overcome a health crisis

· XR for societal good

· VR/AR

· Multimedia

· Digital government

· Digital platform government

· AI, Big Data, IoT, 5G, Robot powered XR innovation

· Digital transformation through XR

· Digital Twin

· XR adoption behaviour

· XR/metaverse business models

· Development and implementation of augmented and

virtual reality applications

· Mobile and wearable technologies and

applications

· Impacts of XR on value co-creation

· XR/metaverse for customer engagement

· Legal, ethical, and regulatory issues

· New methodological approaches for

XR/metaverse

· XR/metaverse applications in tourism, events,

cultural heritage, architecture, education, retail,

entertainment, health, manufacturing etc.

· Any other related topic

Instructions For Authors

We are inviting 3 types of abstract submissions for the 2024 conference:

1. Scientific Track

Extended abstract length: max. 3 pages* (excl. references). The suggested structure is 1. Introduction, 2. Literature Review, 3. Methodology, 4. Findings, 5 Conclusion. 6. References.

*Authors have the option to submit a 12-page full paper.

2. Work-In-Progress Poster or PhD Poster Track

This track will be suitable for work-in-progress research or for PhD students who would like to present their ideas. max 3 pages (excl. references). The suggested structure is 1. Introduction, 2. Literature Review, 3. Methodology, 4. Findings, 5 Conclusion. 6. References.

3. Industry Track

Extended abstract length: max. 3 pages (excl. references). The suggested structure is 1. Company Description, 2. Project Summary, 3. Project Details, 4. Feedback from End Users, 5 Future Outlook, 6 Conclusion.

Guidelines

There are no strict formatting requirements. Please submit a blind copy for the review process. All abstract submissions must be in English and submitted as a PDF file. The document file should not contain information that unnecessarily identifies the authors, their institutions, or their places of work.

· ~~Submission closes: 15 January, 2024~~

~~· Extended deadline: 29 February, 2024~~

~~· Notification of acceptance/rejection: 15 February, 2024~~

~~· Earlybird registration deadline: 31 March, 2024~~

~~· Regular registration deadline: 10 May, 2024~~

· Conference: May 18-22, 2024

Conference Team

Conference Host and Local Conference Chair –

Prof. Seok Chan Jeong (scjeong@deu.ac.kr)

Host Secretariat – Prof. Sunghyun Sim (ssh@deu.ac.kr)

Conference Chair –

Prof. Timothy Jung (t.jung@mmu.ac.uk)

Academic Program Chair –

Dr. M. Claudia tom Dieck (c.tom-dieck@mmu.ac.uk)

Local Program Chair - Prof. Sung-Hee Kim (sh.kim@deu.ac.kr)

Networking Chair – Prof. Dai-In Han (han.d@buas.nl)

Registration Chair– Lucy (Minjeong) Suh (lucymmu@naver.com)

Social Media Strategist– Eunice Cijntje (hello@eunicecijntje.com)

Publicity Chairs

Europe – Prof. Philipp Rauschnabel (Philipp.Rauschnabel@unibw.de)

MENA – Dr. Ramy Hammady (r.hammady@essex.ac.uk)

ASIA – Prof. Seokchan Jeong (scjeong@deu.ac.kr)

USA – Prof. Sun Joo (Grace) Ahn (sjahn@uga.edu)

More

Mahmoud Abdelrahman, Manchester Metropolitan University

Sun Joo Ahn, University of Georgia

Maria Alamgir, Manchester Metropolitan University

Saifeddin Alimamy, Zayed University

Ons Al-Shamaileh, Zayed University

Diana Andone, Politehnica University of Timisoara

Fernando Angelino, ISCTE- IUL

Rohail Ashraf, Manchester Metropolitan University

Sergio Barta, University of Zaragoza

Jalal Safari Bazargani, Sejong University

Abhishek Behl, Management Development Institute

Nina Belei, Radboud University

Enrique Bigne, University of Valencia

Anja von Bosse, University of the Bundeswehr Munich

Nicholas Bowman, West Virginia University

Carmen Pérez Cabañero, University of Valencia

Fabio Campos, Breda University of Applied Sciences

Amparo Cervera, University of Valencia

Justin Cho, Manchester Metropolitan University

Mathew Chylinski, University of New South Wales (UNSW) Business School

Eunice Cijntje, Lucidity Communications

Cihan Cobanoglu, University of South Florida

Kirsten Cowan, University of Edinburgh

Sarah Coward, In the Room

Ella Cranmer, Manchester Metropolitan University

Rafael Curras-Perez, University of Valencia

M.C. tom Dieck, Manchester Metropolitan University

Peter Eachus, University of Salford

Elodie Etienne, HEC Liège management school

Leighton Evans, Swansea University

Mónica Mendes, Ferreira ISCTE-IUL

David Finken, ETH Zurich

Carlos Flavian, University of Zaragoza

Alba García-Milon, University of La Rioja

Naji Gharibi, Victoria University of Wellington

Marnix van Gisbergen, Breda University of Applied Sciences

Ricard Gras, Captic.io

João Guerreiro, ISCTE-IUL

Shashi Gupta, Eudoxia Research University

Ramy Hammady, University of Essex

Danny Han, Zuyd University of Applied Sciences

Tilo Hartmann, Vrije Universiteit (VU) Amsterdam

Ronald Haynes, University of Cambridge

Jonas Heller, University of Maastricht

Tim Hilken, University of Maastricht

Linda Hirsch, Fraunhofer FIT

Dominik O. W. Hirschberg, University of the Bundeswehr Munich

Katherine Hoolahan, VR Healthy

Sergio Ibáñez-Sánchez, University of Zaragoza

Ryan Johnston, Ulster University

Timothy Jung, Manchester Metropolitan University

Tuulikki Keskitalo, Lapland University of Applied Sciences

Alexander Kies, RWTH Aachen University

Sunghak Kim, National Cancer Center, Korea

Byung-Gyu Kim, Sookmyung Women's University

Sung-Hee Kim, Dong-Eui University

Maksym Koghut, Manchester Metropolitan University

Anthony Kong, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Nina Krey, Rowan University

Anna Krispin, Zuyd University of Applied Sciences

Harish Kumar, Great lakes institute of management

Vladimir Kuts, Tallinn University of Technology

Ján Lacko, Pan-European University Bratislava

Chun-I Lee, National Taiwan University of Arts

Jaein Lee, Dong-Eui University

Gunnar Liestøl, University of Oslo

Maria Alesanco Llorente, University of La Rioja

Adele Magnelli, ETT S.p.A.

Dominik Mahr, University of Maastricht

Ryan Mathew, University of Leeds

Tj Matthews, i3 Simulations

Natalia Medrano, University of La Rioja

Cynthia Mejia, University of Central Florida

Andy Miah, Salford University

Deepanjali Mishra, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology

Chiranjeewa Priyashanta Atapattu Atapattu

Mudiyanselage, Manchester Metropolitan University

Ash Murphy, Manchester Metropolitan University

Raziye Nevzat, Eastern Mediterranean University

Marissa Orlowski, University of North Carolina Greensboro

Carlos Orus, University of Zaragoza

Christos Pantelidis, Manchester Metropolitan University

Nina Jane Patel, University of Reading

Juho Pesonen, University of Eastern Finland

Jovana Plavsic, University of British Columbia

Mark Pluymaekers, Zuyd University of Applied Sciences

Shima Rezaei Rashnoodi Breda, University of Applied Sciences

Marion Rauscher, Hochschule Munich

Philipp A. Rauschnabel, University of the Bundeswehr Munich

Bibhas Roy, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Sarah Anna Schmid, Macromedia University of Applied Sciences

Joachim Scholz, Brock University

Choonsung Shin, Chonnam National University

Sunghyun Sim, Dong-Eui University

Patrick Simon, Zuyd University of Applied Sciences

Sebastian Stadler, Hochschule Ansbach - University of Applied Sciences

Christine Sung, Montana State University

Jessica Symons, Visioning Lab

Alexandra Taylor, Manchester Metropolitan University

Aleksei Tepljakov, TalTech University

Nader El Tibi, Lancaster University

Mariapina Trunfio, University of Naples Parthenope

Pasi Tuominen, Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences

Zofija Tupikovskaja-Omovie, Manchester Metropolitan University

Silviu Vert, Politehnica University of Timisoara

Jing Wang, Manchester Metropolitan University

Yanyun Wang, University of Colorado Boulder

Gary Warnaby, Manchester Metropolitan University

Désirée Wieland, University of Bamberg

Shuang Wu, Rowan University

Mike Yao, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

	Earlybird Registration (~ March 31, 2024)	Regular Registration (April 1, 2024 ~ May 10, 2024)	On-site Registration	1 day pass
Student	$390	$490	$540	$290
General Attendee	$550	$650	$700	$390

Date	May 18, 2024
Progress	Prof. Philipp Rauschnabel (Universität der Bundeswehr München) Dr. Leif Oppermann (Fraunhofer) and Prof. Sung-Hee Kim (Dong-Eui University).
Venue	Dong-Eui University, South Korea
Cost	$ 50

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