Speaker: Julie Jenson Bennett, Chief Executive Officer at Precipice, London, U.K.

This presentation provides a framework for thinking about the way we do design and innovation, introduces the basic concepts of meaning-centered design, and examines its role in the broader business context.

May 15-18, 2012 "Not just searching: Finding is the key to effective business" is the theme of this year's "Coordination of European Picture Agencies Stock, Press and Heritage (CEPIC)" congress. Its goal is to be the centre of the picture industry. Mathieu Chuat, XRCE business development manager, will give two presentations: 1. "What will image search look like in the future"2. "Visual search" - How can visual analytics play a part in search and retrieval? How effective is it, what can we expect from the technology and how can it help people find images now?

Large-scale image retrieval and classification have much in common and the tutorial will give a particular attention to shared methodologies. Organizers: Florent Perronin and Herve Jegou. The Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) 2012 is from June 16 - 21 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA.

Antonietta Grasso, Scientific Chair and Dave Martin program committee and workshop chair. XRCE Work Practice Technology group leading the following two workshops:

Workshop 2: Large-Scale Idea Management and Deliberation Systems workshop. Call for papers

Workshop 4: Gamification of Production Environments workshop ***CALL FOR PAPERS: DEADLINE EXTENDED TO APRIL 18th****