Programme at a glance


Programme in detail (pdf version)

Monday 17 May 2010
Breakfast in hotel
8:30 Registration opens, University of Helsinki, Unioninkatu 34
9:00-16:30 Workshops and Doctoral Colloquium including
  • one coffee break at about 10:00,
  • lunch at about 12:00, and
  • one coffee break at about 14:30,

in the Auditoriums and Rooms in the main building of the University of Helsinki, Unioninkatu 34

17:00-18:00 Keynote: Towards a Ubiquitous Network Society: Challenges in Creating Smart Spaces Everywhere, Professor Hideyuki Tokuda, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University, joint keynote with UbiSummit 2010 at the Stock Exchange, Fabianinkatu 14.
18:00-20:00 Joint reception with UbiSummit 2010 at the Stock Exchange, Fabianinkatu 14.


Tuesday 18 May 2010
Breakfast in hotel
8:30 Registration opens, University of Helsinki, Unioninkatu 34
8:40-9:00Opening of the Conference, Festival Hall
Opening Fanfare: Chopin: Polonaise Op. 40 No. 1, A major, "Militaire", Marko Ikonen
Pervasive 2010
General Chair, Director Patrik Floréen, Helsinki Institute for Information Technology HIIT; Programme Co-Chairs Antonio Krüger, German Research Center for AI and Mirjana Spasojevic, Nokia Research Center, Palo Alto, USA
9:00-10:00 Keynote: Pervasive technology that changed the world, Dr. Henry Tirri, Senior Vice President, Head of Nokia Research Center, Festival Hall
10:00-10:30 Coffee break, Foyers outside Festival Hall
10:30-12:05 Session 1: Positioning, Festival Hall, Chair: Alex Varshavsky
12:05-13:00 Lunch
13:00-14:05 Session 2: Navigation and Tracking, Festival Hall, Chair: Khai Truong
14:05-14:10 Break
14:10-15:35 Session 3: Applications, Festival Hall, Chair: Shin'ichi Konomi
15:35-16:00 Coffee break, Foyers
16:00-16:45 One minute Plaza madness (posters, demonstrations and videos), Festival Hall, Chairs: Poster, demo and video chairs
16:45-17:00Break
17:00-17:05 Greeting by the University of Helsinki, speech by Vice Rector Johanna Björkroth, main building of the University, 2nd floor, Reception rooms
17:05-19:00 Reception held by the University of Helsinki, Vice Rector Johanna Björkroth, main building of the University, 2nd floor
17:30-19:30 Pervasive Plaza (posters, demonstrations, videos), University main building, 2nd floor


Wednesday 19 May 2010
Breakfast in hotel
8:30 Registration opens, University of Helsinki, Unioninkatu 34
8:30-10:05 Session 4: Tools, modelling, Festival Hall, Chair: Judy Kay
10:05-10:30 Coffee break, foyers
10:30-12:05 Session 5: Studies, Festival Hall, Chair: Anind Dey
12:05-13:00 Lunch
13:00-14:35 Session 6: Activity Recognition, Festival Hall, Chair: Patrick Olivier
14:35-15:00 Coffee break, foyers
15:00-15:30 Workshop and doctoral colloquium madness, Festival Hall, Chairs: workshop and doctoral colloquium chairs
15:30-17:10 Session 7: Sensing, Festival Hall, Chair: James Scott
17:30- Excursion and banquet
  • 17:30-19:30 Boating in the archipelago, start at starting from the Market Square
  • 20:00-23:30 Banquet at Palace, Eteläranta 10, starting at about 20:00.
  • Best paper, best demo, and best poster awards


Thursday 20 May 2010
Breakfast in hotel
8:30 Registration opens, University of Helsinki, Unioninkatu 34
9:00-10:05 Session 8: Resource Awareness, Festival Hall, Chair: Shwetak Patel
10:05-10:30 Coffee break
10:30-12:05 Session 9: Interaction, Festival Hall, Chair: A.J. Brush
12:05-13:00 Lunch
13:00-13:25 Town Hall Meeting, Festival Hall, Chair: Aaron Quigley
  • Best presentation and best video awards
  • Pervasive 2011
13:25-13:30Closing of the Conference, Festival Hall
Closing Fanfare: Chopin: Fantaisie-Impromptu Op. 66, C-sharp minor, Marko Ikonen
13:30-14:30 T1: AJ Brush: Pervasive Computing User Studies, Festival Hall
14:30-15:30 T2: Shwetak Patel: Location in Pervasive Computing, Festival Hall
15:30-16:00 Coffee break
16:00-17:00 T3: John Krumm: Processing Sequential Sensor Data, Festival Hall
17:00-18:00 T4: Adrian Friday: Systems Support for Ubiquitous Computing, Festival Hall