Organizing Committee
President: MSc. Beatriz Alonso Becerra
Vice-president: PhD. Francisco A. Fernández Nodarse
Secretary: Lic. Marta Francis Songel
Members:
-  Lic. Rafael de la Osa Díaz
-  PhD. Mayra Durán
-  Eng. Emilsis Wellesley-Bourke Martin
-  Eng. Vivian Ojeda La Serna

Scientific Committee
President: PhD. Francisco A. Fernández Nodarse
Secretary: Eng. Rita González Planas  
Members:
-  PhD. Mayra Durán
-  PhD.C Joaquín Danilo Pina Amargós, CUJAE  
-  MSc.  Raissel Ramírez
-  Eng. Elena Grimany López
-  Eng. Guillermo Lastre Olazabal
-  Lic. Yanet Bellón Landa
-  Lic. Iohanis Alvarez Alvarez
-  Lic. Ernesto Miró Orozco

Topics
1.  Multimedia: Contents, technologies, multimedia development and applications platforms. Technological supports. Audiovisuals. Creative and innovative solutions in the audiovisual services development. Technological applications from the latest generation. Trends derived from the technological convergence applied to the multimedia environment. Open source. The technological evolution and the image transformation. Security in the digital supports and contents. Development methodologies.

2.  Virtualization, computer graphics and virtual reality: The human perception and the interaction with a virtual system. Virtual Engineering. Virtual environments’ simulation. 3D computer graphics, data visualization and related technologies. Electronic Cinema. High Definition. Interactivity in different platforms. Virtual environmental applications and case studies. Software algorithms and computational applications interface. Open source. 3D images norms. Virtual visits, virtual journeys, 3D recreations, and virtual reality environments.

3.  The media’s art and technology: Digital art and design. Tools and applications. Animation, edition, photography, video and digital sound. Creativity and interactivity.

4.  Web and Networks technologies, development platforms and applications: Scientific and academic networks. Social networks and social software. Web. Semantic Web. Virtual communities. Open source. Information security. On-line services. Collaborative virtual spaces. Web usableness, programming and technology. Protocols and standards.

5.  Knowledge management in digital supports and networks: Information architecture. Portals, sites and virtual communities in Internet. Information preservation. Thematic and institutional repositories. Virtual libraries. Databases. Content management systems.

Pre/Post Congress Courses
1.
COURSE: Introduction to Processing and Wiring.
IMPARTED BY: ThreeXOR MEDIA LAB Colombian Specialists:
                       Carlos Mario Rodríguez Perdomo, 
                       Laura Soler Rodríguez,
                       Camilo Andrés Nemocón Farfán.
DAY: February 2, 3 and 4
TIME: 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 m.
PLACE: UCI

2.
COURSE: Virtual Reality and Stereoscopic Vision.
IMPARTED BY: Three professors: 1 from the University of Oviedo, Spain and two from the UCI, Cuba:

Dr. Santiago Martín González, Professor and researcher from the University of Oviedo; he imparts topics related to computer assisted design. He is experienced in Stereoscopic Vision and 3D reconstruction fields.

Ing. Liudmila Pupo Peña, Professor at the  UCI;  Head and Developer of the Development Tools for Stereoscopic Vision Systems Project.

Ing. Yoander Cabrera Díaz, Professor at the UCI; Architect-developer of the Development Tools for Stereoscopic Vision Systems Project.

DAY: Thursday, February 10, Afternoon Session
        Friday, February 11, Morning and Afternoon sessions
TIME: 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 m.
PLACE: UCI

3.
COURSE: VolumesVisualization.
IMPARTED BY: Dr. Jorge Ernesto Rodríguez. Professor-Researcher of the Experimental Science and Technology Faculty (FACYT) at the University of Carabobo (UC), Venezuela; Coordinator for the Graphic Computing and Scientific Visualization Research Line and Director of the Visualization and  Scientific Computation Multidisciplinary Center (CEMVICC).
DAY: February 10 and 11.
TIME: Time Pending, but it will take only one session.
PLACE: UCI

Collaborators
CITMATEL
UCI
MIC
CITMA
CUBARTE

Contact
Marta Francis Songel, Directora Desarrollo Organizacional, CITMATEL
Telephone: (53 7) 204 3600
e-Mail: martha@citmatel.cu

Vivian Ojeda La Serna, CITMATEL
Telephone: (53 7) 206 9367
e-Mail: vivian@citmatel.inf.cu