6th Korean-Swiss Science Days “New Worlds Beyond Reality" 7-8 December 2015
The Science Days are an annual workshop supported by the Korean-Swiss bilateral Science and Technology Programme with the aim of fostering collaboration between the two countries. This year's edition will focus on virtual reality, interaction technology and full body immerson and take place at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) on 7-8 December 2015.
The Korean-Swiss Science Days are a series of annual conferences to foster the relations between Korea and Switzerland in science and technology. They are part of the bilateral Korean-Swiss Science and Technology Programme and provide a platform for researchers to meet and establish new collaboration and to present projects in research areas of mutual interest to both countries.
The 2015 edition aims to identify the new frontiers and trends in interaction design, animation, virtual reality and and full body immersion and introduce recent initiatives from Switzerland and Korea in this area. Leading researchers and students from both countries will be brought together to foster future collaboration and the exchange people. Apart from scientific presentations there will be social spaces and room for discussion between the participants.
This year's Korean-Swiss Science Days are organized jointly by Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), ETH Zurich and the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF). They are funded by the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) and the Korean Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIP). Travel for Korean participants is born by the Korean side through the National Research Foundation of Korea. All organizational costs and expenses for Swiss participants are covered by the funds provided from SERI administered by ETH Zurich as the Swiss Leading House. The Science Days are generally supported by the Science and Technology Office of the Swiss Embassy in Seoul.
