ISMAR, the premier conference for Augmented Reality (AR) and Mixed Reality (MR), will come to China for the first time in its history of more than 20 years. ISMAR 2019 will be held on October 14-18 in Beijing, China.

ISMAR is responding to the recent explosion of commercial and research activities related to AR and MR and Virtual Reality (VR) by continuing the expansion of its scope over the past several years. ISMAR 2019 will cover the full range of technologies encompassed by the MR continuum, from interfaces in the real world to fully immersive experiences.

Keynote

Academician Gao, Wen

Peking University

Prof. Tang, Xiaoou

Sense Time

Dr.techn. Dieter Schmalstieg

Graz University of Technology

Program Overview

Day 1 - Monday - Oct 14th (Friendship Palace，Friendship Hotel)

Time	Meeting Room3	Meeting Room5	Meeting Room7	Meeting Room9
09:00 - 10:30	W3: Mixed Reality and Accessibility	Doctoral Consortium	W4:Augmenting Cities and Architecture with Immersive Technologies	W6:AR & MR Technology for Ubiquitous Educational Learning Experience
10:30 - 11:00	Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:30	W3: Mixed Reality and Accessibility	Doctoral Consortium	W4:Augmenting Cities and Architecture with Immersive Technologies	W6:AR & MR Technology for Ubiquitous Educational Learning Experience
12:30 - 13:30	Lunch Break (lunch will be provided by the organizer) First Floor
13:30 - 15:00	W3: Mixed Reality and Accessibility	SLAM challenge	T1. OpenARK - Tackling Augmented Reality Challenges via an Open-Source Software Development Kit	W6:AR & MR Technology for Ubiquitous Educational Learning Experience
15:00 - 15:30	Coffee Break
15:30 - 17:00	W3: Mixed Reality and Accessibility	SLAM challenge	T1. OpenARK - Tackling Augmented Reality Challenges via an Open-Source Software Development Kit	W6:AR & MR Technology for Ubiquitous Educational Learning Experience

Day 2 -Tuesday - Oct 15th (Friendship Palace, Friendship Hotel)

Time	Juying Ballroom (Second Floor)
09:00 - 09:30	Opening Session
09:30 - 10:30	Keynote 1: Academician Wen Gao
10:30 - 11:00	Coffee Break - Juxian Ballroom
11:00 - 12:15	S1: Tracking and Reconstruction
12:15 - 13:15	Lunch Break (lunch will be provided by the organizer) First Floor
13:15- 14:45	S2: Modeling and Rendering
14:45 - 15:15	Coffee Break - Juxian Ballroom
15:15 - 16:30	S3: Acquisition & Manipulation
16:30 -17:30	Posters Teasers Group
17:30 -19:30	Poster Session - Juxian Ballroom
19:30 -21:30	Welcome Reception

Day 3 - Wednesday - Oct 16th (Friendship Palace，Friendship Hotel)

Time	Juying Ballroom (Second Floor)
08:30 - 09:30	S4: Spatial Augmented Reality & Near Eye Displays
09:30 - 10:00	Coffee Break - Juxian Ballroom Demo - Exhibition Hall
10:00 - 11:00	Keynote 2: Prof. Xiaoou Tang
11:00 - 12:30	Industry Forum
12:30 - 13:30	Lunch Break (lunch will be provided by the organizer) First Floor
13:30 - 14:45	S5: Perception & Presence
14:45 - 15:15	Coffee Break - Juxian Ballroom Demo - Exhibition Hall
15:15 - 16:30	S6: Locomotion
16:30 - 17:15	Pitch your Lab
18:30 - 20:30	Banquet (Ninety-nine yurt)

Day 4 - Wednesday - Oct 17th (Friendship Palace，Friendship Hotel)

Time	Juying Ballroom (Second Floor)
08:30 - 09:45	S7: Multimodal & Long Term Usage
09:45 - 10:15	Coffee Break - Juxian Ballroom Demo - Exhibition Hall
10:15 - 11:15	Keynote 3: Dr.techn. Dieter Schmalstieg A research agenda for situated visualization
11:15 - 12:30	S8: Collaboration & Entertainment
12:30 - 13:30	Lunch Break (lunch will be provided by the organizer) First Floor
12:30 - 14:30	Steering Committee Meeting
13:30 - 14:45	S9: Selection & Text Entry
14:45 - 15:15	Coffee Break - Juxian Ballroom Demo - Exhibition Hall
15:15 - 16:45	S10: Training & Learning
16:45 - 17:30	Closing Session

Day 5 - Friday - Oct 18th (Friendship Palace, Friendship Hotel)

Time	Meeting Room3	Meeting Room5	Meeting Room7
09:00 - 10:30	W1:Mixed/Augmented Reality and Mental Health	W2: Extended Reality for Good (XR4Good)	T3:Bridging the gap between research and practice in AR
10:30 - 11:00	Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:30	W1:Mixed/Augmented Reality and Mental Health	W2: Extended Reality for Good (XR4Good)	T3:Bridging the gap between research and practice in AR
12:30 - 13:30	Lunch Break (lunch will be provided by the organizer) First Floor
13:30 - 15:00	T2:Interaction Paradigms in MR – Lessons from Art	W2: Extended Reality for Good (XR4Good)	W5: XR-aided Design (XRAD): next generation of CAD tools
15:00 - 15:30	Coffee Break
15:30 - 17:00	T2:Interaction Paradigms in MR – Lessons from Art	W2: Extended Reality for Good (XR4Good)	W5: XR-aided Design (XRAD): next generation of CAD tools