Symposium Committee
		Update: Invited Speakers: René Barsalo TBD Special Session: The Role of Design   The Canadian Design Research Network is sponsoring an expert panel that will discuss the interaction between Smart Graphics and new trends in design: Design visualization and simulation, interactive design environments and advanced design technologies. Organizing Committee: Andreas Butz (University of Munich, Germany) Brian Fisher (University of British Columbia, Canada) Antonio Krueger (University of Muenster, Germany) Patrick Olivier (University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK) Program Committee: Elisabeth Andre (University of Augsburg) William Bares (Millsaps College) Marc Cavazza (Teeside University) Marc Christie (Université de Nantes) Sarah Diamond (Ontario College of  Art and Design) Steven Feiner (Columbia University) Sid Fels (University of British Columbia) Knut Hartmann (University of Magdeburg) Rainer Malaka (European Media Lab) Shigeru Owada (Sony CSL) W. Bradford Paley (Digital Image Design) Bernhard Preim (University of Magdeburg) Thomas Rist (University of Applied Sciences, Augsburg) Stefan Schlechtweg (University of Magdeburg) Lucia Terrenghi (University of Munich) Kay Wiese (Simon Fraser University) Sha Xinwei (Concordia University) Massimo Zancanaro (ITC-irst Trento) Michelle Zhou (IBM T.J. Watson Research Center)