Tobii Technology specializes in hardware and software solutions for eye tracking and eye control. This technology makes it possible for computers to know exactly where users are looking. Their products are widely used within scientific research and in commercial market research and usability studies, as well as by disabled people as a means to communicate. Tobii contributes with a wide range of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) products, as well as offers eye tracking technology to industrial partners within areas such as gaming, car safety and 3D displays. Tobii has continuously shown very rapid year-to-year revenue growth, and have received numerous awards and recognitions for its accomplishments.
Vaasa
Science Park is an important part of the development of the Vaasa and Ostrobothnia
Region. The goals are to create structured science park processes as a part of
the innovation system and to promote research cooperation between companies and
universities. As well as promoting the planning and construction of Innohouse,
the meeting place of the science park. The intention of Vaasa Science Park is
with the innovation system to promote the operations and communication between
science, the economic life and public parties (e.g. investors).
The
BBC is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world. Its mission is to
enrich people's lives with programmes that inform, educate and entertain. In
order for the BBC to fulfill its mission to inform, educate and entertain, the
Royal Charter and Agreement sets out six public purposes. Some of these
purposes are to sustain
citizenship and civil society, stimulate
creativity and cultural excellence and deliver to
the public the benefit of emerging communications technologies and services.
Our
mission is to provide services and products for companies that want to build a
strong presence on the web. Mios' objective is to create simple, fresh and user-friendly
solutions. Together
with the customer we develop modern solutions that respond to the customer's
demands. Such as Web Design and Concept Planning, Internal Communication,
E-campaigns, Follow-up and analysis.
Sveng.com
Interactive Ltd is the new media division of Sveng.com Production Ltd that
produces interactive TV services for the digital broadcasting environment. The
first services were based on the international standard DVB-MHP and today
mobile phones are used for the interactivity. Sveng.com Sweden is a
post-production house for film and TV. The company is based in Trollhattan, the
hottest region in northern Europe for motion picture production. The company
provides editing, sound design and mixing services for films and TV-series. The
company also produces films, TV and commersials. As well as PC/Mac games,
mobile games, websites and all kinds of electronic entertainment.
Apollo Media is A London-based media technology, production, film finance, and strategic advisory company. Apollo operates three subsidiaries, each of which is active in its own specialized area. Apollo Media is a mobile and digital technology company formed in 2006. That has developed a cutting-edge mobile content management platform, RE4CTOR, which uniquely enables real-time user interaction with most types of content (audio, video, text and image). Apollo's RE4CTOR technology is powering cutting-edge, tailored solutions for companies working in market reaserch, polling broadcast television, newspaper and consumer publishing, social communities, music distribution, film distribution, B2B Publishing, and advertising. This technology was behind Apollo's ground-breaking game show, "Ursäkta Birgitta", which won Best Children's show in the January 2009 Finnish TV Awards. London talent agency United Agents represents Apollo Mobile in the UK.
Kaleidoscope
believes in using e-learning to improve job performance, get results, and
deliver a high return-on-investment (ROI). Yet they view e-learning design as both an art and
a science, and bring a distinct point-of-view--rooted in education and
academics--to each project they undertake. Their design process puts both
people and technology in the best roles-that is, after all, the only way to
produce effective e-learning.
Idean is a
unique user centric design company. That provides customer-driven user
interface design, holistic research, market analysis and innovation services.
Idean's wide range of solutions represents the cutting edge in the digital
domain - their playground is where people meet digital devices, to deliver
solutions which are easy to use, exciting and relevant for the target audience.
They create world-leading digital concepts, applications and platforms for web,
mobile and integrated industry systems.
These are the industry cases that will be represented at the conference, either throught keynote speakers, case presenters, or exhibitions.
Industry Cases
BBC, user experience department in research and
development (keynote Nicole Smyth)
Apollo Mobile (case presenter Rolfe
Swinton)
Sveng.com Interactive (case
presenter Rolfe Swinton)
Kaleidoscope Learning (case presenter David
Guralnick)
Mios (case presenter Mikael Östling)
Idean
(case presenter Mikko-Pekka Hanski)
Exhibitions
Tobii
Vaasa Science Park
