{"id":723,"date":"2026-09-01T14:53:07","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T14:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vrst.acm.org\/vrst2026\/?page_id=723"},"modified":"2026-10-16T14:16:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T14:16:52","slug":"program-overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vrst.acm.org\/vrst2026\/program-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Program Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"723\" class=\"elementor elementor-723\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59833bd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"59833bd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc78063 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cc78063\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Program Overview (tentative)<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d678bc3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d678bc3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70629f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"70629f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"651\" src=\"https:\/\/vrst.acm.org\/vrst2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/TameTable2-1-1024x702.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-831\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vrst.acm.org\/vrst2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/TameTable2-1-1024x702.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vrst.acm.org\/vrst2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/TameTable2-1-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vrst.acm.org\/vrst2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/TameTable2-1-2000x1372.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/vrst.acm.org\/vrst2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/TameTable2-1-scaled-1536x1054.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vrst.acm.org\/vrst2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/TameTable2-1-scaled-2048x1405.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71b2366 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"71b2366\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b33c817 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b33c817\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><b>Sunday, November 15 (afternoon):<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<strong>VRST 2026 Prelude,<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0a pre-conference event featuring a lab tour and light refreshments.<\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><b>Monday, November 16<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <strong>Conference opening<\/strong>, opening keynote by Prof. Kumiyo Nakakoji from Future University of Hakodate in Japan, and a welcome reception in the evening.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><b>Tuesday, November 17<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <strong>Banquet<\/strong> in the evening.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><b>Wednesday, November 18:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong> Conference closing<\/strong>; the closing keynote by Prof. Mel Slater from the University of Barcelona in Spain.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><b>Thursday, November 19<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aspire-mwi.org\/post-event-of-vrst-symposium-on-mental-well-being-intelligence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Post-event<\/a><\/span><\/strong> (not part of VRST). A public symposium (free of charge) for the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/aspire-mwi.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><u>JST ASPIRE Advanced International Collaborative Research Promotion Program (Project Title: Mental Well-being Intelligence: A Data-Driven Research Community on Human Mental Health)<\/u><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20cff5f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"20cff5f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ddd814 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8ddd814\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">VRST 2026 Prelude (Sunday, November 15, afternoon)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1edcd4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d1edcd4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><span style=\"text-align: var(--text-align);\">Reception<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"text-align: var(--text-align);\">Lab Tour<\/span><ul><li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"text-align: var(--text-align);\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ais.riec.tohoku.ac.jp\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Advanced Acoustic Information Systems Lab<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"text-align: var(--text-align);\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.icd.riec.tohoku.ac.jp\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Interactive Content Design Lab<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"text-align: var(--text-align);\"><span style=\"text-align: var(--text-align);\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cr-ict.riec.tohoku.ac.jp\/home-en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Interdisciplinary ICT Research Center for Cyber and Real Spaces<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Program Overview (tentative) Sunday, November 15 (afternoon):\u00a0VRST 2026 Prelude,\u00a0\u00a0a pre-conference event featuring a lab tour and light refreshments. Monday, November 16: Conference opening, opening keynote by Prof. Kumiyo Nakakoji from Future University of Hakodate in Japan, and a welcome reception in the evening. Tuesday, November 17: Banquet in the evening. Wednesday, November 18: Conference closing; &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vrst.acm.org\/vrst2026\/program-overview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Program Overview&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-723","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vrst.acm.org\/vrst2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vrst.acm.org\/vrst2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vrst.acm.org\/vrst2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vrst.acm.org\/vrst2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vrst.acm.org\/vrst2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=723"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/vrst.acm.org\/vrst2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":837,"href":"https:\/\/vrst.acm.org\/vrst2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/723\/revisions\/837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vrst.acm.org\/vrst2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}