{"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":"2026-09-03T05:00:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T05:00:56","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=\"237\" src=\"https:\/\/vrst.acm.org\/vrst2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Program-Overview1-1024x255.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-737\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vrst.acm.org\/vrst2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Program-Overview1-1024x255.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vrst.acm.org\/vrst2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Program-Overview1-300x75.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vrst.acm.org\/vrst2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Program-Overview1-2000x498.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/vrst.acm.org\/vrst2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Program-Overview1-scaled-1536x383.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vrst.acm.org\/vrst2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Program-Overview1-scaled-2048x510.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\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the afternoon of <\/span><b>Sunday, November 15<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a pre-event reception will be held, featuring a lab tour and light refreshments.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><b>Monday, November 16<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Conference opening, opening keynote will be delivered 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;\">: Banquet in the evening.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><b>Wednesday, November 18:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Conference closing; the closing keynote will be delivered 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;\">: Post-event (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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Program Overview (tentative) On the afternoon of Sunday, November 15, a pre-event reception will be held, featuring a lab tour and light refreshments. Monday, November 16: Conference opening, opening keynote will be delivered by Prof. Kumiyo Nakakoji from Future University of Hakodate in Japan, and a welcome reception in the evening. 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