• Deadline for Thematic Sessions proposals: 1st March 2009 (extended)

• Thematic Sessions notification: 10th March 2009 (extended)

Proposals for Thematic Sessions should be submitted by email to the conference co-chairs (tavares@fe.up.pt, rnatal@fe.up.pt)

          Confirmed Thematic Sessions

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Computer Vision in Robotics

Organizers: Luís Paulo Reis, University of Porto, Portugal (lpreis@fe.up.pt), António J. R. Neves, University of Aveiro, Portugal (an@ua.pt), Armando J. Pinho, University of Aveiro, Portugal (ap@ua.pt) and Armando Sousa, University of Porto, Portugal (asousa@fe.up.pt)

Texture Image Analysis: Methods and Applications
Organizers: Daniela Iacoviello, "Sapienza" Università di Roma, Italy (iacoviel@dis.uniroma1.it) and Pierluigi Maponi, Università di Camerino, Italy (pierluigi.maponi@unicam.it)

Processing and Classification of Satellite Imagery
Organizers: Artur Gil, University of Azores, Portugal (arturgil@uac.pt) and Agustín Lobo, Institut de Ciències de la Terra “Jaume Almera” (CSIC), Spain (Agustin.Lobo@ija.csic.es)

Small Animal Imaging: Trends and Techniques
Organizers: Susana Branco, University of Lisbon, Portugal (susana.silva@fc.ul.pt) and Béatrice David, Caliper Life Sciences, France (beatrice.david@caliperls.com)

Imaging of Biological Flows: Trends and Challenges
Organizers: Rui Lima, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal (ruimec@ipb.pt), Mónica S. N. Oliveira, Univsersity of Porto, Portugal (monica.oliveira@fe.up.pt), Takami Yamaguchi, Tohoku University, Japan (takami@pfsl.mech.tohoku.ac.jp) and Takuji Ishikawa, Tohoku University, Japan (ishikawa@pfsl.mech.tohoku.ac.jp)