The Eurographics Symposium on Rendering 2005 (EGSR2005) will be held at the University of Konstanz, Germany, starting June 29th and ending July 1, 2005. The Symposium on Rendering is an event in the series of highly successful Eurographics Symposia held during the past 15 years.

During the three days scientists from all continents will present their work on image production, computer animation, visualization and related subjects. During the past years, the conference has become the primary place for scientists to present the latest developments on this subject.

In conjunction with the conference, the Konstanz Power-Wall, the first European high-end display of this type from Barco, with a native resolution of 4640x1920 pixels on a screen of 5.20 x 2.15 m, will be presented.

The keynote speaker at the Symposium will be Daniel Pletinckx, Coordinator of New Technologies and the EPOCH Project at the renowned Ename Center for Public Archaeology and Heritage Presentation. His talk will focus on the use of augmented and virtual reality in Cultural heritage, and whether the use of such technologies is helpful and / or wishful in the context of heritage projects.

Mr. Pletinckx' primary areas of research include system design, digital image processing, digital image synthesis, 3D graphics and virtual reality. As Coordinator of New Technologies, Daniel Pletinckx is responsible for designing new cultural heritage presentation systems and oversees planning, development, quality control, and management of the Ename Center's heritage presentation projects.

The Symposium Committee has invited German PhD students to participate in a Poster Presentation Workshop. The works will be exhibited around the auditorium in R 711 and R712 one day before the conference. Authors of accepted posters will present their works during the Symposium. All works will be discussed in a post session on Saturday, June 2nd.