<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:20pt;line-height:28.5333px">International Conference on Intelligent Metaverse Technologies & Applications (</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16pt;line-height:22.8267px">iMETA2023)<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:17.25pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;color:rgb(65,65,66)">18–20 September, 2023 – Tartu, Estonia<u></u><u></u></span></p><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:16.2pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(112,48,160)"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://imeta-conference.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(112,48,160)">https://imeta-conference.org/</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(112,48,160)"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(112,48,160)"><u></u><u></u></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><font size="2"><span lang="EN-US">Over the years, technology has advanced significantly, and the creation of the virtual environments (i.e., metaverse) is one of the latest innovations that is set to revolutionize how we interact, process, and connect our real-life to other lifes. With the metaverse, we are presented with a new realm that blurs the lines between the physical and digital world, providing a new space for communication, commerce, services, and entertainment.</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><font size="2"><span lang="EN-US">The International Conference on Intelligent Metaverse Technologies & Applications (iMeta) is to bring together leading researchers, academics, and industry experts to explore the various aspects of the distributive metaverse, including its technologies, applications, and implications for various industries. Attendees can expect to participate in exciting keynote speeches, panel discussions, and presentations on cutting-edge research field. </span><span lang="EN-US">Throughout the conference, there will be ample opportunities for attendees to network, share their knowledge, and collaborate on future initiatives that will drive the development of the metaverse forward. We are confident that iMeta conference will inspire new ideas, foster innovation, and spark collaborations that will push the boundaries of the metaverse and its potential to change the world as we know it.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><font size="2"><span lang="EN-US">Overall, the iMETA conference aims to provide attendees with comprehensive understanding of the communication, computing, and system requirements of the metaverse. Through keynote speeches, panel discussions, and presentations, attendees will have the opportunity to engage with leading experts and learn about the latest developments and future trends in the field. The conference will also provide ample opportunities for networking, sharing knowledge, and collaborating with others in the metaverse community.</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><span lang="EN-US"><font size="2">List of Tracks:<u></u><u></u></font></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="2">Researchers are encouraged to submit original research contributions in all major areas, which include, but not limited to:<u></u><u></u></font></span></p><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 18pt"><font size="2"><span lang="EN-US">1.<span style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">     </span></span><span lang="EN-US">AI<u></u><u></u></span></font></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 18pt"><font size="2"><span lang="EN-US">2.<span style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">     </span></span><span lang="EN-US">Security and Privacy<u></u><u></u></span></font></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 18pt"><font size="2"><span lang="EN-US">3.<span style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">     </span></span><span lang="EN-US">Networking and Communications<u></u><u></u></span></font></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 18pt"><font size="2"><span lang="EN-US">4.<span style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">     </span></span><span lang="EN-US">Systems and Computing<u></u><u></u></span></font></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 18pt"><font size="2"><span lang="EN-US">5.<span style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">     </span></span><span lang="EN-US">Multimedia and Computer Vision<u></u><u></u></span></font></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 18pt"><font size="2"><span lang="EN-US">6.<span style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">     </span></span><span lang="EN-US">Immersive Technologies and Services<u></u><u></u></span></font></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 18pt"><font size="2"><span lang="EN-US">7.<span style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">     </span></span></font><span lang="EN-US"><font size="2">Storage and Processing</font><u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri;color:red">Important Dates:<u></u><u></u></span></b></div><ul type="square" style="margin-top:0cm"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:15px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">Papers due: <span style="color:red">May 10, 2023</span><u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:15px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">Short paper/poster due: June 10, 2023<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:15px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">Acceptance notification: July 10, 2023<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:15px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">Camera-ready paper due: July 31, 2023<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:15px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">Workshop Proposal due: May 10, 2023<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri;color:red">Keynote Speakers:<u></u><u></u></span></b></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 35.7pt;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Wingdings">§<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">  </span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">Walid Saad</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">, Virginia Tech, USA<u></u><u></u></span></div><ul type="square" style="margin-top:0cm"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:15px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">Merouane Debbah</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">, TII, UAE<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:15px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">Ian F. Akyildiz</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">, Truva Inc., USA<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri;color:red">Submission Guidelines:<u></u><u></u></span></b></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 17.85pt;text-align:justify;line-height:16.2pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">There are three categories of submission:<u></u><u></u></span></div><ul type="square" style="margin-top:0cm"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:15px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">Long papers:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt"> 7-8 pages.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt"><u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:15px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">Short papers:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt"> 5-6 pages.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt"><u></u><u></u></span></li></ul><p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:14.2667px;font-family:Wingdings">§<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">  </span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px">Poster papers: 1-2 pages (undergraduate).<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px;color:rgb(112,48,160)">Submission Link: </span></b><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=imeta2023" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px">https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=imeta2023</span></b></a></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px;color:rgb(68,114,196)"><u></u><u></u></span></b></p><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri;color:red">Organizing Committee<u></u><u></u></span></b></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(68,114,196)">      Steering Committee<u></u><u></u></span></b></div><ul type="square" style="margin-top:0cm"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:15px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">Giancarlo Fortino, University of Calabria, Italy<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:15px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">Albert Zomaya, University of Sydney, Australia<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:15px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">Nirwan Ansari, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Wingdings">    §<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">  </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">Salil Kanhere, UNSW Sydney, Australia<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Wingdings">    §<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">  </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">Yaser Jararweh, JUST, Jordan<u></u><u></u></span></p><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 18pt;text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(68,114,196)">General Co-Chair<u></u><u></u></span></b></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Wingdings">§<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">  </span></span><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3">Ilir Capuni, University of Montenegro, Montenegro</font><font face="Calibri"><u></u><u></u></font></span></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 18pt;text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(68,114,196)">Program Co-Chairs<u></u><u></u></span></b></div><ul type="square" style="margin-top:0cm"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:15px;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">Feras Awaysheh, University of Tartu, Estonia<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:15px;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">Gautam Srivastava, Brandon University, Canada<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:15px;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">Jun Wu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China and Waseda University, Japan<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:15px;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">Moayad Aloqaily, MBZUAI, UAE<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 18pt;text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(68,114,196)">Local Committee<u></u><u></u></span></b></div><ul type="square" style="margin-top:0cm"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:15px;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">Karl Lomp, University of Tartu, Estonia<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:15px;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">Madis Vasser, University of Tartu, Estonia<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:15px;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">Stefania Tomasiello, University of Tartu, Estonia<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:15px;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt">Ulrich Norbisrath, University of Tartu, Estonia</span></li></ul></div>