ICDVRAT 2026

The 16th International Conference on Disability, Virtual Reality and Associated Technologies

15^th to 18^th September 2026 - Copenhagen, Denmark

Conference Organisation

Honorary President

• Paul Sharkey

General Conference Chairs

• Emil Rosenlund Høeg, Aalborg University, Denmark
• Iveta Fajnerová, VR Research Center, National Institute of Mental Health, Czechia
• Pedro Gamito, HEI-Lab, University Lusófona, Lisbon, Portugal
• David Brown, Nottingham Trent University, UK

Local Organising Committee

• Emil Rosenlund Høeg, Aalborg University, Denmark
• Ali Adjourli, Aalborg University, Denmark
• Scott Naylor, Aalborg University, Denmark
• Daniel Zielasko, Aalborg University, Denmark
• Anthony Lewis Brooks, Aalborg University, Denmark
• Eva Brooks, Aalborg University, Denmark
• Tone Eide Hilmen, Aalborg University, Denmark
• Sofie Julsgaard Nielsen, Aalborg University, Denmark

ICDVRAT Series Steering Committee

• Ali Adjorlu, Aalborg University, Denmark
• David Brown, Nottingham Trent University, UK
• Renáta Cserjési, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary
• Iveta Fajnerová, VR Center, National Institute of Mental Health, Czechia
• Pedro Gamito, HEI-Lab, University Lusófona, Lisbon, Portugal
• Sean Haddick, Nottingham Trent University, UK
• Matthew Harris, Nottingham Trent University, UK
• Emil Rosenlund Høeg, Aalborg University, Denmark
• Orly Lahav, Tel Aviv University, Israel
• James Lewis, Nottingham Trent University, UK
• Mahmud Mufti, Nottingham Trent University, UK
• Albert (Skip) Rizzo, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
• Paul Sharkey, UK
• Nicholas Shopland, Nottingham Trent University, UK
• Maria Schultheis, Drexel University, USA
• Cecília Sik Lányi, University of Pannonia, Hungary
• Sara Ventura, University of Bologna, Italy

Program Committee

• Daniel Zielasko, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
• Nick Shopland, Nottingham Trent University, UK
• Maria Schultheis, Drexel University, USA
• Albert Rizzo, University of Southern California, USA
• Scott Naylor, Aalborg University, Denmark
• Mufti Mahmud, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
• James Lewis, Nottingham Trent University, UK
• Orly Lahav, School of Education, Tel Aviv University, Israel
• Emil Rosenlund Høeg, Aalborg University, Denmark
• Sean Haddick, Nottingham Trent University, UK
• Pedro Gamito, Universidade Lusófona, Portugal
• Iveta Fajnerová, National Institute of Mental Health, Czech Republic
• Renáta Cserjési, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary
• Cecília Sik Lányi, University of Pannonia, Hungary
• David Brown, Nottingham Trent University, UK
• Ali Adjorlu, Aalborg University, Denmark

Reviewers

• Jorge Oliveira, Universidade Lusófona, Portugal
• Isabelle Viaud-Delmon, Institute for Scientific Research and Music Creation, France
• Pauline Bimberg, University of Trier, Germany
• Yuen C. Law, Costa Rica Institute of Technology, Costa Rica
• Stefania Serafin, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
• Eike Langbehn, University of Hamburg, Germany
• Sara Ventura, University of Bologna, Italy
• Michal Sedlák, National Institute of Mental Health, Czech Republic
• Belinda Lange, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
• Lucie Krejčová, National Institute of Mental Health, Czech Republic
• Daniel Buxton, Nottingham Trent University, UK
• Lukáš Hejtmánek, Charles University, Czech Republic
• Anna Francová, National Institute of Mental Health, Czech Republic
• Michael Gaebler, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Germany
• Anthony Brooks, Aalborg University, Denmark
• Meital Pascal, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
• Vittorio Dalmasso, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Italy
• Carlos M.C. Díaz, Aalborg University, Italy
• Alexander Moreno, University of Montreal, Canada
• Vittoria Frau, Aarhus University, Denmark
• Estella Oncins, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain
• William Farr, Cambridge University, UK
• Sebastian Koenig, Katana AI, Australia

Conference Series Archive

• Paul Sharkey, UK