Paul Bowie
Professor Paul Bowie | PhD MSc C.ErgHF MIEHF FRCPEd FRCGP(Hon)
Paul is a Patient Safety Scientist, Medical Educator and Chartered Ergonomist and Human Factors specialist. He has over 30 years of experience in a range of quality and safety leadership and advisory roles in healthcare, medical defence, military medicine and academia. He gained his doctorate in significant event analysis in healthcare from the University of Glasgow in 2004 and has published over 200 articles on healthcare quality and safety in international peer-reviewed journals and co-edited a book on safety and improvement. Paul is Professor of Healthcare Human Factors at the University of Staffordshire University and also works in safety research and education for the NHS in Scotland and the Health Services Safety Investigation Body in England. He is also Honorary Professor in the Institute of Health and Wellbeing at the University of Glasgow and is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and the Royal College of General Practitioners.
Robert Lindeman
Professor Robert W. Lindeman (Rob)
Prof Robert W. Lindeman (Rob) is Director of the Human Interface Technology Lab NZ (HIT Lab NZ) at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, and has been doing research in the field of VR since 1993. His work focuses on immersive, multi-sensory feedback systems for VR, AR, gaming, and long-term VR immersion research. He is particularly interested in non-fatiguing, non-sickness-inducing and worry-free experiences. He has also done significant work on the effective use of 360-degree video for science outreach, including work in Antarctica. He currently serves on the Steering Committees of both IEEE VR and ACM VRST. He was General Chair of IEEE VR 2010, IEEE 3DUI 2014 and ACM VRST 2023, which was held in Christchurch, New Zealand. He is an avid mountain biker, hiker, geocacher and skier.