We are very happy to announce that Prof. dr. Heinz-Otto Peitgen [1], president of MeVis research, and Prof. dr. Nicolas Ayache [2], research director at INRIA, have graciously agreed to be the keynote and capstone speakers of the first VCBM conference.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz-Otto_Peitgen
[2] http://www-sop.inria.fr/asclepios/personnel/Nicholas.Ayache/ayache.html