Events in the cyberspace can be modeled in a spatiotemporal continuity by computing devices, communication channels, and multimodal interactions. Contemporary ubiquitous devices unleash the boundary of one-to-one human-computer interaction. Someone using some devices located anywhere through multimodal interactions has become a de facto style of facilitating social events. How people access multimodal media in different context is an interesting yet challenging problem. Ubi-media Computing, as it is bravely defined, brings together technologies for location/context adaptation, inter-device interaction/reaction, and media/data communication.

U-Media 2008 conference will be held with a few workshops at the same time and location.
1. International Workshop on Interactive Digital Entertainment Technologies(IDET 2008)
2. International Workshop on Mobile Systems, E-commerce and Agent Technology(MSEAT 2008)
3. International Workshop on Advanced Distance Education Technologies(ADET 2008)
4. International Workshop on Software Technologies for Ubi-media Computing (STUMC 2008)
Paper submission will be proceeded to the same website as U-media 2008. Accepted papers will be included in the same proceedings.

In line with the blooming technologies realizing the above concepts, this international conference looks at the state-of-the-art and original research issues to be published in the proceedings. New contributions include three perspectives: devices that realize ubiquitous computing, multimodal interactions between human and these ubiquitous devices, and the need of adaptive multimedia.

The conference proceedings will be published by IEEE, with best papers recommended for publication in special issues of international journals. Topics of interests are divided based on three levels:

 
        * Ubi-media Infrastructure
                +Hierogeneous Ubi-media Infrastructure
                +Ubiquitous Sensor Networks / RFID
                +New Ubi-media Devices
                +Multimedia Embedded Systems
                +Ubi-media Storage and Indexing
                +3G and Advanced Communication Techniques
                +Cross-Network Communication Techniques
        
         * Ubi-media Middleware
                +Context-Aware Multimedia
                +Cross-Network Media Server
                +Computational Intelligences in Ubi-media
                +Semantic Web and Knowledge Grid
                +Ubi-media Content Protection and Security
                +Privacy and Security in Ubiquitous Environments
                +Ubiquitous Surveillance and Forensics
                +Ubiquitous Human-Device Interfaces
                +Adaptive Graphics Rendering Techniques
                +Visualization of Ubi-media Information
                +Nomadic Video Conferencing
        
         * Ubi-media Applications
                +Ubi-media for Education
                +Ubi-media for Commerce
                +Ubi-media for Games
                +Ubi-media for Health Care
                +Ubi-media for Smart Home