Join us for CIC31
On this page
CIC Returns to Paris
The 31st Color and Imaging Conference is returning to the city of lights! Join us Monday 13 November - Friday 17 November 2023 at the Centre International de Conférences Sorbonne Université (CICSU), Campus Pierre & Marie Curie.
CIC31 is collocated with 2023 GDR APPAMAT Materials Appearance Workshop (details below).
2023 PROGRAM
The CIC31 Preliminary Program has been released. times are subject to change. The final program will be released in early November.
View Preliminary Program
GDR APPAMAT 2023

International Workshop on Material Appearance with Special Session on Cosmetics and Facial Appearance
Including both invited and submitted reviewed talks, posters, and demonstrations, the first half of the day includes talks on a range of topics related to material appearance. The afternoon features the special session on cosmetics and facial appearance, followed by the poster/demonstration session. Visit APPAMAT webpage.
Call for Contributions
Everyone is invited to share recent research on material appearance sciences. Topics include:
- Perception / definition of visual attributes
- Sensory / Physical measurement
- Material and Color Appearance
- Physical / digital reproduction
- Optical modelization
- Manufacturing
- Cosmetics and facial appearance
- Visual effects materials
Submit a Short Talk
Oral presentations are 10 minutes, including Q&A. Submit a 1-page abstract based on template found on APPAMAT website to [email protected] before 6 October 2023. Acceptance results will be communicated soon after. Oral presenters may also participate in the poster session.
Submit a Poster
To participate in the poster session, register by email to [email protected] with the title of the poster and a 3-5 lines abstract by 6 October 2023.
Show a Demonstration
Academic or industrial researchers are invited to exhibit materials or technologies related to cosmetics applications. A exhibition table will be available (+ 1 poster permitted) during the poster session. Contact [email protected] to arrange your participation.
APPAMAT Preliminary Program
9:00-noon / Material Appearance - All topics
- Keynote talk: Victor Gonzalez, ENS Paris Saclay (France), Microstructure – Appearance relationships in historical pigments
- Keynote talk: Romain Pacanowski, INRIA (France), Measuring and modeling the appearance of surfaces
- Short talks
14:00-18:00 / Special session : Cosmetics and facial appearance
- Keynote talk: Yoko Mizokami, Chiba University (Japan), Facial appearance assessment
- Keynote talk: Kaida Xiao, Leeds University (UK), Facial appearance measurement
- Keynote talk: Kevin Vynck, CNRS (France), Photonic pigments
- Posters and demos
CIC AWARDS
The following awards are presented by the Color and Imaging Conference.
- Best Student Paper Award
- Best Paper Award
- Cactus Award for Best Interactive Paper
CIC31 CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
General Chair
Jérémie Gerhardt, DNEG (Canada)
Technical Program Chairs
Javier Vázquez Corral, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain)
Carol Payne, Netflix (US)
APPAMAT Program Chair
Lou Gevaux, Laboratoire Commun de Métrologie LNE-CNAM (France)
Mathieu Hebert, Université Jean Monnet de Saint Étienne (France)
Lionel Simonot, Université de Poitiers (France)
Short Course Chairs
Hong Wei, Datacolor (US)
Maliha Ashraf, University of Liverpool (UK)
Workshop Chairs
Davit Gigilashvili, NTNU (Norway)
Minjung Kim, Meta Reality Labs (US)
Interactive Paper Chairs
Luke Hellwig, Samsung (US)
Tommy Minchen Wei, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Hong Kong)
Networking and Social Program Chair
Lili Zhang, Meta Reality Labs (US)
Program Committee Members
Jean-François Lalonde, Université Laval (Canada)
Kaida Xiao, University of Leeds (UK)
CIC30 JIST-first Associate Editors
Marius Pedersen, NTNU (Norway): Lead AE
Samuel Morillas Gómez, Universitat Politecnica de Valencia (Spain)
Alamin Mansouri, IUT Dijon-Auxerre (France)
CIC30 JPI-first Associate Editor
James Ferwerda, Rochester Institute of Technology (US)