The development of intelligent environments is considered the first and primary step toward the realization of the ambient intelligence vision and requires input from research and contributions from several scientific and engineering disciplines, including computer science, software engineering, artificial intelligence, architecture, social sciences, art, and design. IE conferences create a unique blend of researchers in these disciplines and foster crossdisciplinary discussions, debate, and collaborations. The Sixth International Conference on Intelligent Environments (IE 10) was held July 19-21 at the Sunway campus of Monash University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The general chairs were Simon Egerton of Monash University and Ichiro Satoh of the Japanese National Institute of Informatics. Vic Callaghan of the University of Essex, UK, and Achilles Kameas of the Hellenic Open University and Computer Technology Institute, Greece, served as program chairs.

The development of intelligent environments is considered an important step toward the realization of the ambient intelligence vision. Greece, served as program chairs. The previous four editions of the IE conference have been held at the University of Essex, UK (in 2005), at the National Technical University of Athens, Greece (in 2006), at the University of Ulm, Germany (in 2007), and at the University of Washington campus in Seattle, Washington, USA (in 2008). The development of intelligent environments is About 120 delegates attended the workshops considered the first and primary step toward the and the conference. These included representatives realization of the ambient intelligence vision.

The International Environments conference has been held four times now. The first meeting was held in 2005 at the University of Essex, the second in 2006 at the National Technical University of Athens, and the third in 2007 at the University of Ulm. The conference is unique in its field, providing a leading edge forum for the international community to present the latest academic research and commercial developments. The realization of intelligent environments requires the convergence of different prominent disciplines. As a result, the conference has relevance to individuals working in the fields of information and computer science, material engineering, artificial intelligence, architecture, health care, sociology, design, networking, and intelligent agents.