diff --git a/senpy/plugins/conversion/centroids.py b/senpy/plugins/conversion/centroids.py
index 427e111..ef08976 100644
--- a/senpy/plugins/conversion/centroids.py
+++ b/senpy/plugins/conversion/centroids.py
@@ -44,16 +44,32 @@ class CentroidConversion(EmotionConversionPlugin):
                 self.neutralPoints[i] = self.get("neutralValue", 0)
 
     def _forward_conversion(self, original):
-        """Sum the VAD value of all categories found."""
+        """Sum the VAD value of all categories found weighted by intensity. 
+        Intensities are scaled by onyx:maxIntensityValue if it is present, else maxIntensityValue is assumed to be one.
+        Emotion entries that do not have onxy:hasEmotionIntensity specified are assumed to have maxIntensityValue.
+        Emotion entries that do not have onyx:hasEmotionCategory specified are ignored."""
         res = Emotion()
+        maxIntensity = float(original.get("onyx__maxIntensityValue",1))
+        neutralPoint = self.get("origin",None)
         for e in original.onyx__hasEmotion:
-            category = e.onyx__hasEmotionCategory
-            if category in self.centroids:
-                for dim, value in self.centroids[category].items():
+            category = e.get("onyx__hasEmotionCategory", None)
+            if category is None: 
+                continue
+            intensity = e.get("onyx__hasEmotionIntensity",maxIntensity)/maxIntensity
+            if intensity == 0:
+                continue
+            centoid = self.centroids.get(category,None)
+            if centroid:
+                for dim, value in centroid.items():
+                    if neutralPoint:
+                        value -= neutralPoint[dim]
                     try:
-                        res[dim] += value
-                    except Exception:
-                        res[dim] = value
+                        res[dim] += value * intensity
+                    except KeyError:
+                        res[dim] = value * intensity
+        if neutralPoint:
+            for dim in res:
+                res[dim] += neutralPoint[dim]
         return res
 
     def _backwards_conversion(self, original):
diff --git a/senpy/plugins/conversion/emotion/ekman2vad.senpy b/senpy/plugins/conversion/emotion/ekman2vad.senpy
index a1f21f0..e9eac74 100644
--- a/senpy/plugins/conversion/emotion/ekman2vad.senpy
+++ b/senpy/plugins/conversion/emotion/ekman2vad.senpy
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ module: senpy.plugins.conversion.centroids
 description: Plugin to convert emotion sets from Ekman to VAD
 version: 0.1
 # No need to specify onyx:doesConversion because centroids.py adds it automatically from centroids_direction
+origin:
+  # Point in VAD space with no emotion (aka Neutral)
+  A: 5.0
+  D: 5.0
+  V: 5.0
 centroids:
   anger:
     A: 6.95
@@ -36,4 +41,4 @@ aliases: # These are aliases for any key in the centroid, to avoid repeating a l
   disgust: emoml:big6disgust
   fear: emoml:big6fear
   happiness: emoml:big6happiness
-  sadness: emoml:big6sadness
\ No newline at end of file
+  sadness: emoml:big6sadness