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<meta name="GENERATOR" content="MSHTML 11.00.10570.1001"></head><body><b id="docs-internal-guid-a4b5332e-cd64-85db-b6f9-5f536d4459f9" style="font-weight: normal;"><p style="line-height: 1.44; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 14pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"><u>AAMAS 2018 - CALL FOR PARTICIPATION</u></span></p><p style="line-height: 1.44; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 14pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">(17th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems)</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.44; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 14pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">July 10 - 15, 2018</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.44; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 14pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Stockholm, Sweden</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.44; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 14pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"> </p><p style="line-height: 1.44; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 14pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">**** REGISTRATION IS OPEN ****</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.44; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 14pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Early Registration: 16th April 2018 - 31st May 2018</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span></p><p style="line-height: 1.44; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 14pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Late Registration: 1st June 2018 - 25th June 2018</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span></p><p style="line-height: 1.44; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 14pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.delegia.com/aamas2018/Start-your-registration-here"><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;">http://www.delegia.com/aamas2018/Start-your-registration-here</span></a></p><p style="line-height: 1.44; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 14pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"> </p><p style="line-height: 1.44; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 14pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;">Conference Schedule </span></p><p style="line-height: 1.44; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 14pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Tutorials/DC: 10th July, 2018 </span></p><p style="line-height: 1.44; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 14pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Main Conference: 11th-13th July, 2018 </span></p><p style="line-height: 1.44; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 14pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Workshops: 14th-15th of July, 2018 </span></p><p style="line-height: 1.44; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 14pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">AAMAS 2018 Conference : July 10-15, 2018</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.44; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 14pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"> </p><p style="line-height: 1.44; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 14pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;">Preliminary schedule</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.44; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 14pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">http://celweb.vuse.vanderbilt.edu/static/files/FAIM18ScheduleDraft3.pdf</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.44; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 14pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"> </p><p style="line-height: 1.44; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 14pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;">Registration Information</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.44; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 14pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">This year AAMAS 2018 will be co-located with ICML, IJCAI, ICCBR and SoCS, creating the Federated AI Meeting. </span></p><p style="line-height: 1.44; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 14pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">AAMAS 2018 will start on July 10 with a tutorial day, during which the doctoral mentoring program will also take place. This day is followed by the three main conference days from July 11 to 13 with invited talks and sessions, including shared AAMAS, ICML and IJCAI sessions on July 13. During these days, AAMAS main conference delegates can visit any sessions of ICML and vice versa. </span></p><p style="line-height: 1.44; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 14pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">AAMAS, ICML and IJCAI will have a shared workshop program on July 14 and 15. If you want to participate in an IJCAI tutorial, you have to register via the IJCAI pages. </span></p><p style="line-height: 1.44; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 14pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Finally, there will be also FAIM workshops on Friday. You cannot register for them using the AAMAS webpage, but if registered for the main AAMAS conference, you have access to them as well. You can also add access to FAIM workshops on Friday to the cell in the table with the main conference.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.44; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 14pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">The registration fees for early registration are:</span></p><div style="margin-left: 0pt;" dir="ltr"><table style="border: currentColor; border-image: none; border-collapse: collapse;"><colgroup><col width="300"><col width="299"></colgroup><tr style="height: 108pt;"><td style="padding: 0pt 5pt; border: 0.5pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top;"><p style="line-height: 1.44; margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-left: -5pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Tutorial / Doctoral Mentoring Day (July 10)</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">includes: access to AAMAS and ICML tutorials (subject to space constraints), coffee breaks, conference material including an SL transportation card.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">(Mentors in the Doctoral Mentoring program do not need to register.)</span></p></td><td style="padding: 0pt 5pt; border: 0.5pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top;"><p style="line-height: 1.44; margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-left: -5pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Regular: 1300 SEK</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Student: 650 SEK</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 108pt;"><td style="padding: 0pt 5pt; border: 0.5pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top;"><p style="line-height: 1.44; margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-left: -5pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Main Conference (July 11-13)</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">includes: access to AAMAS sessions, ICML sessions, coffee breaks, conference dinner on July 12</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 7.199pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: super; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">(only regular registration, students can buy a ticket for a reduced price), conference material including an SL transportation card.</span></p></td><td style="padding: 0pt 5pt; border: 0.5pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top;"><p style="line-height: 1.44; margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-left: -5pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Regular: 4300 SEK</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Student: 2150 SEK</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 94pt;"><td style="padding: 0pt 5pt; border: 0.5pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top;"><p style="line-height: 1.44; margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-left: -5pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Workshop Program (July 14-15)</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">includes: access to all workshops (subject to space constraints), coffee breaks, shared closing reception on July 15, conference material including an SL transportation card.</span></p></td><td style="padding: 0pt 5pt; border: 0.5pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top;"><p style="line-height: 1.44; margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-left: -5pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Regular: 3000 SEK</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Student: 1500 SEK</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 66pt;"><td style="padding: 0pt 5pt; border: 0.5pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top;"><p style="line-height: 1.44; margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-left: -5pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Tutorial, Main and Workshop Program</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"> includes: all items described above above including an SL transportation card covering the complete conference period.</span></p></td><td style="padding: 0pt 5pt; border: 0.5pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top;"><p style="line-height: 1.44; margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-left: -5pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Regular: 7800 SEK</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Student: 3900 SEK</span></p></td></tr></table></div><p style="line-height: 1.44; margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 14pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">If you have to cancel your participation, the following reimbursement policy applies:</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.44; margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">- 0% cancellation fee is applicable to cancellations received before May 31, 2018</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">- 50% cancellation fee is applicable to cancellations received before June 21, 2018</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">- After this date, the registration fee, including dinner tickets, is non-refundable.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.44; margin-top: 14pt; margin-bottom: 14pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">As the conference is organized and accounts are handled in Sweden, Swedish tax legislation applies. According to these rules, private persons who register for the conference have to pay 25% tax on top of the registration fees. ALL persons sent by an organization (such as a </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">university, research institute, agency) or a company do not have to pay this tax, no matter whether they pay on their own or their affiliation pays. During the registration process, you have to provide the VAT or organization number of your organization, just for identification purposes not for payment. There is more information on the registration system website on VAT / organization numbers (extra tab on the very top). We apologize for the additional bureaucratic effort, but it is required.</span></p><br></b></body>