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<meta name="GENERATOR" content="MSHTML 11.00.10570.1001"></head><body><b id="docs-internal-guid-16bec182-48dc-0708-2df7-1d818890a94f" 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;">There is just over three weeks until the Early Registration Deadline for the AAMAS 2018 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(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"> </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);">Do not wait till the last minute to register!</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: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" 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;">***** IMPORTANT *****</span></p><br><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" 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, persons who register for the conference privately have to pay 25% tax on top of the registration fees. </span></p><br><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" 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;">ALL persons sent by an organization (such as a 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 directly. </span></p><br><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" 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;">During the registration process, you have to provide the VAT or organization number of your organization (note that this is just for identification purposes and not for payment). </span></p><br><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" 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;">There is more information on the registration system website on VAT / organization numbers. We apologize for the additional bureaucratic effort, but it is required.</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(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"><a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://celweb.vuse.vanderbilt.edu/static/files/FAIM18ScheduleDraft3.pdf"><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://celweb.vuse.vanderbilt.edu/static/files/FAIM18ScheduleDraft3.pdf</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(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></b><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></body>