<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 宋体;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 等线;" class="">==================================================================<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 宋体;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 等线;" class="">*** FIRST CALL FOR SPECIAL SESSIONS ***<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 宋体;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 等线;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 宋体;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 等线;" class="">29th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN2020)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 宋体;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 等线;" class="">31th August - 4th September 2020<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 宋体;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 等线;" class="">Naples, Italy<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 宋体;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 等线;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 宋体;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 等线;" class=""><a href="http://ro-man2020.org" style="color: purple;" class="">http://ro-man2020.org</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 宋体;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 等线;" class="">==================================================================<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 宋体;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 等线;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 宋体;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 等线;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 宋体;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 等线;" class="">The goal of special sessions is to provide a forum for oral presentations that are highly specialized in some particular theme, focused on new topics or innovative applications of established approaches. A special session consists of four to six papers, which, for example, addresses a particular theme or consist of work done in some particular international project. Note that all papers will be subject to the same peer review process as for regular papers and will be included in the main conference proceedings (IEEE Xplore Digital Library).<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 宋体;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 等线;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 宋体;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 等线;" class="">SPECIAL SESSION PROPOSALS<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 宋体;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 等线;" class="">Prospective special session organizers are invited to submit a proposal via the main conference's submission system. If accepted, the organizers of the special session will be responsible for the high-quality peer-review of the submitted papers according to IEEE standards (3 anonymous peer-reviews). The organizers will be Associate Editors (AE) for the proposed session. They will also responsible to assign reviewers and make judgement proposals of the submitted paper for the special session.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 宋体;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 等线;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 宋体;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 等线;" class="">PROPOSALS SUBMISSION DEADLINE: DECEMBER 15, 2019.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 宋体;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 等线;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 宋体;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 等线;" class="">Proposal should include the following information:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 宋体;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 等线;" class="">Title and abstract: Propose a title and a brief abstract of no more than approximately 100 words that will allow conference attendees to understand the topic and the focus of the special session.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 宋体;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 等线;" class="">Aim & Scope (a brief 2-3 paragraph summary): Please explain why the topic of the special session is novel and timely, why it is relevant to the Ro-MAN community and how it possibly fits within the conference main themes listed above or motivate new emerging themes.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 宋体;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 等线;" class="">Tentative Speakers: A list of possible papers with contributing authors and tentative titles. Special sessions are normally expected to have 4 to 6 papers. In exceptional cases (like industrial talks, or contribution by particularly renowned speakers) it may be possible to have sessions of less talks without an associate paper or talks which will have a double-time slot for the presentation. In these cases, please contact the Special Sessions Chairs in advance (before submitting your proposal) to explain the rationale of your request.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 宋体;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 等线;" class="">Biographies: Provide a short bio-sketch of the session proposers.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 宋体;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 等线;" class="">Important aspect in the evaluation of special session proposals will be the timeliness of the topic, quality/track record of the proposers and speakers, coherence of the session and expected value added to the overall technical program. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 宋体;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 等线;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 宋体;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 等线;" class="">Please refer to this link for additional details on submission instructions (<a href="http://ro-man2020.unina.it/special-sessions.php" style="color: purple;" class="">http://ro-man2020.unina.it/special-sessions.php</a>). For any concerns about Special Session Proposal preparation send an email to the Special Sessions Co-Chairs. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 宋体;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 等线;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 宋体;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 等线;" class="">SPECIAL SESSIONS CO-CHAIRS<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 宋体;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 等线;" class="">Angelo Cangelosi (UK) – <a href="mailto:angelo.cangelosi@manchester.ac.uk" style="color: purple;" class="">angelo.cangelosi@manchester.ac.uk</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 宋体;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 等线;" class="">Maria Gini (USA) – <a href="mailto:gini@umn.edu" style="color: purple;" class="">gini@umn.edu</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 宋体;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 等线;" class="">Takayuki Nagai (JP) – <a href="mailto:nagai@sys.es.osaka-u.ac.jp" style="color: purple;" class="">nagai@sys.es.osaka-u.ac.jp</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 宋体;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 等线;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 宋体;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 等线;" class="">==================================================================<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 宋体;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 等线;" class="">Main conference Important Dates:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 宋体;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 等线;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 宋体;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 等线;" class="">SPECIAL SESSIONS<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 宋体;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 等线;" class="">Submission deadline: DECEMBER 15, 2019 <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 宋体;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 等线;" class="">Notification of acceptance: JANUARY 15, 2020<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 宋体;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 等线;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 宋体;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 等线;" class="">WORKSHOPS AND TUTORIALS<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 宋体;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 等线;" class="">Submission deadline: FEBRUARY 16, 2020 <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 宋体;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 等线;" class="">Notification of acceptance: MARCH 18, 2020<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 宋体;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 等线;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 宋体;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 等线;" class="">FULL PAPERS<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 宋体;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 等线;" class="">Submission deadline: MARCH 15, 2020<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 宋体;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 等线;" class="">Notification of acceptance: MAY 27, 2020<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 宋体;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 等线;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 宋体;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 等线;" class="">FULL PAPERS (FOR PROPOSED SPECIAL SESSIONS)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 宋体;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 等线;" class="">Submission deadline: MARCH 15, 2020<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 宋体;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 等线;" class="">Notification of acceptance: MAY 27, 2020<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 宋体;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 等线;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 宋体;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 等线;" class="">LATE BREAK REPORTS (INTERACTIVE SESSION)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 宋体;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 等线;" class="">Submission deadline: JUNE 15, 2020 <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 宋体;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 等线;" class="">Notification of acceptance: JUNE 30, 2020</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 宋体;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 等线;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; 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