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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=IT link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-SG>CALL FOR PARTICIPATIONS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-SG><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-SG>The 13th International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR 2021)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-SG><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-SG>10-13 November 2021, Singapore<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-SG>Registration Site: <a href="http://www.eventnook.com/event/u71623">www.eventnook.com/event/u71623</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-SG>Conference Website: <a href="http://www.colips.org/conferences/icsr2021">www.colips.org/conferences/icsr2021</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-SG>Conference format: Hybrid<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-SG><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-SG>================================================================<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-SG><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-SG>== General Information ==<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-SG><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-SG>The 13th International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR 2021) brings together researchers and practitioners working on the interaction between humans and intelligent robots and on the integration of robots into the fabric of our society. ICSR 2021 will take place in Singapore as a hybrid conference on 10-13 November 2021. A total of 64 accepted papers and 15 brief research reports have been included in the Proceedings of the ICSR 2021 published by Springer LNAI series.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-SG><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-SG>The theme of this year’s conference is ‘Robotics in our everyday lives’, emphasising on the increasing importance of robotics in human daily living.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-SG><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-SG>The single-track conference will feature 3 keynote talks, 13 technical sessions, 5 workshops, a poster session for the brief research reports and competition finalists, booths for sponsors and a virtual tour of Singapore attractions. For the physical attendees, a conference dinner is also a highlight. The organising committee has also curated a special stamp set including an ICSR 2021 stamp in collaboration with the Singapore Post for all the registered conference attendees (except workshop only attendees).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-SG><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-SG>== Travel Advisory to Singapore ==<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-SG><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-SG>The Government of Singapore recently announced that from 18 Oct, 10 countries participated in the reciprocal Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) with Singapore. This means that any fully vaccinated individual who has an immediate travel history of more than 14 days in any of these countries will be able to move freely in these countries without having to serve a quarantine term. Currently, the VTL designated countries are Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Demark, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom, and United States. For more information on Singapore’s travel advisory, please visit <a href="https://safetravel.ica.gov.sg/sc-pr/vtl">https://safetravel.ica.gov.sg/sc-pr/vtl</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-SG><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-SG>More information on the Conference including the Programme will be available at the conference website.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-SG><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-SG>We look forward to your active participation at ICSR 2021!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-SG><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-SG>Yours faithfully,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-SG>Alessandra<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>----------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Alessandra Sciutti (PhD)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Researcher Tenure Track – P.I. CONTACT Unit<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia – Via Enrico Melen 83, Building B 16152 Genova, Italy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>email: </span><a href="mailto:alessandra.sciutti@iit.it"><span lang=EN-US style='color:#0563C1'>alessandra.sciutti@iit.it</span></a> <span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>website: </span><a href="https://www.iit.it/people/alessandra-sciutti"><span lang=EN-US style='color:#0563C1'>https://www.iit.it/people/alessandra-sciutti</span></a><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>ERC website: </span><a href="https://www.whisperproject.eu/"><span lang=EN-US style='color:#0563C1'>https://www.whisperproject.eu/</span></a> <span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>An intro on my research (Video, Eng): </span><a href="https://youtu.be/LCkOjR_cvxI"><span lang=EN-US style='color:#0563C1'>https://youtu.be/LCkOjR_cvxI</span></a><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>TEDx talk (Italian): </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=e0eMayWU_lc"><span lang=EN-US style='color:#0563C1'>https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=e0eMayWU_lc</span></a> <span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Our book on Modeling Human Motion: </span><a href="https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030467319"><span lang=EN-US style='color:#0563C1'>https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030467319</span></a> <span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>twitter: @alefreedot<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:IT'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:IT'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>