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<div dir="auto"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial">Dear colleagues, </span><br />
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<em style="color:#0e101a;font-family:Arial">Apologies for any cross-posting</em><br />
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<span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial">Please find attached below the first call for proposals for </span><strong style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial"><em>Special Sessions, Workshops and Tutorials</em></strong><strong style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial"> </strong><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial">at the </span><strong style="color:#0000ff;font-family:Arial">31st IEEE International Conference on Robot & Human Interactive Communication (</strong><strong style="color:black;background-color:khaki;font-family:Arial">RO-MAN</strong><strong style="color:#0000ff;font-family:Arial"> 2022)</strong><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:Arial"> </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial">that will be held in Naples (Italy) on August 29th - September 2nd, 2022.</span><br />
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<span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial">More information can be also found on the website and social media:</span><br />
<a style="font-family:Arial" href="http://ro-man2022.org/" target="_blank">http://</a><a style="background-color:khaki;font-family:Arial" href="http://ro-man2022.org/" target="_blank">ro-man</a><a style="font-family:Arial" href="http://ro-man2022.org/" target="_blank">2022.org</a><br />
<span style="color:#1a73e8;font-family:Arial">IG: @ieeeroman2022</span><br />
<span style="color:#1a73e8;font-family:Arial">Twitter: @ROMAN2022ieee</span><br />
<span style="color:#1a73e8;font-family:Arial">Facebook: @ieeeroman2022</span><br />
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<span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial">For any questions and further information about the Special Session and Workshop/Tutorial proposal, please email </span><a style="font-family:Arial" href="https://mailto:workshop@roman2022.org" target="_blank">workshop@roman2022.org</a><span style="color:#1a73e8;font-family:Arial"> </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial">or contact</span><a style="font-family:Arial" href="https://mailto:info@roman2022.org" target="_blank">info@roman2022.org</a><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial">.</span><span style="color:#1a73e8;font-family:Arial"> </span><br />
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<span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial">Kindest regards,</span><br />
<span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial">Alessandra Rossi, Minsu Jang </span><br />
<span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial">Publicity Chairs</span><br /></div>
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<font face="Arial" style="font-size: 12px;"><i>Dr. Alessandra Rossi</i><br />
Postdoctoral researcher<br />
PRISCA research lab<br />
University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy</font>
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Fellow of the Higher Education Academy<br />
Adaptive Systems Research Group<br />
University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom</font></div>
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<p dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The <span class="MyAppHighlight" id="searchHighlight4" style="display: inline-block; background-color: khaki;">RO-MAN</span>2022 Organising Committee invites proposals for</span> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Special Sessions</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">,</span> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Workshops</span> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and</span> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tutorials</span> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">to be held during the 31st IEEE International Conference on Robot & Human Interactive Communication in Naples, Italy from August 29th to September 2nd, 2022. The <span class="MyAppHighlight" id="searchHighlight5" style="display: inline-block; background-color: khaki;">RO-MAN</span> conference is a leading forum where state-of-the-art innovative results, the latest developments as well as future perspectives relating to robot and human interactive communication are presented and discussed. The conference covers a wide range of topics related to Robot and Human Interactive Communication, involving theories, methodologies, technologies, empirical and experimental studies. Proposals related to the study of robotic technology, psychology, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, human factors, ethics and policies, interaction-based robot design and other topics related to human-robot interaction are welcome.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Prospective special session organisers are invited to submit a proposal via the main conference's submission system. The organisers of the accepted special sessions will be responsible for the high-quality peer-review of the submitted papers according to IEEE standards (i.e. at least 2 anonymous peer-reviews). The organisers will be Associate Editors (AE) for the proposed session, and they will be responsible for assigning reviewers and judging the submitted paper for the special session.</span></p>
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<li><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: justify; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Aims and scope</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: justify; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: Please explain why the chosen topic is novel and relevant, with the potential to contribute to the growth of the <span class="MyAppHighlight" id="searchHighlight7" style="display: inline-block; background-color: khaki;">RO-MAN</span> community, and is also suitable for either the conference theme or a new emerging theme with potentially high impact.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: justify; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tentative speakers</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: justify; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: Please provide a list of prospective contributing authors and tentative titles. Special Sessions are normally expected to have 4 to 6 papers. Invited speakers or session-related demonstrations (such as renowned speakers or industrial talks) could be a part of the Special Session.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: justify; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Organisers and biographies</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: justify; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: Please provide a short bio-sketch of the session organisers including their experience in the topic of the Special Session.</span></li>
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<p dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Workshops and tutorials should focus on key areas of established and emerging research, and should provide a forum for participants to exchange new ideas and discuss recent results. We encourage proposals for topics that have substantial community interest, with a creative and innovative program, led by recognised leaders in their fields, that will attract a broad and diverse audience.</span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Format</span> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre; background-color: var(--backgroundColor);"></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(indicate full or half day, tutorial or workshop)</span> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre; background-color: var(--backgroundColor);"></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Main organiser</span> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre; background-color: var(--backgroundColor);"></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(one person only, complete address, phone, and email)</span> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre; background-color: var(--backgroundColor);"></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Co-organisers</span> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre; background-color: var(--backgroundColor);"></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(complete address, and email)</span> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre; background-color: var(--backgroundColor);"></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="text-align: justify; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Previous editions</span> <span style="text-align: justify; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre; background-color: var(--backgroundColor);"></span><span style="text-align: justify; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(if any)</span><span style="text-align: justify; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span> <span style="text-align: justify; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre; background-color: var(--backgroundColor);"></span><span style="text-align: justify; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: var(--backgroundColor);">Statement of objectives </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Intended audience</span> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre; background-color: var(--backgroundColor);"></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">List of speakers</span> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre; background-color: var(--backgroundColor);"></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre; background-color: var(--backgroundColor);"></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">List of topics</span> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre; background-color: var(--backgroundColor);"></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: var(--backgroundColor);">Plan to solicit participation </span></li>
<li><span style="text-align: justify; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Workshop</span> <span style="text-align: justify; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre; background-color: var(--backgroundColor);"></span><span style="text-align: justify; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span style="text-align: justify; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">organisation</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap; text-align: justify; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; background-color: var(--backgroundColor);">Plan for inclusion, diversity and equity</span></li>
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<p dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The guidelines to submit a workshop/tutorial proposal are available at the Workshop and Tutorial section on the <span class="MyAppHighlight" id="searchHighlight9" style="display: inline-block; background-color: khaki;">RO-MAN</span> 2022 website or by clicking on this</span> <a href="http://www.smile.unina.it/ro-man2022/tutorial-and-workshop/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">link</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The primary criteria in the evaluation of special session and workshop/tutorial proposals will be the timeliness of the topics, the quality, track record, and diversity of the proposers and speakers, the coherence of the proposal, the novelty or creativity, and the expected value added to the overall conference. Aspects of diversity that will be considered include the age, gender, national origin, background, and workplace of the proposers and speakers. We will give priority to proposals that fully follow these requirements. Moreover, we encourage the submission of workshops, tutorial and special sessions organized by communities that are under-represented within the <span class="MyAppHighlight" id="searchHighlight10" style="display: inline-block; background-color: khaki;">RO-MAN</span> activities.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For any questions and further information about the Special Session and Workshop/Tutorial proposal, please email</span> <a href="mailto:workshop@roman2022.org" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">workshop@roman2022.org</span></a> <span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: rgb(26, 115, 232); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">or contact</span> <span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: rgb(26, 115, 232); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><a href="mailto:info@roman2022.org" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">info@roman2022.org</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: rgb(26, 115, 232); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p>
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