<div dir="ltr"><div><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">Dear colleagues (Apologies for cross-posting),</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none"><br></span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;text-align:justify;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">we are very pleased to invite you to submit your latest research results, developments, and ideas to the 34th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, which will be held at the Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, from August 25th to 29th, 2025. </span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none"><br></span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;text-align:justify;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">#############################################################</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;text-align:justify;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">Call for Proposals of Special Session and Papers of Special Sessions</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;text-align:justify;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">#############################################################</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;text-align:justify;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none"><br></span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;text-align:justify;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">The goal of special sessions is to provide a forum for focused oral presentations featuring emerging topics or innovative applications of established approaches. A typical special session consists of four to six papers, each addressing a particular theme or presenting work done in an international project or network. Each Special session is expected to run for 80 minutes ~ to 2 hours. </span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;text-align:justify;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">All submitted Special Session papers will be subject to the same peer-review process as regular papers and will be included in the main conference proceedings (IEEE Xplore Digital Library).</span></p><p style="margin:0px;text-align:justify;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(11,76,180)"><span style="font-kerning:none;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Read more at<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.ro-man2025.org/contributing/specialsessionproposalsubmission"><span style="font-kerning:none">https://www.ro-man2025.org/contributing/specialsessionproposalsubmission</span></a></span></p><p style="margin:0px;text-align:justify;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;color:rgb(11,76,180)"><span style="text-decoration:underline;font-kerning:none"><a href="https://www.ro-man2025.org/contributing/specialsessionpapersubmission">https://www.ro-man2025.org/contributing/specialsessionpapersubmission</a></span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;text-align:justify;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none"> </span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;text-align:justify;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">***Important Dates***</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;text-align:justify;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">Proposal Submission Deadline:                               January 20, 2025</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;text-align:justify;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">Notification of Proposal Acceptance:                      February 3, 2025</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;text-align:justify;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">Special Session Paper Submission Deadline:          March 20, 2025</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;text-align:justify;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">Notification of Paper Acceptance:                           May 10, 2025</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none"></span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;text-align:justify;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">Camera-ready Paper Deadline:                                June 6, 2025</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;text-align:justify;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none"> </span><span style="font-size:14.7px"> </span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;text-align:justify;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">The theme of the IEEE RO-MAN 2025 is “<b><i>Shaping our hybrid future with robots together</i></b>.” </span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;text-align:justify;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">While robots become increasingly more able to socially interact with people, it is important to start thinking about how we can shape a future with these robots in which we collaborate and work together with these new team members that are on the horizon. Rather than replacing us, our vision is that robots will complement us. We envision a hybrid intelligence where robots and humans together will be more able, effective, productive, efficient, and fun to work with. To realize a successful integration of these socially interactive robots into our society, we need to invest in a future where human-robot teams could become prevalent. To this end, we need to create a clear vision of this future and create innovations related to interaction models, social capabilities, and the skills of these robots to understand how they can work together with us. </span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;text-align:justify;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">  </span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;text-align:justify;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">The conference provides a forum for researchers and practitioners to discuss a variety of topics related to the broad theme of Robot and Human Interactive Communication involving theories, methodologies, technologies, empirical and experimental studies, and generate more insights for the future of Robot and Human Interactive Communication! </span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;text-align:justify;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none"> </span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;text-align:justify;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">Please visit the office website,<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.ro-man2025.org/"><span style="font-kerning:none;color:rgb(11,76,180)">https://www.ro-man2025.org</span></a>, for more information.</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;text-align:justify;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">The format of RO-MAN 2025 will be "hybrid". </span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;text-align:justify;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none"> </span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;text-align:justify;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">Four types of sessions will be provided on RO-MAN 2025 (All deadlines are 23:59:59 PST):</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;text-align:justify;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">·       Regular Sessions</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;text-align:justify;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">·       Special Sessions</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;text-align:justify;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">·       Workshop/Tutorial Sessions</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;text-align:justify;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">·       Late Breaking Report Sessions</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;text-align:justify;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none"> </span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;text-align:justify;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none"> </span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;text-align:justify;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">IEEE RO-MAN 2025 Organizing Committee</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;text-align:justify;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">***Publicity Chairs***</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;text-align:justify;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">Silvia Rossi, Masahiro Shiomi, Eunice Njeri Mwangi, Yuan Feng</span></p></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div></div></div></div>