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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=JA link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='text-justify-trim:punctuation'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Gothic"'>[We apologize in advance if you receive multiple copies of this message]</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white'> </span></strong><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>************************************************************************</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>HRI 2016<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Call for Demonstration</span></b><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>(Deadline Extended to 14 December, 2015)</span></b><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>11th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2016)</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="http://humanrobotinteraction.org/2016/authors/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#0433FF'>http://humanrobotinteraction.org/2016/</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Conference</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>: March 7-10, 2016, Christchurch, New Zealand</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif'> </span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>************************************************************************</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white'>HRI 2016 Call for</span></strong><span class=apple-converted-space><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white'> </span></b></span><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Demonstration<span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:#222222;background:white'> </span></span><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white'>- Deadline Extended </span></strong></span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><br><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white'>Important Dates:</span></strong><br><br></span><strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red;background:white'>14 December 2015</span></strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red;background:white'>:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Deadline EXTENDED </span></strong></span><strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white'>for submission</span></strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><br><span style='background:white'>23 December 2015: Notification of acceptance</span><br><span style='background:white'>4 January 2016: Final camera-ready version due</span><br><span style='background:white'>7 – 10 March, 2016: Main Conference</span><br><br></span><span lang=EN-US>The HRI 2016 conference will offer the opportunity for demonstration of innovative ideas in human-robot interaction. We invite demonstration proposals for cutting-edge prototype systems that make interaction with robots more intuitive, seamless, and pleasant, or otherwise illustrate some human-robot interaction concept in an exciting and engaging way.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span lang=EN-US>Requirements and Guidelines</span></b><span lang=EN-US><br>Demonstration abstract will be used to judge the suitability of your demonstration to the conference and program, so it is important to polish this. It must include:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul style='margin-top:0mm' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-US>Demonstration title, and paper ID the demo is related to, if applicable<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-US>Authors (names, affiliation, email, address, etc)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-US>Abstract (max 100 words) and keywords<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-US>Description of the demo including the research angle as appropriate.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-US>One </span>“<span lang=EN-US>representative image</span>”<span lang=EN-US> suitable for use on the conference web site and in other promotional materials. This should be 200x200px.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-US>Size and space requirements for the demonstration.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-US>A list of equipment that you will bring.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-US>Details on the number and roles of people supporting the demo.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-US>Make clear and special note of special requirements requested, such as electrical, networking, lighting, and sound requirements.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><b><span lang=EN-US>Optional Video: </span></b><span lang=EN-US>Authors are allowed to submit a video clip to support your demonstration. The video files can be in .AVI, .MOV or .MP4 file formats. They should play on standard PC and Macintosh computers without requiring third party codecs to be installed. The file size should be less than 100 MB and should not exceed 3 minutes in length.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>Demonstration Co-Chairs:</span></b><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Frank Broz, Plymouth University, UK<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Hisashi Ishihara, Osaka University, Japan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>