<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> </head> <body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""> ****** Call for proposals to host IVA2017 ******* <o:p class=""></o:p> <o:p class=""> </o:p> Since its conception as a small ECAI workshop in 1998, the International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA) has become a central event for researchers in synthetic characters, intelligent virtual agents, embodied conversational agents, and virtual animals. It also has links to work in social robots. <o:p class=""></o:p> This call asks for proposals to host the event in 2017. In keeping with past events the aim is to hold the event in summer/fall 2017. <o:p class=""></o:p> An important goal is to facilitate the participation of students and young researchers, so keeping the cost of attendance low is also an important criterion. <div class=""> </div> Details of recent events can be seen at: <o:p class=""></o:p> <a href="http://iva07.ntua.gr/" class="">http://iva07.ntua.gr/</a> (2007, Paris)<o:p class=""></o:p> <a href="http://research.nii.ac.jp/%7Eiva2008/" class="">http://research.nii.ac.jp/~iva2008/</a> (2008, Tokyo)<o:p class=""></o:p> <a href="http://iva09.dfki.de/" class="">http://iva09.dfki.de/</a> (2009, Amsterdam)<o:p class=""></o:p> <a href="http://iva2010.seas.upenn.edu/" class="">http://iva2010.seas.upenn.edu/</a> (2010, Philadelphia)<o:p class=""></o:p> <a href="http://iva2011.ru.is/" class="">http://iva2011.ru.is/</a> (2011, Reykjavik)<o:p class=""></o:p> <a href="https://iva2012.soe.ucsc.edu/" class="">https://iva2012.soe.ucsc.edu</a> (2012, Santa Cruz)<o:p class=""></o:p> <a href="http://www.cstr.ed.ac.uk/iva2013/index.html" class="">http://www.cstr.ed.ac.uk/iva2013/index.html</a> (2013, Edinburgh)<o:p class=""></o:p> <a href="http://www.ccs.neu.edu/iva2014/" class="">http://www.ccs.neu.edu/iva2014/</a> (2014, Boston)<o:p class=""></o:p> <a href="http://iva2015.tudelft.nl/" class="">http://iva2015.tudelft.nl/</a> (2015, Delft)<o:p class=""></o:p> <a href="http://iva2016.ict.usc.edu/" class="">http://iva2016.ict.usc.edu</a> (2016, Los Angeles)<o:p class=""></o:p> <o:p class=""> </o:p> If you think you'd like to host IVA, please submit a brief proposal including: <o:p class=""></o:p> 1. Who you are (the organising team) and any previous experience you have of running conferences in IVA-related and other fields. We would encourage new groups to include someone with previous experience of the IVA event. <o:p class=""></o:p> 2. A description of the proposed venue, including meeting facilities, accommodation and travel access. 3. An outline budget (likely costs and expenditure) and estimate of registration cost. <o:p class=""></o:p> 4. Exact dates in summer/autumn 2017 for the meeting. Note we would like to avoid clashes with other conferences in related areas (for example Interspeech / AAMAS / ACII / CHI / HRI etc. ) and you should indicate which ones you have checked. <o:p class=""></o:p> 5. Any special theme or topic: for example the special topic for IVA2015 was Social Training. <o:p class=""></o:p> <o:p class=""> </o:p> The evaluation criteria will include: (1) cost effectiveness; <o:p class=""></o:p> (2) professionalism of proposal and track record of the proposers;<o:p class=""></o:p> (3) accessibility of the location (i.e. access to airports, etc);<o:p class=""></o:p> (4) venue attractiveness (e.g. quality of facilities and support of "togetherness").<o:p class=""></o:p> <o:p class=""> </o:p> Please send the proposal to: <a href="mailto:r.s.aylett@hw.ac.uk" class="">r.s.aylett@hw.ac.uk</a>, <a href="mailto:skopp@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de" class="">skopp@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de</a>, <a href="mailto:Ana.Paiva@inesc-id.pt" class="">Ana.Paiva@inesc-id.pt</a>, <a href="mailto:d.k.j.Heylen@ewi.utwente.nl" class="">d.k.j.Heylen@ewi.utwente.nl</a>, <a href="mailto:hannes@ru.is" class="">hannes@ru.is</a>, <a href="mailto:bickmore@ccs.neu.edu" class="">bickmore@ccs.neu.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:catherine.pelachaud@telecom-paristech.fr" class="">catherine.pelachaud@telecom-paristech.fr</a>, <a href="mailto:marsella@ict.usc.edu" class="">marsella@ict.usc.edu</a> <o:p class=""></o:p> <o:p class=""> </o:p>***by July 1st 2016*** <o:p class=""></o:p> <o:p class=""> </o:p> </body> </html>