<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Here is your opportunity to have a great workshop at a great conference! <div class="">Apologies for multiple cross-listings.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><b class="">Call for Workshop Proposals for IVA 2017</b></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">IMPORTANT DATES</div><div class="">Workshop Proposals due: March 24, 2017 </div><div class="">Workshop Notifications: March 31, 2017</div><div class="">Workshops will be located at the conference location, which is KTH, The Royal Technology Institute, Stockholm.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="http://iva2017.org" class="">IVA 2017</a> will host workshops on current and emerging topic areas related to Intelligent Virtual Agents. The goal of all IVA workshops is to provide a forum for informal and lively discussions and research presentations on emerging applications, technologies, and concepts related to Intelligent Virtual Agents . Workshops will be held one day prior to the conference, on August 27, 2017 at the IVA 2017 conference venue.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We invite workshop proposals on topics of relevance to the IVAs in general, as well to this year’s special theme of “situated intelligent agents.” We welcome workshop proposals on not just fundamental areas of IVA research, but also on the increasingly diverse domains of IVA applications, such as human-robot interaction, e-learning, assistive technology, computer games, and interactive entertainment.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Workshop proposals should consist of a 2-page description containing:</div><div class="">* Title</div><div class="">* Abstract</div><div class="">* Organizers’ names, affiliations, contact information and short bios.</div><div class="">* Preference for half or full day.</div><div class="">* Proposed content: Description of the workshop, format, why it is appropriate for the IVA conference series, and why the topic is timely and relevant. Please make your description between 1 and 2 pages as needed.</div><div class="">* List of potential contributors.</div><div class="">* Tentative schedule of paper submission and acceptance.</div><div class="">* Any special facilities needed (beyond Internet and projector).</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Please send proposals or questions to the IVA 2016 Workshops CoChair, contact below.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Candy Sidner</div><div class="">Worcester Polytechnic Institute</div><div class=""><a href="mailto:workshops@iva2017.org" class="">workshops@iva2017.org</a></div><div class=""> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; border-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; " class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; " class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; " class=""><div class="">----------------------------------</div><div class="">Candace L. Sidner, Ph.D.</div><div class="">Research Professor</div><div class="">Department of Computer Science</div><div class="">Worcester Polytechnic Institute</div><div class="">(508) 831-6637</div><div class=""><a href="http://candysidner.com" class="">http://candysidner.com</a></div><div class=""><a href="mailto:sidner@wpi.edu" class="">sidner@wpi.edu</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div> <br class=""></div></div></body></html>