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Scientists, practitioners, policymakers, and students from around the world are invited to participate in the event.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">The conference will provide a venue for reporting and assessing current efforts to understand and shape the interactions of human beings and technology, for identifying priorities for future work, and for promoting exchange and collaboration among participants. The conference will feature four keynote speakers: Cynthia Breazeal (MIT), Justine Cassell (Carnegie Mellon), Eric Horvitz (Microsoft Research), and Sandy Pentland (MIT).<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">APA invites you and your colleagues and students to </span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__lmail2r.apa.org-3A1892_trk_click-3Fref-3Dzp000s09a-5F1-2D1c69x329b8x0638-26&d=DwMFAg&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=S7Ho0osADRbPW9GjxNgNPGAA_Y8Najn1kvZ1sXpPNxQ&m=2u-GQnvZLIuTKRubGcwFiEZaTrRR6HUT9sLLGxflADM&s=naM46R_bYtDCZDKkVx0RYRWgXao3KXo3JHkSkhKo28c&e="><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">submit</span></a><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"> papers, symposia, and posters for this conference, which will be organized around the following broad themes:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"> <em><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Basic research:</span></em><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"> How humans understand and use technology, impacts of technology on human experience and behavior, human-technology interactions as mutually adaptive systems, role of technology in advancing other areas of scientific research, and related topics. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"> <em><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Foundations of technology design:</span></em><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"> Development of technologies informed by psychological, behavioral, and social science research. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"> <em><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Applications:</span></em><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"> Development, use, and impact of specific technologies in domains such as aging, education, mental and physical health, recreation, and the workplace. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"> <em><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Broader implications:</span></em><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"> Ethical and policy questions concerning the opportunities and challenges arising from human-technology interactions.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <p><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">The deadline for submissions is October 20, 2017. 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