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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear IVA community,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I am writing to you, in my capacity as local chair of the 18<sup>th</sup> International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA 2018).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The IVA 2018 conference will take place in Sydney, Australia, 5-8 November 2018.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The conference website is: <a href="http://iva2018.scem.westernsydney.edu.au/">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The tentative paper submission deadline is 15<sup>th</sup> of May 2018.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The tentative deadline for workshop proposals is 15<sup>th</sup> of April 2018.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">More details and the call for papers are coming soon and will be listed on the conference website.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#953735">Dr Anton Bogdanovych </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">| Senior Lecturer </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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