<div dir="ltr"><div>=======================================IEEE RO-MAN 2021 (virtual) - call for papers=======================================<div style=""> </div> === Important dates (FULL PAPERS) === Submission Deadline: March 21, 2021Notification of Acceptance: May 25, 2021Final Submission: June 20, 2021 Conference dates: August 8 - 12, 2021 We are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for IEEE RO-MAN 2021 (**will be held virtually**), with the theme =“Trustworthiness and Cooperation”=. Topics of interest include innovative results, latest developments and future perspectives relating to robot and human interactive communication. For a full list and more detail, visit <a href="https://ro-man2021.org/callforpapers/">https://ro-man2021.org/callforpapers/</a> We do not know what the summer of 2021 will bring in terms of global travel restrictions, local gathering norms, and personal desires to risk venturing from our respective bubbles. Given the uncertainties, we have decided to hold this conference virtually. But no matter the format, the Organizing Committee for RO-MAN 2021 is committed to delivering a rich and dynamic conference.<div style=""> </div> ===Full Papers=== Authors should submit their papers electronically in PDF format via Papercept (<a href="https://ras.papercept.net/conferences/scripts/start.pl" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://ras.papercept.net/conferences/scripts/start.pl</a>); *NOTE* that all authors must be registered in the system ahead of time. Submissions can be 6-8 pages in length (including references), where 6 pages are standard with 2 additional pages allowed with an extra charge at publication time. Papers do not need to be anonymized. All papers submitted to RO-MAN 2021 will be reviewed by at least two external (anonymous) reviewers. If the paper is accepted, the authors will submit a revised ("camera-ready") version. The review process is managed by the program chair, the program co-chairs, the editors, and the conference associate editors. Authors should use the US Letter format templates provided by the electronic submission system (<a href="https://ras.papercept.net/conferences/scripts/start.pl">https://ras.papercept.net/conferences/scripts/start.pl</a>). ===Organizers=== General ChairsStephen L. Smith, University of Waterloo, CanadaMachiel Van der Loos, University of British Columbia, Canada General Co-ChairKerstin Dautenhahn, University of Waterloo, Canada Program ChairsPraminda Caleb-Solly, UWE Bristol, UKMichelle Johnson, University of Pennsylvania, USAKazuyoshi Wada, Associate Professor, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan </div><div> </div><div> </div> <div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma">Dr. Ana Tanevska </div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma">Postdoctoral Researcher, CONTACT Unit Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) Center for Human Technologies Via Enrico Melen 83, Building B 16152 Genova, Italy</div></div></div></div></div>