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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New
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color:#333333;background:white;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US">BID for ACM IVA 2022</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif;
color:#333333;background:white;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US">ACM Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA) Annual
Conference is the premier international event for
interdisciplinary research on the design, application, and
evaluation of Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVAs) with a
specific focus on the ability to socially interact. The 20th
International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents will be
held virtually September 14<sup>th</sup> – 17<sup>th</sup>
2021, organized by University of Fukuchiyama:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif;
color:#333333;background:white;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://sites.google.com/view/iva2021/">https://sites.google.com/view/iva2021/</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif;
color:#333333;background:white;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US">IVAs are interactive characters that exhibit
human-like qualities including communicating using natural
human modalities such as facial expressions, speech and
gesture. IVAs are also capable of real-time perception,
cognition, emotion and action that allows them to participate
in dynamic social situations.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif;
color:#333333;background:white;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US">We are calling for bid to organize the next
conference in 2022.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif;
color:#333333;background:white;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US">Interested groups should prepare an application
made of: </span></p>
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style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">Conference location:
description of the conference site and nearby accommodations;
description of public transportation and access from nearby
airports</span></p>
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style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">Conference organization:
description of the organizing committees; conference dates
that fit best to avoid conflict with other conferences</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"
style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">Conference budget:
estimation of the budget with different number of participants</span></p>
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style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">Special topic for IVA
2022</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">The
deadline to submit applications is: <span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>August 30<sup>th</sup> 2021</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">Applications
should be sent to: <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst"
style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span
style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">Catherine Pelachaud </span><a
href="mailto:catherine.pelachaud@upmc.fr"><span
style="font-family: "Times New
Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">catherine.pelachaud@upmc.fr</span></a><span
style="font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
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style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span
class="MsoHyperlink"><span
style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:
Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
text-decoration:none;text-underline:none" lang="EN-US"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span></span><span
style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">Stacy Marsella </span><a
href="mailto:stacymarsella@gmail.com"><span
style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">stacymarsella@gmail.com</span></a><span
class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif;
color:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;text-decoration:none;text-underline:
none" lang="EN-US"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"
style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span
style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Hannes
Högni Vilhjálmsson </span><a href="mailto:hannes@ru.is">hannes@ru.is</a><span
style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast"><span
style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">Notification
of acceptance will be announced at IVA2021.</span></p>
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