<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Exchange Server">  <style></style> </head> <body> <font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt;"> <div>CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS</div> <div>The 13th International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR 2021) November 10-13, 2021, Singapore <a href="http://www.colips.org/conferences/icsr2021/wp/"><font color="#0563C1"><u>http://www.colips.org/conferences/icsr2021/wp/</u></font></a></div> <div> </div> <div>==========================================================</div> <div> </div> <div>The 13th International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR 2021) brings together researchers and practitioners working on the interaction between humans and intelligent robots and on the integration of robots into the fabric of our society. The theme of this year’s conference is ‘Robotics in our everyday lives’, emphasizing on the increasing importance of robotics in human daily living.</div> <div>ICSR 2021 will take place in Singapore as a hybrid conference on 10-13 November 2021 with half-day and full-day workshops being hosted to provide a stage to discuss emerging research questions and challenges in Social Robotics.</div> <div> </div> <div>We particularly welcome creative, interactive workshop formats that aim to achieve one or more of the following:</div> <div>(i) increase the number of actively involved participants</div> <div>(ii) generate significant discussion and exchange of ideas between participants</div> <div>(iii) generate interactions between established experts and early-career researchers</div> <div>(iv) make connections to fields outside of robotics and/or connect academia to industry</div> <div> </div> <div>== Important Dates ==</div> <div>• Workshop proposal submission deadline: 19 June 2021</div> <div>• Notification of acceptance: 2 July 2021</div> <div>• Half page abstract and website URL Due: 31 July 2021</div> <div>• Workshop Date: 10 or 13 November 2021</div> <div>• Conference: 10-13 November 2021</div> <div> </div> <div>== Submission ==</div> <div>Submissions should be PDF documents of no more than 3/4 pages (following the Springer LNCS/LNAI style for the layout. Detailed instructions for paper submission are available on the conference web site. LNCS style templates are available on the Springer LNCS website) and should include:</div> <div> </div> <div>1. Title</div> <div>2. Workshop duration: half-day or full-day 3. Workshop form: online, hybrid, or on-side 4. Organizers: name and the affiliation of the members of your organizing committee (Name, Affiliation, Email address).</div> <div>5. Workshop description and objectives: concise description of the content and objectives of the workshop.</div> <div>6. Intended audience and plans to solicit participation: describe the intended workshop audience, how you plan to solicit participation: (i) ahead of the workshop to generate submission and (ii) within the workshop in encouraging discussions and exchanges between participants.</div> <div>7. List of topics: a bulleted list of the topics of interest that will</div> <div> be covered by the workshop.</div> <div>8. List of invited speakers: list any invited speakers (if applicable) 9. Additional information: Any relevant information that could not be captured by the previous sections (e.g. regarding previous workshop</div> <div>organisation)</div> <div> </div> <div>Proposals on workshops will be considered by the organizing committee.</div> <div>Interested participants shall contact <a href="mailto:icsr2021.info@gmail.com"><font color="#0563C1"><u>icsr2021.info@gmail.com</u></font></a> for proposal submission.</div> <div>We look forward to hosting your workshop at ICSR 2021!</div> <div>_______________________________________________</div> <div> </div> <div>== Workshop Chairs of ICSR 2021 ==</div> <div>Keng Peng Tee, A*STAR Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore </div> <div>Maartje de Graaf, Universiteit Utrecht, Netherlands </div> <div>Mariacarla Staffa, University of Naples Federico II, Italy</div> <div><font face="Calibri"> </font></div> <div><font face="Calibri"> </font></div> <div><font face="Verdana" size="1" color="navy"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Dr. M.M.A. (Maartje) de Graaf </b><font color="#FF9900">|</font><font face="Calibri"> </font>Assistant Professor <font color="#FF9900">| </font>Utrecht University <font color="#FF9900">| </font>Faculty of Science <font color="#FF9900">| </font>Department of Information and Computing Sciences <font color="#FF9900">|</font> Princetonplein 5 <font color="#FF9900">|</font> 3584 CC UTRECHT <font color="#FF9900">| </font>Buys Ballot Building <font color="#FF9900">| </font>Room 4.21 <font color="#FF9900">|</font> m.m.a.degraaf@uu.nl <font color="#FF9900">| </font><a href="https://robonarratives.wordpress.com/"><font color="blue"><u>https://robonarratives.wordpress.com/</u></font></a></span></font></div> <div><font face="Calibri"> </font></div> <div><font face="Calibri"> </font></div> <div><font face="Calibri"> </font></div> </span></font> </body> </html>