<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><b class="">International Furhat Conference on Social Robotics</b><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font color="#000000" class="">Tuesday 17th May 2022</font></div><div class=""><font color="#000000" class="">9am PT, 12pm ET, </font>6pm CEST</div><div class=""><div style="color: rgb(80, 0, 80);" class=""><a href="https://furhatrobotics.com/furhat-conference-spring-2022/" target="_blank" class="">https://furhatrobotics.com/furhat-conference-spring-2022/</a><br class=""></div><div class=""><font color="#000000" class="">-----------------------</font></div><div class=""><font color="#000000" class=""> <br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font color="#000000" class="">On behalf of the Furhat team, I am very happy to share the news that the International Furhat Conference series is returning for a third edition - this time with a twist.</font> Since the acquisition of <a href="https://www.mistyrobotics.com/" class="">Misty Robotics</a>, we have been exploring how the Misty robot is being used across the research and innovation landscape. So this year, not only will you get to hear from experts in the field who are performing groundbreaking research with the Furhat platform, you will also learn from scientists and innovators who are utilizing Misty in the same space. </div><div style="color: rgb(80, 0, 80);" class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><font color="#000000" class="">The conference agenda can be seen</font> <a href="https://furhatrobotics.com/furhat-conference-spring-2022/#agenda" class="">here</a>. Returning virtually, t<font color="#000000" class="">his spring's speaker lineup includes:</font></div><div class=""><ul class=""><li style="margin-left: 15px;" class=""><a href="https://vinciarelli.net/" style="font-weight: bold;" class="">Alessandro Vinciarelli</a> (University of Glasgow, Scotland): Social Intelligence in Machines, Why and How<br class=""></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;" class=""><b class=""><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/areitzig/" class="">Axel Reitzig</a></b> (St. Vrain Valley School District, USA): Leveraging the Power of Social Robots to Advance Public Education<br class=""></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;" class=""><b class=""><a href="http://chronos.isir.upmc.fr/~pelachaud/index.php" class="">Catherine Pelachaud</a></b> (Sorbonne University, France): Interacting with Socially Interactive Agents<br class=""></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;" class=""><b class=""><a href="http://bilgemutlu.com/" class="">Bilge Mutlu</a></b> (University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA): Taking Social Robots Out of the Lab and Onto the Road<br class=""></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;" class=""><b class=""><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/morgan-bell-7731234/" class="">Morgan Bell</a></b> (Furhat Robotics, USA) and <b class=""><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/samer-al-moubayed-601a679/" class="">Samer Al Moubayed</a></b> (Furhat Robotics, Sweden): A new era for the world of social robotics</li></ul></div><div class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><b class="">Registration </b>for the conference is free and <a href="https://furhatrobotics.com/furhat-conference-spring-2022/#register" class="">now open</a>. </font><font color="#000000" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font color="#000000" class="">We are looking forward to seeing you there.</font></div></div><div class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class="">
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