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<p class="MsoNormal">The IVA 2023 organizing committee solicits proposals for workshops to be held in conjunction with the main conference. The purpose of workshops is to enable participants from academia, industry, government, and others to present and discuss
novel ideas on current and emerging topics relevant to intelligent virtual agents.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Workshops are scheduled for the first day of the conference:
<b>19.09.2023</b>. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Each workshop should be organized under a well-defined theme that focuses on emerging research areas, challenges, opportunities, and applications. Organizers have free control on the format and style of the workshop (e.g., invited talks,
regular papers or posters, panels, etc.) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We encourage organizers to avoid a mini-conference format, by:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">promoting the submission of position papers and extended abstracts rather than full papers,
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">allowing plenty of time for discussions and debates,
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">organizing workshop panels.<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Workshops organizers are expected to 1) announce the workshop, 2) disseminate their call for papers, 3) maintain the workshop website, 4) gather submissions, 5) conduct the reviewing process, and 6) decide upon the final workshop program.
In addition, they are required to prepare an informal set of workshop proceedings to be distributed with the registration materials at the main IVA conference (template provided by IVA). Finally, the workshop organizers should host the workshop papers online.
Organizers may choose to form organizing or program committees to accomplish these tasks.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Workshop proposals should contain the following information:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">Organizers:
<o:p></o:p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2">Names, affiliations, and short bios of all the organizers, including the main contact organizer’s e-mail address<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
</li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">Overview:
<o:p></o:p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2">Title, topic, motivation, target audience, and IVA relevance (4 paragraphs max)<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
</li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">Details:
<o:p></o:p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2">Desired workshop length: full-day (~8 hours) or half-day (~4 hours)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2">Tentative descriptions of all workshop components (e.g., panels, discussion sessions, poster sessions, invited talks, etc.)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2">Tentative names of invited speakers, reviewers, and (optional) panelists<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2">For previous (IVA or other) workshops: details on venue, attendance, and number of submissions/accepted papers
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2">For new workshops: justification of expected attendees/submissions<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2">Strategy on how to achieve tangible outcomes for this workshop<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
</li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Important Dates: <o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">Workshop proposal submission date:
<b>21.04.2023</b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">Notification of acceptance:
<b>05.05.2023</b><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Submit workshop proposals to: workshopchairs@iva.acm.org<o:p></o:p></p>
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