<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">=====================================================================<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">CALL FOR ONLINE PARTICIPATION - HRI 2024 DEI in HRI HYBRID WORKSHOP<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">===================================================================== <span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">DEI in HRI: <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Inclusive HRI: Equity and Diversity in Design, Application, Methods, and Community (3rd Edition) <span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Workshop date: March 11th, 2024 <span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Workshop website and final program: <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/dei-hri/home" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">https://sites.google.com/view/dei-hri/home</a> <span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Link to register for online participation: <a href="https://forms.gle/HY6xCVFcV1BdrSiq9" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">https://forms.gle/HY6xCVFcV1BdrSiq9</a> <span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">=== Workshop Objectives === <span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Despite heightened awareness of the risks robotic systems present to underrepresented groups, the need for increased action on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in Human-Robot Interaction (HRl) has not been met. This workshop aims to make the HRI community more diverse and inclusive so that underrepresented groups can participate in the creation of HRI systems and also expand HRI research methods, robot designs, and applications to be more diverse and inclusive. <span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">This workshop explores the research questions: <span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">What does DEI mean for robot design, application, and HRI research methods? How can we promote DEI within HRI?<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> Our goal is to raise awareness of the importance of DEI issues in HRI among the wider HRI community so that we can achieve an inclusive HRI in the real world. <span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Another goal of this workshop is to build a community and solidarity among researchers in HRI who work on and are affected by the various and related issues around DEI. <span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">=== Overview and Final Program === <span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">DEI in HRI will consist of keynote talks from invited speakers, a panel discussion between all speakers, presentations of short contributions, group discussions, and a town hall. The workshop will be in-person at the University Memorial Center of the University of Colorado Boulder, on Monday, the 11th of March, from 14:00 to 18:00 MDT. <span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">The HRI 2024 conference policy requires everyone attending the workshops or tutorials in-person to register, including organizers, authors, and speakers. For more information for the workshop registration, refer to the HRI 2024 registration page (<a href="https://humanrobotinteraction.org/2024/registration/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">https://humanrobotinteraction.org/2024/registration/</a><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">). <span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">We will also allow participation in the workshop via Zoom. You can register for online attendance at the following link - <a href="https://forms.gle/HY6xCVFcV1BdrSiq9" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">https://forms.gle/HY6xCVFcV1BdrSiq9</a><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">. Registration for online attendance will be possible until <span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">March 10th<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, and registration is mandatory in order to receive the Zoom link. <span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Below is the final program (all times are MDT):<ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre">14:00 - 14:10: Welcome by the organizers</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre">14:10 - 15:10: Talks from Invited Speakers</li><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:circle;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre">Madhujit Singh - Founder & CEO of Ananya Women@Work</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:circle;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre">Yifei (Rena) Zhu - PhD Student at Colorado School of Mines</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:circle;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre">Dr. Elin Bjorling - Senior Research Scientist at University of Washington</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:circle;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre">Randi Williams - PhD Candidate at MIT Media Lab</li></ul><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre">15:10 - 15:40: Invited Speakers Panel Discussion</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre">15:40 - 16:10: Coffee Break</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre">16:10 - 16:40: Paper Presentations from authors of accepted papers</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre">16:40 - 17:00: Small Group Discussions</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre">17:00 - 17:50: Town Hall</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre">17:50 - 18:00: Wrap-up and Closing Remarks</li></ul> <span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">=== Organizers === <span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Raj Korpan (Hunter College, City University of New York, USA) <span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Amy Eguchi (UC San Diego, USA) <span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Zhao Han (University of South Florida, USA) <span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Anastasia K. Ostrowski (MIT, USA) <span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Sindhu Ravindranath (IFHE University & ICFAI, India) <span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Ana Tanevska (Uppsala University, Sweden)</div>