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<p class="p1">REGISTER NOW TO <i>The 1st International Workshop on Design Fiction for Intelligent Virtual Agents</i>
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<p class="p1">IVA 2025, Berlin, Germany *** 16th September 2025<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="p1"><b>REGISTRATION</b>: <a href="https://iva.acm.org/2025/registration/">
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<p class="p1">The 1st International Workshop on Design Fiction for Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVAs) should explore and anticipate ethical, aesthetic, and cultural implications, as well as explore possible evaluation methods for the future of IVAs using design
fiction. Participants will create speculative narratives to examine future interactions, stereotypes, and societal impact.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="p1">Virtual companions, a type of intelligent virtual agent (IVA), have become more common and advanced in the past two years, driven by generative AI and large language models. There is a concern that commercial virtual companions may lead to ethical
issues, particularly regarding privacy, user data, emotional impact, and stereotypical visual representations. This concern has motivated us to propose a workshop on the theme of design fiction for IVA, a method for exploring the future development of virtual
companions to identify potential risks and opportunities. Design fiction can also be a co-design activity together with users.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="p1">We welcome participants from a broad range of disciplines such as engineering, computer science, psychology, sociology, cognitive science, art, and design.
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<p class="p1"><b>MORE INFO</b>: <span class="s1"><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/ivafuture/home">https://sites.google.com/view/ivafuture/home</a></span><u><o:p></o:p></u></p>
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<p class="p1"><b>ORGANIZERS</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="p1">Negin Hashmati, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="p1">Gemma Serrano, Collège des Bernardins, France<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="p1">Jean-Arthur Micoulaud-Franchi, Bordeaux University, France<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="p1">Florian Pecune, Bordeaux University, France<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="p1">Therése Skoog, University of Gothenburg, Sweden<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="p1">Mohammad Obaid, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="p1">Thommy Eriksson, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Negin Hashmati </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">(she/her)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">PhD Student in Interaction Design<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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University of Technology</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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