[iva] Call for proposals to host IVA2017

d.k.j.heylen at utwente.nl d.k.j.heylen at utwente.nl
Thu May 26 15:05:56 CEST 2016


****** Call for proposals to host IVA2017 *******

Since its conception as a small ECAI workshop in 1998, the International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA) has become a central event for researchers in synthetic characters, intelligent virtual agents, embodied conversational agents, and virtual animals. It also has links to work in social robots.
This call asks for proposals to host the event in 2017. In keeping with past events the aim is to hold the event in summer/fall 2017.
An important goal is to facilitate the participation of students and young researchers, so keeping the cost of attendance low is also an important criterion.

Details of recent events can be seen at:
http://iva07.ntua.gr/ (2007, Paris)
http://research.nii.ac.jp/~iva2008/<http://research.nii.ac.jp/%7Eiva2008/> (2008, Tokyo)
http://iva09.dfki.de/ (2009, Amsterdam)
http://iva2010.seas.upenn.edu/ (2010, Philadelphia)
http://iva2011.ru.is/ (2011, Reykjavik)
https://iva2012.soe.ucsc.edu<https://iva2012.soe.ucsc.edu/> (2012, Santa Cruz)
http://www.cstr.ed.ac.uk/iva2013/index.html (2013, Edinburgh)
http://www.ccs.neu.edu/iva2014/ (2014, Boston)
http://iva2015.tudelft.nl/ (2015, Delft)
http://iva2016.ict.usc.edu<http://iva2016.ict.usc.edu/> (2016, Los Angeles)

If you think you'd like to host IVA, please submit a brief proposal including:
1. Who you are (the organising team) and any previous experience you have of running conferences in IVA-related and other fields. We would encourage new groups to include someone with previous experience of the IVA event.
2. A description of the proposed venue, including meeting facilities, accommodation and travel access.
3. An outline budget (likely costs and expenditure) and estimate of registration cost.
4. Exact dates in summer/autumn 2017 for the meeting. Note we would like to avoid clashes with other conferences in related areas (for example Interspeech / AAMAS / ACII  / CHI / HRI etc. ) and you should indicate which ones you have checked.
5. Any special theme or topic: for example the special topic for IVA2015 was Social Training.

The evaluation criteria will include:
(1) cost effectiveness;
(2) professionalism of proposal and track record of the proposers;
(3) accessibility of the location (i.e. access to airports, etc);
(4) venue attractiveness (e.g. quality of facilities and support of  "togetherness").

Please send the proposal to: r.s.aylett at hw.ac.uk<mailto:r.s.aylett at hw.ac.uk>, skopp at techfak.uni-bielefeld.de<mailto:skopp at techfak.uni-bielefeld.de>, Ana.Paiva at inesc-id.pt<mailto:Ana.Paiva at inesc-id.pt>, d.k.j.Heylen at ewi.utwente.nl<mailto:d.k.j.Heylen at ewi.utwente.nl>, hannes at ru.is<mailto:hannes at ru.is>, bickmore at ccs.neu.edu<mailto:bickmore at ccs.neu.edu>, catherine.pelachaud at telecom-paristech.fr<mailto:catherine.pelachaud at telecom-paristech.fr>, marsella at ict.usc.edu<mailto:marsella at ict.usc.edu>

 ***by July 1st 2016***

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