[iva] Call for Workshops - IVA 2019 (Intelligent Virtual Agents) - Paris, France

[Brian Ravenet]

Dear IVA enthusiasts,

The IVA 2019 organizing committee solicits proposals for full-day and 
half-day workshops to be held in conjunction with the main conference 
(https://iva2019.sciencesconf.org/).

The purpose of a workshop is to provide an opportunity for participants 
from academia, industry, government and other related parties to present 
and discuss novel ideas on current and emerging topics relevant to 
intelligent virtual agents, their applications and emergent 
technologies.

Workshops are scheduled for July the 1st, 2nd (morning) and 5th 
(afternoon) 2019.

Each workshop should be organized under a well-defined theme focusing on 
emerging research areas, challenging problems and 
industrial/governmental applications. Organizers have free control on 
the format, style as well as the building blocks of the workshop. 
Possible contents of a workshop include but are not limited to invited 
talks, regular papers/posters, panels, and other pragmatic alternatives. 
In case workshop proposers need extra time to prepare their workshop, 
early decisions may be considered if justified.

We would like to encourage organizers to avoid a mini-conference format 
by (i) encouraging the submission of position papers and extended 
abstracts, (ii) allowing plenty of time for discussions and debates, and 
(iii) organizing workshop panels.

Organizers of accepted workshops are expected to announce the workshop 
and disseminate their call for papers, maintain the workshop website, 
gather submissions, conduct the reviewing process and decide upon the 
final workshop program. They are also required to prepare an informal 
set of workshop proceedings to be distributed with the registration 
materials at the main conference, with a proceedings format template 
provided by IVA 2019. Workshop organizers may choose to form organizing 
or program committees aiming to accomplish these tasks successfully.

Workshop proposals should be sent to the IVA 2019 Workshops chairs and 
should contain the following information:

The NAMES, AFFILIATIONS, and SHORT BIOS of all the organizers
The MAIN CONTACT organizer’s e-mail and telephone number
The TITLE of the workshop
A maximum of three paragraphs that describe the TOPIC of the workshop, 
its target AUDIENCE, and its RELEVANCE to IVA
One paragraph MOTIVATING the workshop (why we should organize it NOW in 
conjunction with IVA 2019)
Tentative names of invited speakers, reviewers, and panelists (if a 
panel will be organized)
The desired LENGTH of the workshop: full-day (~8 hours) or half-day (~4 
hours)
Tentative PROGRAM SKETCH
For workshops previously held at IVA or other conferences, details on 
venue, attendance and number of submissions/accepted papers from past 
editions
For new workshops, a list of possible attendees/submissions and/or a 
justification of the expected attendees/submissions
Tentative descriptions of all other workshop components (panels, 
discussion sessions, poster sessions, invited talks,etc.)
Submission Deadline: Workshop proposals must be submitted by January 20, 
2019 at 11:59 PM CET.

Best regards,

IVA 2019 Workshops chairs
Brian Ravenet brian.ravenet at limsi.fr
Céline Clavel celine.clavel at limsi.fr