[iva] Final Call for Special Session Proposals at ALIFE 2025 ** Deadline: 28 February **

[Bert CHAN Wang-Chak]

We are pleased to inform you that the deadline of special session proposals
for the ALIFE 2025 conference has been extended to *28 February*, 11:59 pm
UTC-12:00 (Anywhere on Earth).

If you are interested, please submit your proposal through this form:
*https://forms.gle/J45gbW7w8TtbuRmR9* <https://forms.gle/J45gbW7w8TtbuRmR9>
We look forward to hearing your brilliant ideas on how to push the
boundaries of artificial life research!

For more information, please visit our website https://2025.alife.org or
email to program2025 at alife.org.

Best,
Bert Chan - on behalf of the ALIFE 2025 Organizing Committee


On Tue, Feb 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM Bert CHAN Wang-Chak <albert.chak at gmail.com>
wrote:

> [This announcement has been sent to multiple mailing lists. Apologies if
> you have received this email more than once.]
>
> The *ALIFE 2025* conference, to be held on *6-10 October in Kyoto, Japan*,
> is looking for proposals for special sessions.
>
> *Special sessions* will be specially-themed tracks in the main
> conference. The idea is to attract high-quality submissions on topics of
> particular interest to our community. We are particularly interested in
> sessions that will set new directions for future research and bring new
> voices into our community. These sessions will be part of the main
> conference and will run alongside other conference sessions.
>
> Organizing a special session provides an opportunity to explore in depth a
> particular topic within the main conference, and to bring new ideas and new
> people into the ALife community. We are open to any ideas you might have
> that might create a buzz around your topic or the conference in general,
> such as advertising the session outside of the usual ALife community or
> holding panel or group discussions as part of the session.
>
> Submissions to your session will go through the main conference review
> system. As a session organizer, you would set the topic of the session,
> attract submissions through whatever means you wish, and chair the session
> at the conference.
>
> If you are interested in organizing a session, please submit this
> expression of interest using the following form:
> *https://forms.gle/J45gbW7w8TtbuRmR9*
> <https://forms.gle/J45gbW7w8TtbuRmR9>
>
> Every special session proposal should include:
> 1. Title of the special session
> 2. Name(s) and affiliation(s) of the organizer(s) with contact details
> 3. A short CV of the organizer(s)
> 4. Why your session theme deserves special attention from the ALife
> community (about 150 words)
> 5. What you propose to do to support the session, such as advertising it
> or organizing (about 150 words)
>
> Please note that special sessions are different from workshops. The main
> difference is that special sessions are part of the main conference - they
> share its review process and accepted submissions will appear in the
> proceedings. There will also be workshop sessions at ALIFE 2025, and a call
> for workshop proposals will be sent out separately.
>
> We welcome session proposals on any topic.
>
> The theme of the ALIFE 2025 conference is “*Ciphers of Life*.”
> More details about the conference can be found at
> *https://2025.alife.org* <https://2025.alife.org/>
>
> For examples of special sessions at past ALIFE conferences, see
> https://2024.alife.org/special_sessions.html and
> https://2023.alife.org/programme/special-sessions/.
>
> We would appreciate receiving expressions of interest as soon as possible,
> and by *21 February* at the latest.
> For any questions or clarifications, feel free to reach out to
>  program2025 at alife.org
> <program2025 at alife.org>
> Best regards,
> Bert Chan - on behalf of the ALIFE 2025 Organizing Committee
>
>
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