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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DE link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>*****************************************************************************<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>2<sup>nd</sup> Call for Papers <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>CONNECT: </span></b><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>A Workshop on Connecting Interdisciplinary Research on Connections With and Through Technology</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>@ 24th ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA24)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>September 19, 2024, University of Glasgow, Scotland<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="https://iva.acm.org/2024/connect/">https://iva.acm.org/2024/connect/</a></span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>*****************************************************************************<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>We are happy to announce the 2<sup>nd</sup> call for our workshop “<b>CONNECT: </b></span><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>A Workshop on Connecting Interdisciplinary Research on Connections With and Through Technology</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>” that will be part of the </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>IVA 2024 in Glasgow (</span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/iva.acm.org/2024/__;!!LIr3w8kk_Xxm!tX60_zLF2wKVXu-PPRsjXN-EcHLrKOe3d-pwN8bZE5b7Vul3djEH0YVJxKEYS9_R9G2Fl-OUZrsPTQld1kUlIXdcdJNl$"><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>https://iva.acm.org/2024/</span></a><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>). The aim of the workshop is to bring together an interdisciplinary group of people who are interested in exchanging ideas on the subject of connectedness and technologies.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>We welcome the submission of short papers (6 pages, deadline </span><strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>July 19, 2024</span></strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>) that include but are not limited to the following topics: <o:p></o:p></span></p><ul style='margin-top:0cm' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Interactive technologies and systems such as Socially Interactive Agents (embodied or not like robots or virtual agents), voice assistants, and chatbots <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Technologies and applications that connect individuals that are apart <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Empirical studies on Computer-Mediated Communication <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Empirical studies on Human-Computer Interaction <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>New concepts for connecting individuals with or through technology <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Ethical considerations regarding the role of technologies and connectivity <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Authors of accepted submissions will be invited to give an oral presentation of their work.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>More information about the workshop and the call for papers can be found on the workshop's website: <b><a href="https://iva.acm.org/2024/connect/">https://iva.acm.org/2024/connect/</a></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>For any questions, please contact us at <a href="mailto:aike.horstmann@uni-due.de">aike.horstmann@uni-due.de</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Looking forward to your submissions!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Aike Horstmann (University of Duisburg-Essen), Tanja Schneeberger (German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence Berlin), and Patrick Gebhard (</span><span lang=EN-US>German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Saarbrücken)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>