<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><i>(Apologies for potential cross-posting)</i></span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="4">2nd Call for papers and abstracts!</font><br><font size="6">The 8th Image Schema Day</font></span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="6">ISD8@AI*IA 2024</font><br><font size="4">Bozen-Bolzano, Italy</font><br><font size="4">November 25-28th, 2024</font><br><a href="https://isd8.imageschema.net/" target="_blank"><font size="4">https://isd8.imageschema.net/</font></a><br><b><font size="4"><br>-- Deadline extension! --<br></font></b>NEW submission deadline: 9th of September<br><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">The ISD workshop series has had 7 amazing previous editions </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt">and as chairs of <a href="https://www.imageschema.net/" target="_blank">The Image Schema Network</a> we </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt">are very happy to announce that the 8th edition has been accepted to the workshop program of the</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt"> <a href="https://aixia2024.events.unibz.it/" target="_blank">23rd conference of the Italian Association of Artificial Intelligence (AI*IA)</a>.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">As in previous years, ISD8 is a networking event that invites researchers on image schemas, conceptual primitives and spatiotemporal reasoning from <b>various scientific disciplines </b>to present their research and discuss ideas for future projects. Unlike many other workshops focused on different topics in one discipline or using one methodology, the Image Schema Day invites researchers from all disciplines and methods but focuses on one main topic.<br><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">The workshop offers a friendly environment for researchers of all stages who are interested in presenting and discussing work on the formal, empirical, hypothetical, artistic and/or analytical treatment of conceptual patterns, embodied cognition, semantic components and the interdisciplinary exploration of human thought!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><b style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6667px">-- Paper Formats --</b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">This year, the workshop accepts four kinds of </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">submissions:</span><br></p><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"><b>Abstracts for presentation only</b> (2 pages)<br>(NOTE: these are not included in the proceedings.)</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"><b>Extended abstracts/short papers</b> (5-9 pages)<br>Typically consisting of work in progress, early results or position papers that are <span style="font-size:14.6667px">not published (or under review) at another venue. </span></span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"><b>Summaries of recently published articles</b> (2-5 pages)<br>(NOTE: only summaries of 5 pages would be included in the proceedings.)</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"><b>Full research papers</b> (10-12 pages)<br>Presenting novel research not published (or under review) at another venue. </span></li></ul><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><b>-- Topics of interest --</b><br>Focus areas containing (the broadest interpretation of) an image-schematic perspective include: </span></p><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">analysis of conceptual metaphors</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">formalisation of affordances and f</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt">orce dynamics</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">spatiotemporal reasoning</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">commonsense reasoning</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">conceptual modelling</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">use cases of embodied cognition</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">formal approaches to analogical reasoning</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">formal concept analysis</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">applications in cognitive robotics</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">image-schematic interface design</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">art and literature analysis</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">core components of affordance</span></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">All submissions will be peer-reviewed and accepted contributions will be included in the ISD8 proceedings and presented at the workshop! Previous proceedings and submission instructions can be found on the event website. <br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><b style="font-size:14.6667px">-- Important dates ---</b></span></p><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Submission deadline: September 9th </span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Notification of acceptance: October 1st</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Workshop dates: November 25-28th</span></li></ul><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Please share this invitation (and feel free to print our traditionally psychedelic ISD-poster) with colleagues who might be interested in the workshop and consider joining us in November!</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">We are looking forward to seeing you at ISD8!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"></span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt">/ Maria and Oliver</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt"><br></span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><img src="cid:ii_m03xylgi0" alt="ISD8poster.jpg" width="383" height="542"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt"><br></span></p></div></div></div></div></div>