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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">On behalf of the IEEE Robotics & Automation Society, the ICRA organizing committee is delighted to invite you to attend the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2020), to be held fully </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">virtually</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">, from </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">31 May to </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">15 June,</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"> so be sure to tune in! On demand recorded content will be available until 31 August.<b> Attendance to Plenaries and Workshops is Free</b>. Moderate fees (25$ for students) are applied for the rest of the conference.
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"><b>Program: </b>
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<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font size="-1" face="Arial"><a href="https://www.icra2020.org/program/plenaries-keynotes">Plenaries and keynotes</a> are broadcast through <a href="http://ieeetv.ieee.org/ondemandList/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IEEE.tv</a> - ieeetv.ieee.org/ondemandList/ - from June 1st to 15 between 1PM and 2PM UTC, including a live chat Q&A: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.icra2020.org/program/plenaries-keynotes">https://www.icra2020.org/program/plenaries-keynotes</a></font></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Workshops and tutorials will be held</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"><font size="-1" face="Arial">, free-of-charge and</font> live on different dates, check the list at: </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.icra2020.org/program/workshops-and-tutorials">https://www.icra2020.org/program/workshops-and-tutorials</a></span><font
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<p><font size="-1" face="Arial">All 1600 papers are presented as
on-demand videos on <a
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rel="noopener">InfoVaya conference hub</a>, and for technical
discussions a dedicated <a
href="https://www.icra2020.org/icra20.slack.com/">slack
#channel</a> will be linked. These will be available until
August 31.</font><font size="-1" face="Arial"><br>
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<p><font size="-1" face="Arial">All information is available at:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.icra2020.org/program/program-overview">https://www.icra2020.org/program/program-overview</a><br>
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Prof. Aude Billard
LASA laboratory, <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lasa.epfl.ch">http://lasa.epfl.ch</a>
EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
Mail to: Station 9, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
Email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:aude.billard@epfl.ch">aude.billard@epfl.ch</a>
Tel: +41-21-693-5464
Fax: +41-21-694-7850</pre>
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