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<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="font-size:10pt">Dear connectionnists,</span></tt></p><p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="font-size:10pt"><br></span></tt></p><p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="font-size:10pt">Final call for contributions: </span></tt><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="font-size:10pt">Online conference “Space and AI”, September 4 (in association with ECAI2020)</span></tt></p><p class="MsoNormal"><tt><a class="gmail-moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://spaceandai.ijs.si/">http://spaceandai.ijs.si/</a></tt></p><p><tt><span style="font-size:10pt">The ESA-CLAIRE AI Special Interest Group on Space (<a href="http://claire-ai.org/sig-space/">http://claire-ai.org/sig-space/</a>) is organizing its first online conference on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) for applications in space technology. The conference, organized in association with ECAI (<a href="http://ecai2020.eu/">http://digital.ecai2020.eu/</a>), will be a full-day event and will take place on Friday, September 4th (a tutorial and workshop day for ECAI). </span></tt><span style="font-family:"Courier New";font-size:10pt"></span><span style="font-family:"Courier New";font-size:10pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New";font-size:10pt"><br><tt><b>Call for contributions: </b>The program of the event will include several keynote talks. We are also inviting contributed presentations on topics concerning different AI methods (including, but not limited to, e.g., planning, machine learning) and different areas of space technology (including, but not limited to, e.g., space operations, earth observation). </tt></span><span style="font-family:"Courier New";font-size:10pt"><tt><tt><span style="font-size:10pt">Presentations of original unpublished work or of recently published work are both welcome: In the latter case, please include a reference to and a copy of the relevant publication.</span></tt><tt><span style="font-size:10pt"></span></tt><span style="font-family:"Courier New";font-size:10pt"></span> <span style="font-family:"Courier New";font-size:10pt"></span> </tt></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New";font-size:10pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New";font-size:10pt"><tt>We have <b>at most 7 (SEVEN) slots lef</b><b>t</b> for contributed presentations, so please send us your contributions as soon as possible.</tt></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="font-size:10pt">Please send to <a href="mailto:spaceandai@uni.lu" target="_blank">spaceandai@uni.lu</a> an email containing:</span></tt><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="font-size:10pt">- names and affiliations of authors</span></tt><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="font-size:10pt">- designated speaker</span></tt><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="font-size:10pt">- the title of your talk</span></tt><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="font-size:10pt">- a 200 word abstract</span></tt><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="font-size:10pt">- the desired length of your presentation (10 or 20 minutes including Q&A)</span></tt><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8pt"><b><tt><span style="font-size:10pt">Deadline: </span></tt></b><b><tt><span style="font-size:10pt"><tt><span style="font-size:10pt">August 7th (AOE)</span></tt></span></tt></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="font-size:10pt"><tt><span style="font-size:10pt"></span></tt></span></tt><span style="font-family:"Courier New";font-size:10pt"><br><b><tt>C</tt></b></span><tt><span style="font-size:10pt"><b>onfirmed keynote speakers</b>: <br></span></tt></p><p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="font-size:10pt">- Xiaoxiang Zhu, Technical University Munich and DLR, Wessling, Germany<br></span></tt></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8pt"><tt><span style="font-size:10pt">- Kiri Wagstaff, JPL/NASA, Pasadena, CA, USA</span></tt><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8pt"><tt><span style="font-size:10pt">- Lucien Rapp, University of Toulouse 1 and HEC Paris, France</span></tt><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8pt"><tt><span style="font-size:10pt">- James Parr, Frontier Development Laboratory (FDL), NASA and FDL Europe, ESA, London, UK</span></tt><tt><span style="font-size:10pt"></span></tt><span style="font-family:"Courier New";font-size:10pt"></span> <span style="font-family:"Courier New";font-size:10pt"></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New";font-size:10pt"><br></span><b><tt>Participation: </tt></b><tt>Participation at the event will be free of charge. Prior registration will be mandatory. Details on registration and the technical platform where the event will take place will be available after the event's program/ schedule is finalized (cca August 10th).</tt></p></div>