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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">IAS-19 Call for Papers<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">We are all invited to contribute to the 19th International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS-19), which will be held in Genoa, Italy, from June 30 to July 4, 2025.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Since the first edition in 1985, IAS has been a venue for original, novel, and innovative papers with a theoretical or experimental flavour. For IAS-19, we look for papers cantered around the
theme “Ethical, Responsible, and Inclusive Robotics”.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Mobile Robots Collaborative Robots/Cobots<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Robots for Industry 4.0<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Household Robots<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Humanoid Robots<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Climbing Robots<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Outdoor and Field Robots<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Autonomous Vehicles<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Healthcare Robots<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Flying Robots<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Marine Robots<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Robot Swarms<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Biomimetic Robots<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Long-Term Autonomous Systems<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Intelligent Machines<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Cognitive Architectures for Robots<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Human-Robot-Interaction<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Software Architectures for Robots<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Cloud Robotics<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Robot Vision<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Tactile Sensing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Intelligent Sensors and Systems<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Neuromorphic Sensing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Semantic Modelling<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Data Fusion and Machine Learning<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Obstacle Avoidance<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Localization and SLAM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Knowledge Representation and Reasoning<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Planning<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Task-Motion Planning<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Robot Foundation Models<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Vision and Language Models<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Robot Simulations<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Mechatronics for Intelligent Systems<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">All contributed papers will go through a rigorous peer-review process, which will be managed by Editors, Associated Editors, and Reviewers. Each manuscript will be reviewed by at least two reviewers.
If a paper will be accepted, the authors should submit a revised final version reflecting reviewers’ comments and present their paper orally and in presence.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">All accepted and presented papers will be published in the conference proceedings, and a post-proceedings book will be published by Springer, as is customary for IAS conferences. A limited number
of authors will be invited to submit an extended version of their papers for a special issue of Robotics and Autonomous Systems, published by Elsevier.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Proposals for special sessions, workshops, and tutorials are strongly encouraged. Workshops and tutorials will be scheduled on 30/6/2025.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Updates on www.ias-19.org.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Special sessions<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Artificial Intelligence in Human-Robot Collaboration and Interaction
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt">Alessandro Umbrico (alessandro.umbrico@istc.cnr.it)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt">Alessandro Carfi (alessandro.umbrico@istc.cnr.it)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Robots and Intelligent systems for Citizens and the Environment<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt">Antonio Sgorbissa (antonio.sgorbissa@unige.it)
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Jaeryoung Lee (jaeryounglee@isc.chubu.ac.jp)
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt">Carmine Tommaso Recchiuto (carmine.recchiuto@dibris.unige.it)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt">Emilia Barakova (e.i.barakova@tue.nl)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt">Marine Robotics<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt">Giovanni Indiveri (giovanni.indiveri@unige.it)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt">Enrico Simetti (enrico.simetti@unige.it)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Francesco Wanderlingh (francesco.wanderlingh@unige.it)
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Proactive Social Perception for Human-Robot Collaboration: From Vision to Language
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt">Dimitri Ognibene (dimitri.ognibene@unimib.it)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt">Onofrio Gigliotta (onofrio.gigliotta@unina.it)
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt">Letizia Marchegiani (letizia.marchegiani@unipr.it)
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Tom Foulsham (foulsham@essex.ac.uk)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt">Dario Zanca (dario.zanca@fau.de)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt">Edoardo Datteri (edoardo.datteri@unimib.it)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Adjustable Autonomy and Physical Embodied Intelligence<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt">Fabio Patrizi (patrizi@diag.uniroma1.it)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt">Luca Iocchi (iocchi@diag.uniroma1.it)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt">Raffaello Camoriano (raffaello.camoriano@polito.it)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Advanced Mathematical and Control Methods in Soft and Humanoid Robotics<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt">Fabio Bonsignorio (fabio.bonsignorio@fer.unizg.hr)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Enrica Zereik (enrica.zereik@cnr.it)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Human Internal States Perception and Processing for Human-Centric Technology<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt">Marco Matarese (marco.matarese@iit.it)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt">Francesco Rea (francesco.rea@iit.it)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt">Alessandra Sciutti (alessandra.sciutti@iit.it)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">LLMs as planning tools for Human-Robot Collaborative Tasks<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt">Lorenzo Natale (lorenzo.natale@iit.it)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt">Carmela Calabrese (carmela.calabrese@iit.it)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Paper submission instructions<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Prospective authors must format their papers in a single-column layout on 21 cm x 29.7 cm A4-size paper according to the Springer guidelines (<a name="_Hlk189036079">https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines</a>).
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">In particular, refer to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">- instructions for authors: https://resource-cms.springernature.com/springer-cms/rest/v1/content/19242230/data/v16<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">- LaTeX templates: https://resource-cms.springernature.com/springer-cms/rest/v1/content/19238648/data/v8<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">- Overleaf LaTeX templates: https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/springer-lecture-notes-in-computer-science/kzwwpvhwnvfj<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">- MS Word templates: https://resource-cms.springernature.com/springer-cms/rest/v1/content/7117506/data/v1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Paper length should be at most 12 pages, including references.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Authors can optionally have 6 additional pages at a cost of 50 EUR per page.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Papers with more than 18 pages will be automatically rejected.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Papers must be submitted electronically via OpenReview:
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">https://openreview.net/group?id=ias-society.org/IAS/2025/Conference
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Please indicate whether the paper is submitted to the general track or one of the special sessions.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Important dates<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">20/9/2024 > First call for papers
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">7/12/2024 > Deadline for proposals for special sessions<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">15/12/2024 > Notification for proposals for special sessions<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">31/1/2025 > Deadline for proposals for workshops, and tutorials ***updated***<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">7/2/2025 > Notification for proposals for workshops and tutorials ***updated***<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">15/2/2025 > Deadline for papers submission
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">15/4/2025 > Papers acceptance notification
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">15/5/2025 > Papers final submission
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">30/6/2025 - 4/7/2025 > IAS-19 in Genoa, Italy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">CONFIRMED Plenary speakers<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Tomaso A. Poggio, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Yoshihiko Nakamura, Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence, UAE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Yasuo Kuniyoshi, University of Tokyo, Japan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt">CONFIRMED Keynote speakers<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt">Arash Ajoudani, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt">Perla Maiolino, University of Oxford, UK<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt">José Galvan, Pontificia Università della Santa Croce, Vatican State<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">General Chair<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Fulvio Mastrogiovanni, University of Genoa, Italy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Program Chair<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Francesco Amigoni, Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Regional Program Chairs<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Takahashi Masaki, Keio University, Japan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Jing Xiao, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, US<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Arnoud Visser, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">STILL OPEN: Call for Workshops and tutorials<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">We look for proposals for workshops and tutorials on a broad set of topics in intelligent and autonomous systems.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">A workshop or tutorial can be half or full day. Please send proposals for workshops or tutorials by email at contact@ias-19.org. Each proposal must include (a) the workshop or tutorial title,
(b) the list of organizers with contact information, (c) a brief statement of purpose for the workshop or tutorial, and (d) a list of potential contributors.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Workshops and tutorials chairs will review the submitted proposals. The specific Calls for Papers will be managed autonomously by the workshop or tutorial organisers.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">IAS-19 Workshops and Tutorials Chairs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Ivan Petrovic, University of Zagreb, Croatia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Nak Young Chong, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt">Monica Reggiani, University of Padua, Italy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">OPENING SOON: Call for sponsors and exhibitors<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">We will soon open a call for sponsors and exhibitors. We are working toward nicely blending the usual scientific tracks of IAS with pitch sessions and events oriented towards innovation and the
industry.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">IAS-19 will feature a dedicated crash course on entrepreneurship, student challenges in which companies may be directly involved, plenary pitch sessions, and an industry forum.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">More on this in the next call!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">On behalf of the general and program chairs<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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