1st International Conference on Human-Robot Personal Relationships

June 12-13, 2008 -- Maastricht University, The Netherlands

Within the fields of Human-Computer Interaction and Human-Robot Interaction, the past few years have witnessed a strong upsurge of interest in the more personal aspects of human relationships with these artificial partners. Nowhere has this strength of interest been more apparent than at Maastricht University, where the defence of a recent PhD thesis, “Intimate Relationships with Artificial Partners”, attracted wide media publicity on an unprecedented scale; therefore, Maastricht University is organizing and hosting the 1st International Conference on Human-Robot Personal Relationships, during the period June 12-13, 2008.

Program

Please find the provisional program of the Human Robot Conference June 12-13, 2008.

Please mind the deadline for the early registration June 1, 2008.

Call For Papers

Conference sessions are planned on the following topics:

• Robot Emotions
• Robot Personalities
• Gender Approaches
• Affective Approaches
• Psychological Approaches
• Sociological Approaches
• Roboethics
• Philosophical Approaches

We welcome contributions in the form of an extended abstract (max 1500 words) and / or paper. For this conference we use the ICGA style files. Please use either the latex or the word template.

Important dates:

• Deadline for abstracts or papers: April 30, 2008
• Notification of acceptance: May 18, 2008
• Deadline for final versions: July 14, 2008

Conference Proceedings:

Submissions will be peer-reviewed. A selection of papers will be considered for inclusion in an international volume of the proceedings to be published in the Critical Studies series (Editions Rodopi, Amsterdam/New York). The language of the conference is English.

Submission address:

humanrobot@micc.unimaas.nl

MICC-Maastricht ICT Competence Centre

Faculty of Humanities and Sciences, Maastricht University, P.O. box 616, 6200 MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Conference Venue

The Karl Dittrich zaal, Maastricht University, Bonnefantenplein 2, Maastricht, The Netherlands. (number 7 on the map below).

For hotels and tourist information please refer to the VVV website.

Invited Speakers

• Prof.dr. Ron Arkin, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
• Prof.dr. Sally Wyatt, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
• Prof.dr. Yorick Wilks, University of Sheffield, UK
• Ms. Joanne Pransky, Kenwood, CA, USA
• Dr.theol. Anne Foerst, St. Bonaventure University, NY, USA

Registration

To register please fill in the Human Robot 2008 Registration Form and fax it to (+31) (0)43-38 84897. Registration fees are as follows:

Registration includes coffee breaks, 2 lunches, and proceedings.

Organization

Programme Chair:

• Prof.dr. Myriam Diocaretz, MICC, Maastricht University

Programme Committee:

• Prof.dr. Jaap van den Herik, MICC, Maastricht University
• Prof.dr. Mineke Bosch, Center for Gender and Diversity, Maastricht University
• Prof.dr. Maaike Meijer, Center for Gender and Diversity, Maastricht University
• Dr. David Levy, London, UK

Organization Committee:

• Mrs. Joke Hellemons, MICC, Maastricht University
• Mrs. Liesbeth Nederlands, MICC, Maastricht University
• ir. Jeroen Janssens, MICC, Maastricht University

Contact

For more information please contact the organizing committee & secretariat: Joke Hellemons and Liesbeth Nederlands.

Telephone: (+31) (0)43 388 3525

Email: humanrobot@micc.unimaas.nl