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CALL FOR WORKSHOPS AND SPECIAL SESSIONS

IWSDS 2019: International Workshop on Spoken Dialogue 

Systems Technology

Place: Siracusa, Sicily, Italy

Main Conference Dates: April 24-26, 2019

Conference website: https://iwsds2019.unikore.it/

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The INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON SPOKEN DIALOGUE SYSTEMS 

TECHNOLOGY (IWSDS) 2019 invites proposals for Workshops 

and Special Sessions in any topic related to the main 

conference theme: 'Increasing naturalness and flexibility 

in spoken dialogue interaction'

Authors are requested to submit PDF files (maximum three 

pages) of their proposal to the following email: 

iwsds2019@gmail.com

The proposal must indicate:

1. Whether the proposal is for a workshop or for a special 

session:

-          Workshops are half day events collocated either 

before or after the IWSDS 2019 main program. Registration 

to workshops is not included with IWSDS registration. 

Participants only interested in attending the workshops do 

not need to register for IWSDS.

-          Special sessions are 90-minute sessions that 

are part of the IWSDS main program. Registration to 

special sessions is included with IWSDS registration.

2. Workshop / Special Session title

3. Name, affiliation, e-mail and phone number of the 

organizers

4. Tentative program committee members (only for workshop 

proposals)

5. A description of the workshop / Special Session 

including:

-          Objectives

-          Topics of interest

-          Justification

-          Expected number submissions

-          Tentative program

6. Special audio-visual, Internet, computer or equipment 

requirements

7. Whether the workshop / special session have been run 

before:

-          Where and when

-          Number of participants

8. Any additional information that might be relevant for 

the proposal evaluation

Proposal submission deadline: October 25, 2018

Proposal submission notification: October 30, 2018

Important notice:

1.        Based on the volume of submissions and other 

logistic constrains, accepted workshops can be converted 

into special sessions or vice versa.

2.        IWSDS 2019 organization will not provide any 

kind of financial support to workshop and special session 

organizers. IWSDS 2019 organization will only cover 

expenses related to venue, audio-visual equipment and 

coffee breaks for workshops and special sessions.

General Chairs

   Sabato Marco Siniscalchi

   Haizhou Li (Curtesy Assistant)

Technical Program Chairs

    Sandro Cumani

    Valerio Mario Salerno