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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"MS Mincho";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">4<sup>th</sup> International Conference on Robot Ethics and Standards,</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
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papers to Monday 11 March 2019.</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"MS Mincho";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">The conference will feature technical and social programs. The technical program will comprise plenary, regular, and special/invited
sessions. All articles submitted for inclusion in the conference will be peer reviewed before acceptance. It is envisaged that all accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings, to be published by CLAWAR Association and indexed in SCOPUS, subject
to registration of at least one author for presenting their paper. A selection of presented papers will also be recommended for possible publication in reputable ISI-indexed scientific journals. ICRES 2019 will also feature Robot Exhibition.</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"MS Mincho";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">The ICRES conference series provides a multidisciplinary forum for discussing the fundamental and pressing safety, ethical, legal, and
societal issues in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, and the scope is not limited to physical robots.</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"MS Mincho";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">The technical program of the conference will feature Regular Papers, Special Session Papers, and Poster presentations. Authors are invited
to submit their full draft papers in PDF format from the paper submission page of the conference web-site by the indicated deadline for consideration for inclusion in the relevant category (special/regular paper).
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
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proceedings. Final accepted papers will be limited to 8 pages in length in the prescribed style and format given in the paper submission web page.</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
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<b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"MS Mincho";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Proposals should be submitted to the Conference Secretariat and a copy sent to dr Khaled Goher (<a href="mailto:k.m.gober@gmail.com">k.m.gober@gmail.com</a>)
or Professor Gurvinder S. Virk (<a href="mailto:gsvirk@clawar.org">gsvirk@clawar.org</a>). Each proposal should be limited to one A4 page in length and must include title, aims/objectives, brief outline/scope, name and affiliation of the organizer(s).</span></p>
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<b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Exhibition</span></i></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Organisations and research groups can promote their robots and robotics research work by exhibiting these at the conference. Those wishing to participate in the exhibition
programme of the conference are invited to seek relevant information via the conference web-site.</span></p>
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<b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"MS Mincho";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Sponsorship</span></i></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"MS Mincho";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">:</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"MS Mincho";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Organisations wishing to sponsor the conference in any way and gain the corresponding benefits, by promoting themselves and their products
to the robotics community through conference publications, conference web-site and conference publicity, are invited to view relevant information on the conference web-site and further to contact the conference secretariat to discuss the terms of sponsorship
and necessary arrangements.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;
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<b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"MS Mincho";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Conference web-site</span></i></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"MS Mincho";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">:
<a href="https://www.icres2019.org">https://www.icres2019.org</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">ICRES 2019 Secretariat</span><br>
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<a href="mailto:contact@icres2019.org">contact@icres2019.org</a></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"MS Mincho"">M. Osman Tokhi and
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:
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EN-GB">Isabel Ferreira, Conference Co-Chairs</span></p>
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