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<span style="margin:0px; font-size:14.6667px; color:rgb(33,33,33); background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important"> ROBOT'2019 - Fourth Iberian Robotics Conference</span><br style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="margin:0px; font-size:14.6667px; color:rgb(33,33,33); background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important"> <span style="margin:0px"> </span></span><a href="http://web.fe.up.pt/~robot2019/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin:0px; font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">http://web.fe.up.pt/~robot2019/</a><br style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="margin:0px; font-size:14.6667px; color:rgb(33,33,33); background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important"> November 20-22, 2019</span><br style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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<span style="margin:0px; font-size:14.6667px; color:rgb(33,33,33); background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">ROBOT'2019 - Fourth Iberian Robotics Conference will take place at Porto, Portugal, 20 - 22 November 2019,http://web.fe.up.pt/~robot2019/
and follows the three previous editions of the Iberian Robotics Conference held in Madrid in 2013, Lisbon 2015 and Seville 2017. Robot'2019 is Organized by: SPR – Sociedade Portuguesa de Robótica, SEIDROB – Sociedad Española para la Investigación y Desarrollo
en Robótica.</span><br style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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<span style="margin:0px; font-size:14.6667px; color:rgb(33,33,33); background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">ROBOT'2019 main goal is to continue the precedent efforts in showing the robotic research and development of new applications in
the Iberian Peninsula. Although focused on the works developed at Iberia the conference is open for good quality submissions from any country in the world.</span><br style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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<span style="margin:0px; font-size:14.6667px; color:rgb(33,33,33); background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">As in previous editions we plan to publish the conference proceedings with Springer - Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Series, indexed by Thomson ISI Web of Knowledge and SCOPUS. Extended versions of the conference best papers will also be published in Special Issues from several top Journals.</span><br style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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<span style="margin:0px; font-size:14.6667px; color:rgb(33,33,33); background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">We are hereby announcing the conference and distributing the call for special sessions. Please pass on the information and we hope
to see you in Porto.</span><br style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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<span style="margin:0px; font-size:14.6667px; color:rgb(33,33,33); background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">Special Session Proposals: March 29, 2019</span><br style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="margin:0px; font-size:14.6667px; color:rgb(33,33,33); background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">Special Session Acceptance: April 5, 2019</span><br style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="margin:0px; font-size:14.6667px; color:rgb(33,33,33); background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">Paper Submission: May 17, 2019</span><br style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="margin:0px; font-size:14.6667px; color:rgb(33,33,33); background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">Notification: July 22, 2019</span><br style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="margin:0px; font-size:14.6667px; color:rgb(33,33,33); background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">Early Registration: September 6, 2019</span><br style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="margin:0px; font-size:14.6667px; color:rgb(33,33,33); background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">Camera Ready: September 6, 2019</span><br style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="margin:0px; font-size:14.6667px; color:rgb(33,33,33); background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">Conference: November 20-22, 2019</span><br style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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<span style="margin:0px; font-size:14.6667px; color:rgb(33,33,33); background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">Special Session proposal must be submitted electronically, at easychair following the linkhttps://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=robot2019.
The proposal should contain the following information:</span><br style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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<span style="margin:0px; font-size:14.6667px; color:rgb(33,33,33); background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important"> - Proposed Name of the session</span><br style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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<span style="margin:0px; font-size:14.6667px; color:rgb(33,33,33); background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important"> - Brief description (one/two paragraphs) of the special session</span><br style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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<span style="margin:0px; font-size:14.6667px; color:rgb(33,33,33); background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important"> - List of the main topics covered by the special session</span><br style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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<span style="margin:0px; font-size:14.6667px; color:rgb(33,33,33); background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important"> - Organizers of the session (Name, Affiliation, Country and Email)</span><br style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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<span style="margin:0px; font-size:14.6667px; color:rgb(33,33,33); background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">Program Committee</span><br style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="margin:0px; font-size:14.6667px; color:rgb(33,33,33); background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important"> - Tentative Program Committee for the session (Name, Affiliation and Country)</span><br style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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<span style="margin:0px; font-size:14.6667px; color:rgb(33,33,33); background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">Papers</span><br style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="margin:0px; font-size:14.6667px; color:rgb(33,33,33); background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important"> - If already available include the already contacted authors and titles for tentative papers for the session</span><br style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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<span style="margin:0px; font-size:14.6667px; color:rgb(33,33,33); background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">All special sessions will be managed as conference tracks chaired by the session organizers, using the easychair conference management
system of Robot 2019 athttps://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=robot2019</span><br style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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<span style="margin:0px; font-size:14.6667px; color:rgb(33,33,33); background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">Manuel F. Silva - ISEP, Porto Polythecnic, Portugal</span><br style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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<span style="margin:0px; font-size:14.6667px; color:rgb(33,33,33); background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">José Luís Lima - Polythecnic of Bragança, Portugal</span><br style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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<span style="margin:0px; font-size:14.6667px; color:rgb(33,33,33); background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">Alberto Sanfeliu - University Politécnica de Cataluña, Spain</span><br style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-size:14.6667px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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