The Thirteenth International Conference on Multimodal Interaction (ICMI 2011), fusion of the International Conference on Multimodal Interfaces and the Workshop on Machine Learning for Multimodal Interaction, will jointly take place in Alicante (Spain) in November 2011. The main aim of ICMI 2011 is to further scientific research within the broad field of multimodal interaction, methods and systems. This joint conference will focus on major trends and challenges in this area, and work to identify a roadmap for future research and commercial success. ICMI 2011 will feature a single-track main conference with keynote speakers, panel discussions, technical paper presentations, poster sessions, and demonstrations of state of the art multimodal systems and concepts. It will be followed by workshops.

Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
- Multimodal and multimedia interactive processing: multimodal fusion and multimedia fission, multimodal output generation, multimodal interactive discourse and dialogue modeling, machine learning methods for multimodal interaction
- Multimodal input and output interfaces: Gaze and vision-based interfaces, Fernando de la Torre speech and conversational interfaces, pen-based and haptic interfaces, virtual/augmented reality interfaces, biometric interfaces, adaptive multimodal interfaces
- Multimodal and interactive applications: mobile interfaces, meeting analysis and meeting spaces, interfaces to media content and entertainment, human-robot interfaces and interaction, vehicular applications and navigational aids, interfaces for intelligent environments, universal access and assistive computing, multimodal indexing, structuring and summarization
- Human interaction analysis and modeling: modeling and analysis of multimodal human-human communication, audio-visual perception of human interaction, analysis and modeling of verbal and non-verbal interaction, cognitive modeling
- Multimodal and interactive data, evaluation, and standards: Evaluation techniques and methodologies, authoring techniques for multimodal interfaces, annotation and browsing of multimodal and interactive data, architectures and standards for multimodal interactive interfaces