Authors are invited to submit all manuscripts in PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format. Eight camera-ready pages
including figures are allowed for each full paper. Accepted papers will be published in the conference
proceedings, archived in the ACM Digital Library, and assigned for either oral or full poster presentation.
Authors are also encouraged to submit their late-breaking results for short papers (two pages) which will not
appear in the proceedings but which will be presented in a special poster session. Detailed instructions are
available on the conference web site: http://www.hri2009.org.
Video Submission
We invite videos related to all aspects of HRI. Besides the importance of the lessons learned and the novelty
of the situation, the entertainment value will be judged. The video itself must be self-explanatory for the
audience. The videos will be published in the conference proceedings and archived in the ACM Digital
Library.
Tutorials and Workshops
Proposals are sought from those wishing to organize a Tutorial or a Workshop on a HRI-related theme.
Tutorials and Workshops will be held on March 10, one day before the main technical sessions.
Exhibitions
There will be an exhibition site at the conference and promoters are encouraged to display state-of-the-art
products and services in all areas of robotics and human-robot interaction.


Important Dates
15 September 2008 Submission of full papers, videos, and tutorial/workshop proposals
12 December 2008 Notification of acceptance
15 December 2008 Submission of late-breaking short papers
12 January, 2009 Final camera-ready papers due

Topics:
Socially intelligent robots
Robot companions
Lifelike robots
Assistive (health & personal care) robotics
Remote robots
Mixed initiative interaction
Multi-modal interaction
Long term interaction with robots
Awareness and monitoring of humans
Task allocation and coordination
Autonomy and trust
Robot-team learning
User studies of HRI
Experiments on HRI collaboration
Ethnography and field studies
HRI software architectures
HRI foundations
Metrics for teamwork
HRI group dynamics
Individual vs. group HRI
Robot intermediaries
Risks such as privacy or safety
Ethical issues of HR
Organizational/society impact