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1st International Conference on Human-Robot Personal Relationships   Maastricht University, The Netherlands June 12-13, 2008   Announcement Call for papers   Within the fields of Human-Computer Interaction and Human-Robot Interaction, the past few years have witnessed a strong upsurge of interest in the more personal aspects of human relationships with these artificial partners. Nowhere has this strength of interest been more apparent than at Maastricht University, where the defence of a recent PhD thesis, “Intimate Relationships with Artificial Partners”, attracted wide media publicity on an unprecedented scale; therefore, Maastricht University is organizing and hosting the 1st International Conference on Human-Robot Personal Relationships, during the period June 12-13 2008.   Conference sessions are planned on the following topics:

• Robot Emotions
• Robot Personalities
• Gender Approaches
• Affective Approaches
• Psychological Approaches
• Sociological Approaches
• Roboethics
• Philosophical Approaches

  We welcome contributions in the form of an extended abstract and/or paper.   *Important dates* Deadline for extended abstracts (max 1500 words) or papers March 31 2008 Notification of acceptance April 18 2008 Deadline for final versions 28 May 2008 Submissions will be peer-reviewed. A selection of papers will be considered for inclusion in an international volume of the proceedings to be published in the Critical Studies series (Editions Rodopi, Amsterdam/New York). The language of the conference is English. *Submission address*: humanrobot@micc.unimaas.nl MICC-Maastricht ICT Competence Centre Faculty of Humanities and Sciences, Maastricht University.   Programme Chair: Professor Myriam Diocaretz, m.diocaretz@inter.nl.net Programme Committee: Professor Jaap van den Herik: herik@micc.unimaas.nl Professor Mineke Bosch, Center for Gender and Diversity Professor Maaike Meijer, Center for Gender and Diversity Dr. David Levy, UK: davidlevylondon@yahoo.com Organizing committee & secretariat: Joke Hellemons: hellemon@micc.unimaas.nl Liesbeth Nederlands: l.nederlands@micc.unimaas.nl