Organizers
General Chairs
Daisuke Sakamoto
Hokkaido University, Japan
Astrid Weiss
Technische Universität Wien (TU Wien), Austria
Program Chairs
Masahiro Shiomi
ATR, Japan
Laura M. Hiatt
Naval Research Laboratory, USA
Finance Chairs
Katherine M. Tsui
Toyota Research Institute, USA
Daniel Rea
University of New Brunswick, Canada
Workshop and Tutorial Chairs
Astrid Rosenthal-von der Pütten
RWTH Aachen University, Germany
David Sirkin
Stanford University, USA
Alt.HRI Chairs
Eduardo B. Sandoval
University of New South Wales, Australia
Kerstin Fischer
University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Video Chairs
Tamara Lorenz
University of Cincinnati, USA
Suzanne Tolmejer
University of Zurich, Switzerland
Late Breaking Report Chairs
Séverin Lemaignan
PAL Robotics, Spain
Maya Cakmak
University of Washington, USA
Wafa Johal
University of Melbourne / Adjunct at UNSW Sydney, Australia
Elin A. Bjorling
University of Washington, USA
Short Contributions Chairs
Séverin Lemaignan
PAL Robotics, Spain
Raquel Ros
La Salle-Universitat Ramon Llull, Spain
Pioneer Chairs
Amir Yazdani
University of Utah, USA
Mafalda Samuelsson-Gamboa
Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Sarah Gillet
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Publications Chair
Selma Sabanovic
Indiana University Bloomington, USA
Student Design Competition Chairs
Malte Jung
Cornell University, USA
Hirotaka Osawa
Tsukuba University, Japan
Fundraising, Demonstration and Exhibitions Chairs
Vicky Charisi
Joint Research Centre, European Commission, EU
Matthew Gombolay
Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Publicity Chairs
Tony Belpaeme
Ghent University, Belgium
Holly Yanco
UMass Lowell, USA
Registration Chair
Marlena Fraune
New Mexico State University, USA
Satoru Satake
ATR DIL, Japan
Student Volunteer Chairs
Denise Geiskkovitch
Simon Fraser University, Canada
Pieter Wolfert
Ghent University, Belgium
Accessibility Chairs
Elaine Short
Tufts University, USA
Frank Broz
TU Delft, Netherlands
Hybrid/Virtual Conference Chair
Stela H. Seo
Kyoto University, Japan
Web Chair
Kazuki Mizumaru
Hokkaido University, Japan
Social Media Chair
Glenda Hannibal
Technische Universität Wien (TU Wien), Austria
Social Activity Chairs
Isabel Neto
INESC-ID/GAIPS, ITI/LARSyS, IST, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Filipa Correia
ITI-LARSyS & INESC-ID, Portugal
Local Arrangement Chairs
Tetsuo Ono
Hokkaido University, Japan
Takanori Komatsu
Meiji University, Japan
Program Committees
HUMAN-ROBOT INTERACTION USER STUDIES
Theme chairs: Holly Yanco and Bill Smart
- Anara Sandygulova
- Boyoung Kim
- Chien-Ming Huang
- Daniel Rea
- Friederike Eyssel
- Greg Trafton
- Hadas Erel
- Henny Admoni
- Katherine Tsui
- Maha Salem
- Marlena Fraune
- Maru Cabrera
- Mary Ellen Foster
- Megan Strait
- Paul Bremner
- Paul Robinette
- Sarah Sebo
- Takayuki Kanda
- Tom Williams
TECHNICAL ADVANCES IN HUMAN-ROBOT INTERACTION
Theme chair: Brian Scassellati
- Adriana Tapus
- Banafsheh Rekabdar
- Carlos Cifuentes
- Cynthia Matuszek
- Drazen Brscic
- Harold Soh
- Justin Hart
- Matthew Gombolay
- Stefanos Nikolaidis
- Tesca Fitzgerald
HUMAN-ROBOT INTERACTION DESIGN
Theme chair: James Young
- Eun Jeong Cheon
- Hee Rin Lee
- Maria Luce Lupetti
- Naomi Fitter
- Wendy Ju
THEORY AND METHODS IN HUMAN-ROBOT INTERACTION
Theme chair: Mark Neerincx and Kerstin Fischer
- Elizabeth Phillips
- Maartje de Graaf
- Mary-Anne Williams
- Shelly Bagchi
SYSTEMS
Theme chair: Michael A. Goodrich
- Bradley Hayes
- Dan Grollman
- Dorsa Sadigh
- Maya Cakmak
- Nisar Ahmed
- Stephanie Rosenthal