We invite you to organize a workshop or tutorial for the 19th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2024). HRI is a highly selective conference that aims to showcase the very best HRI research. It has interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary roots in robotics, social psychology, cognitive science, HCI, human factors, artificial intelligence, engineering, and many other disciplines. Each year, the HRI conference highlights a particular theme. For HRI 2024, the theme is “HRI in the real world.” We encourage tutorial and workshop proposals to build upon this theme, whether by topic, structure, or ways to engage participants.

September 29, 2023 (23:59pm AoE): Submission of proposals

December 1, 2023: Notification of acceptance

January 7, 2024: Camera-ready versions of summaries due

March 11, 2024: Tutorial and workshop day at the conference

Tutorials and workshops will be held one day before the main technical sessions. Submission instructions for organizers follow below.

Workshops are an opportunity for participants to meet other members of the HRI community, to discuss problems and to present their ideas around a common topic. The workshops can be half-day or full-day, and can cover any topic relevant to HRI research, design, methodologies, or education. Interdisciplinary approaches are particularly welcome.
The responsibilities of workshop organizers include:
● Setting up a website for the workshop that will be linked to the HRI 2024 website
● Publicizing the workshop and soliciting position papers from potential participants
● Selecting workshop participants based on the quality of their position papers, which outline the submitters’ views on the workshop topic and the reasons for submitters’ interest
● Running the workshop at the conference and/or online
● Optionally, compiling workshop proceedings and/or finding opportunities for formal publication of extended versions of position papers after the workshop
● Optionally, soliciting and coordinating the appearance of invited speakers at the workshop. Organizers who plan on inviting speakers to their tutorial or workshop are encouraged to invite a diverse set of speakers.

Please submit the following information (up to 3 pages):
● Title of workshop
● Organizer(s), including contact information and short CVs
● Overview of the workshop including schedule, format, and types of activities (e.g., whole-group discussions, break-out sessions, position paper presentations, etc.)
● Target audience or prerequisites
● The number of expected participants
● Approach for recruiting participants
● Plan for documenting the workshop
● A 150 – 250 word abstract suitable for advertising the workshop in HRI 2024
● References (3-page limit is inclusive of the reference section)

Please submit the following information (up to 3 pages):
● Title of tutorial
● Motivation or background
● Overview of tutorial including topics covered and schedule
● Target audience or prerequisite
● Tutorial speaker(s), including biosketches/short CVs
● Links and references relevant to the tutorial
● A 150–250 word abstract suitable for advertising the tutorial at HRI 2024
● References (3-page limit is inclusive of the reference section)

Workshop and tutorial proposals should be no longer than 3 pages.

Proposals must be submitted in PDF format and conform to ACM Proceedings specifications.

Please note that we are following the general ACM SIG format (“sigconf”, double column format), not the SIGCHI format. Templates are available at this link (US letter).

In addition, ACM has partnered with Overleaf, where you can start writing using this link directly (note that this Overleaf document uses the new ACM workflow by default, which is not what HRI is using; to fix this, make sure the document uses the “sigconf” document class, rather than the “manuscript,screen,review” document class that is enabled in the Overleaf document by default).

Workshop and tutorial proposals should be submitted via the PCS submission system (new.precisionconference.com/submissions)

All submissions will undergo a review process by the Workshop and Tutorial Chairs plus other experts.

Workshop and Tutorial Chairs:
Sonya S. Kwak (Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Korea, Republic of)
Chung Hyuk Park (Geoge Washington University, USA)

Contact: workshop2024@humanrobotinteraction.org