General Chairs
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Lynne Baillie
Heriot-Watt University
Bill Smart
Oregon State University
Program Chairs
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Maartje De Graaf
Utrecht University
Matthew Gombolay
Georgia Institute of Technology
Ilaria Torre
Chalmers University of Technology
Finance Chairs
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Sarah Sebo
University of Chicago
Nicole Salomons
Imperial College London
Local Chairs
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Mary Ellen Foster
University of Glasgow
Marta Romeo
Heriot-Watt University
Alt.HRI Chairs
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Tony Belpaeme
Ghent University
Frank Broz
TU Delft
Registration Chair
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Filipa Correia
Interactive Technologies Institute
Antonio Andriella
Institut de Robòtica i Informàtica Industrial
Publications Chairs
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Ho Seok Ahn
University of Auckland
Zhao Han
University of South Florida
Late-Breaking Report Chairs
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Masahiro Shiomi
Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International
Patrick Holthaus
University of Hertfordshire
Friederike Eyssel
Bielefeld University
Dimosthenis Kontogiorgos Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Short Contributions Chair
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Anara Sandygulova
Nazarbayev University
Tapomayukh Bhattacharjee
Cornell University
Community Engagement Chair
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Alistair McConnell
Heriot-Watt University
Industry Chairs
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Sara Cooper
PAL Robotics
Kate Tsui
Toyota Research Institute
Ingo Keller
National Robotarium
Interactivity (Video/Demo) Chairs
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Alessandro di Nuovo
Sheffield Hallam University
Elmira Yadollahi
Lancaster University
Mohan Sridharan
University of Edinburgh
Partnership/Sponsorship Chairs
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Nathan Kirchner
Presien Pty. Ltd.
Ross Mead
Semio, Inc.
Accessibility Chairs
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Emmanuel Senft
Idiap Research Institute
Raj Korpan
Hunter College, City University of New York
Sustainability Chair
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Maria Teresa Parreira
Cornell University
Moojan Ghafurian
University of Waterloo
Web/Publicity Chairs
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Bahar Irfan
Familiar Machines & Magic
Nathan Dennler
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Francesca Cocchella
Italian Institute of Technology
Student Volunteer Chairs
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Yan Zhang
University of Melbourne
Muneeb Ahmad
University of Swansea
Workshop Chairs
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Katie Winkle
Uupsala University
Micol Spitale
Politecnico di Milano & University of Cambridge
Student Competition Chairs
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Sonya Kwak
Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Korea
Daniel Hernández García Heriot-Watt University
Jamison Heard
Rochester Institute of Technology
HRI Pioneers Chairs
Dakota Sullivan
University of
Wisconsin – Madison
Paige Tuttosi
Simon Fraser University