[humaine news] CFP: GESPIN 2009: Gesture and Speech in Interaction

[Kostas Karpouzis]

GESPIN 2009: Gesture and Speech in Interaction
24–26 September Poznan
gespin2009 at gmail.com http://gespin.amu.edu.pl

LAST (3rd) CALL FOR PAPERS

The Center for Speech and Language Processing at the Adam Mickiewicz 
University, Poznan, Poland invites you to submit papers for GESPIN 2009 
conference. The conference will cover a number of themes and topics 
related to speech and gesture which are of interest to a wide community 
of researchers, including linguists, psychologists, neuroscientists, 
computer scientists, sociologists, educators, and many others. For the 
full list of proposed topics visit our web page at 
http://gespin.amu.edu.pl/?q=node/9

Submission of papers
Full papers of up to six pages (according to the provided format), 
written in English, are to be submitted via e-mail or using the on-line 
submission system available on the conference web site. You can also 
submit multimedia (up to 10MB) related to your paper. Please register 
and send using on line submission system and only then send your files 
directly to gespin2009 at gmail.com. Detailed format information can be 
found here: http://gespin.amu.edu.pl/?q=node/43 The deadline is May, 1st.

Session proposals
We invite submissions of tutorial and special session proposals. For 
more details, contact the Organizing Committee (gespin2009 at gmail.com)

Conference output
Regular conference proceedings will be published as an optical disc 
(with an ISBN) and included in the conference package. Selected papers 
will be published in print by Springer Verlag as an edited collection.

Invited speakers
Jolanta Antas (Jagiellonian University)
Harry Bunt (Tilburg University)
Susan Duncan (University of Chicago)
Anna Esposito (Second University of Naples - International Institute of 
Advanced Scientific Studies, Vietri sul Mare)
Daffyd Gibbon (Bielefeld University)
Adam Kendon (University of Pennsylvania)

Conference fee
The conference fee will cover the publication costs of the proceedings, 
conference package, snacks and drinks during breaks, the conference 
dinner and other social events, as well as other organizing costs. 
Accommodation is not included. Regular fee: 120 euro (early), 140 euro 
(late) Student fee: 85 euro (early), 100 euro (late)

Accommodation
We will not be directly involved in booking. Nevertheless, we have 
pre-booked a limited number of rooms in an academic hotel (prices are 
very attractive). Visit our web page for details at 
http://gespin.amu.edu.pl/?q=node/17 Very important: Book your hotel as 
early as possible. If you find that all the rooms at the academic hotel 
Jowita are booked and you are looking for a budget accommodation, please 
contact us. We still may be able to point to a hostel or a cheaper hotel.

Important dates
Deadline for special sessions and tutorials: April, 30th, 2009
Deadline for full papers: May 1st, 2009
Acceptance/rejection: June 1st, 2009
Early registration: June 15th, 2009
Conference: September 24th - 26th, 2009

Venue
Adam Mickiewicz University (www.amu.edu.pl) in Poznan (Poland; 
www.poznan.pl): Collegium Minus, Collegium Maius, Collegium Novum (visit 
http://gespin.amu.edu.pl/?q=node/6 and see these places on a map)

Scientific Committee
Katarzyna Dziubalska-Kołaczyk - Chair of the Committee
Jolanta Antas
Eugene Buder
Harry Bunt
Nick Campbell
Ronald Cole
Grażyna Demenko
Waldemar Domachowski
Susan Duncan
Anna Esposito
Dafydd Gibbon
Susan Goldin-Meadow
Adam Kendon
Sanzhar Kettebekov
Katharina Rohlfing
Steven L. Small

Contact e-mail: gespin2009 at gmail.com  / Media Support: Radio Merkury Poznan