CONVERSATIONS 2020 : 4th International Workshop on Chatbot Research

Chatbot researchers and practitioners are invited to CONVERSATIONS 2020, a two-day workshop on chatbot research and design. This is the fourth event in the CONVERSATIONS workshop series, where chatbot researchers meet to collaborate and share their work. No registration fee is required for the workshop, and it is a stimulating venue to explore actively this rapidly advancing field.

• Date: November 23-24
• Location: University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
• Paper submission deadline: September 1
• In the case of travel and meeting restrictions: If travel or meeting restrictions are in place at the time of the workshop due to the corona pandemic, we will accommodate for online attendance to the workshop or – if need be – host the workshop as an online event.
• Workshop webpage: https://conversations2020.wordpress.com

Participants are encouraged to submit papers or demos presenting new empirical or theoretical work, as well as research on chatbot design, concepts, and evaluation. Relevant topics include, but are not limited to, the key challenges identified below.

All papers will be peer reviewed (three reviewers, anonymous review – double blind). Demos will be reviewed by the workshop organizers. Accepted full papers will be published in the workshop proceedings, to be published in the Springer LNCS series.

We encourage the following submission categories:

• Full papers: Empirical studies, theoretical contributions, or presentations of design research (6-14 pages, Springer LNCS format) that advance the state-of-the-art. To be presented at the workshop and published in the workshop proceedings.
• Position papers: Preliminary results, work in progress or author positions on open issues (3-6 pages, Springer LNCS format). To be presented at the workshop and published at the workshop webpage.
• Demos: Demonstrations or presentations of frameworks, platforms, practices, prototypes or solutions of relevance to chatbot research and design. For submission, a brief description of the demo or presentation is to be provided (1-3 pages Springer LNCS format). Accepted demos are presented at the workshop and the demo description is published at the workshop webpage.