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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">******Apologies for multiple cross-posting************* (forwarding this for Antonia as the mailing list bounced it for some reason)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Second announcement and Call for papers</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">RP2026: Connected Futures--Nature, Robots, and Society<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">August 11-14, 2026, Dublin (Ireland) </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0563C1"><a href="http://www.rp2026.org/" title="http://www.rp2026.org"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0563C1">www.rp2026.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">RP2026 will explore the profound transformations occurring at the intersection of technological innovation, the shaping of future societies, and increased concerns about natural degradation.
As robotic systems become increasingly integrated into every facet of human life, this conference will create the urgently needed space for informed and meaningful research exchange and dialogue across all relevant disciplines—from social robotics, computer
science, and HRI, to the humanities and social sciences, but also law, economics, ecology and climate research.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">RP2026 is the seventh event in the
<i>Robophilosophy Conference Series</i>. We invite researchers to join us to address the fundamental questions that will shape our collective future. How do we design robotic systems that respect human dignity, autonomy, and social justice? What legal frameworks
must evolve to address accountability when autonomous agents make consequential decisions? Can robots contribute to environmental restoration and sustainability, or will they accelerate ecological degradation? How will automation reshape labor markets, economic
inequality, the meaning of work itself, and caring relationships? What responsibilities do we bear toward the artificial agents we create? How might robots, and the connectedness of the AI that drives them, challenge or reinforce existing power structures?
What does coexistence mean when intelligence takes multiple forms? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Plenary Speakers:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Lynne Baille, Robotics, Herriot Watt University, GB<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Ryan Calo, Robot Law, Univ. of Washington, USA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="ES" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Hideki Kajima, Toyota Motor Europe, Japan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Arno Klein, Child Mind Institute, USA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Bertram Malle, Psychology, Brown University, USA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Shannon Vallor, Ethics, Edinburgh Futures Institute, GB<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Submission deadlines:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%;color:black">Workshop proposals: January 16, 2026<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%;color:black">Research papers and posters: February 6, 2026. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%;color:black">Descriptions of art works, performances: February 6, 2026<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">For detailed timeline see
</span><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0563C1"><a href="http://www.rp2026.org/" title="http://www.rp2026.org"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0563C1">www.rp2026.org</span></a></span></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Dear Transor Members, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Please distribute this announcement further through your mailing lists. If you are willing to join the reviewer pool for RP2026, please contact the conference organizers at
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><a href="mailto:robophil2026@gmail.com"><span lang="EN-US">robophil2026@gmail.com</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">.
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Thank you!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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