Workshop Proposal Template 1. Type of Event [e.g., workshop, tutorial, competition, demonstration] -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Title of Proposed Event -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Organizers [Please provide email addresses, URLs, affiliations, and brief bios. Explain why the team is a good fit for organizing this workshop. Indicate which one of the organizers will act as the contact person. The expectation is that the contact person will be able to promptly respond to messages from the workshop co-chairs.] -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. URL for event [This link should be active at the time of the proposal with preliminary/tentative information. The page should clearly indicate that it is a "Proposed RSS Event".] -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Duration [e.g., 1/2 day, 1 day, 2 days] -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Abstract [This should be a short paragraph that will be used to advertise the workshop through the web page of RSS. Please limit the abstract to 250 words. The abstract will be used to describe the workshop on the RSS website.] -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. List of speakers/participants [Provide a list of speakers and potential topics. Indicate whether speakers have been confirmed or that their final confirmation is pending. Describe how the speakers were chosen and whether they are diverse in gender, race, background, or seniority. How will you ensure that speakers do not just give their generic talk, but actually focus on the topic?] -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. Description of the event [Please provide details regarding the event, such as intended schedule and structure, e.g., sessions, discussion, panels, debates, poster sessions. What steps will you take in order to encourage discussion and interactions during the event? Also describe if you will be soliciting contributed papers and what the format for presenting them will be (e.g. poster only, poster plus 1 or 5min spotlight talk, regular talk).] -------------------------------------------------------------------- 9. Plan for soliciting participation [Describe what steps you will take in order to advertise and encourage participation in your event. Steps in this direction that go beyond forwarding an email to research-worldwide are encouraged.] -------------------------------------------------------------------- 10. Intended audience [Provide a description of the communities that will be interested in this event and why you believe they will attend. Indicate whether communities related to robotics that are not traditionally participating at RSS would be interested in your event. Mention related past events, if any, and their level of success.] -------------------------------------------------------------------- 11. Equipment requirements [e.g., whether you plan to have posters - how many do you expect to need?, flip charts - how many? Please list everything that requires logistics or monetary effort from our side] -------------------------------------------------------------------- 12. Outlier Track [Describe if this proposal should be considered as part of the outlier track. The outlier track pushes the boundaries of academic workshops by examining ideas that are (i) important for the field; (ii) hard done by the formal peer-review process. Building on the successes of RSS 2016 (one workshop involved aspects of dance, another a custom card game), the track will explore unconventional formats and topics that eschew current orthodoxy. ] -------------------------------------------------------------------- ====================================================================