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Dear colleague,

We would like to invite you to participate in the online sessions of ICARSC 2020 - International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions (https://icarsc2020.uac.pt/),happening next April 15 and April 16.

Initially planned to take place in the University of Azores campus, Ponta Delgada, Portugal, ICARSC 2020 will be held virtually due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

This message provides the instructions for attending the ICARSC 2020 online sessions.

No registration fee is required to attend ICARSC online sessions.

Keynote talks:

- António Pascoal (LARSyS, University of Lisbon, Portugal)
  Exploring the Blue Frontier with Cooperative Marine Robots: Theory and Practice
  April 15

- Jan Peters (Max Plank Institute for Intelligent Systems, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany)
  Towards Robot Skill Learning
   April 16

Complete ICARSC 2020 Program is available at:
https://icarsc2020.uac.pt/program/
Remember that the official schedule is in Azores Time (AZOST - UTC+0).
You can change the schedule to different Time Zones using the "Select your Time Zone"  dropdown menu.

== Instructions for Attending the Conference ==

The ICARSC sessions will be executed using the Zoom/Colibri video conferencing system.
We will have two sessions to run the entire conference
(remember that this schedule is using Azores Time - AZOST - UTC+0):

## April 15, 7:45 to 18:20 (Azores Time - AZOST - UTC+0)
  Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android:
  https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/354342991
  Or iPhone one-tap: 265120012,354342991# or 308804188,354342991#
  Or Telephone:
  Dial: +351 265 120 012 (Portugal Toll) or +351 308 804 188 (Portugal Toll)
  Meeting ID: 354 342 991

## April 16, 7:45 to 16:20 (Azores Time - AZOST - UTC+0)
  Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android:
  https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/229276943
  Or iPhone one-tap: 265120012,229276943# or 308804188,229276943#
  Or Telephone:
  Dial: +351 265 120 012 (Portugal Toll) or +351 308 804 188 (Portugal Toll)
  Meeting ID: 229 276 943

To attend the conference:

- You should have Zoom or the Zoom plugin installed (https://zoom.us/download)
  and follow the links above.
- Please, keep your microphones muted during presentations. You can enable them
  during Paper discussion, that is opened (and closed) by the Session Chair or
  during breaks.
- Remember that Zoom allows you to chat to Everyone and to send chat private
  messages to other participants (please, use with moderation but contact the
  Session Chair in case of serious problems).

== General Information ==

The IEEE International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions gathers participants from academia and industry working in the fields of autonomous robotics and robotics competitions. This edition, initially planned to take place in the University of Azores campus, in Ponta Delgada, São Miguel, will be held virtually due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

The conference is Sponsored by the Sociedade Portuguesa de Robótica (SPR), IEEE Portugal Section, IEEE Portugal Section RA Chapter and has the Technical Co-Sponsorship of IEEE Robotics and Automation Society.

ICARSC 2019 technical program includes 54 papers that will be orally presented in 11 sessions (see program online). The program is organized in a single track to favor discussion and interactions and it features two invited keynote talks by Antonio Pascoal (LARSyS, University of Lisbon, Portugal), and Jan Peters (Max Plank Institute for Intelligent Systems, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany).

All presented papers will be included in the proceedings and published by IEEE Xplore. Extended versions of selected papers will be invited for submission to JINT and Industrial Robot journals.


We look forward to your participation in ICARSC 2020 online sessions!

The Conference co-Chairs

Nuno Lau, University of Aveiro, IEETA
Manuel F. Silva, Polytechnic of Porto, ISEP/INESC TEC
Luis Paulo Reis, University of Porto, FEUP/LIACC
José Cascalho, University of Azores, FCT/NIDeS – BioISI