Dear colleagues,

we are seeking contributions (abstracts, max. 500 words) to a panel on

“Robust and flexible interactive language technology for human empowerment”

at the International Pragmatics Conference (IPrA), July 9–14, 2023 in Brussels, Belgium. IPrA participants generally share interest in how language is used and are highly diverse in their methods of investigation, their disciplinary backgrounds, and interest in fundamental or applied research.

Beyond flashy PR and AI hype, interacting language technology has the potential to change many people’s lives, as it makes available new interactional resources and communicative modalities. We invite contributions by anybody working at the intersection of pragmatics, artificial intelligence, conversational agents interested in developing theories, architectures, or implementations of interactive systems for diverse user groups.

The submission deadline is November 1, 2022. The panel description is attached to this email.

We are looking forward to your contributions!

Andreas Liesenfeld and Hendrik Buschmeier