Intelligent virtual agents
Intelligent virtual agents (IVAs) are interactive characters that exhibit human-like qualities and communicate with humans or with each other using natural human modalities such as facial expressions, speech and gesture. They are capable of real-time perception, cognition and action that allows them to participate in dynamic social environments.

-------------------------

IVA 2015 venue and date
The Fifteenth International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents will be held in Delft, The Netherlands from 26-28 august 2015. So mark the date in your agenda.

-------------------------

About IVA conference
IVA 2015 is an interdisciplinary annual conference and the main leading scientific forum for presenting research on modelling, developing and evaluating intelligent virtual agents with a focus on communicative abilities and social behavior. In addition to presentations on theoretical issues, the conference encourages the showcasing of working applications. Researchers from the fields of human-human and human-robot interaction are also encouraged to share work with a relevance to intelligent virtual agents.

-------------------------

IVA 2015 theme
IVA 2015 Special Theme: "Social Training".

-------------------------

IVA workshops
IVA 2015 will host workshops on Tuesday August 25.

-------------------------

IVA tutorials
IVA 2015 will host tutorials in the afternoon of Monday August 24.

-------------------------

Doctoral Consortium
IVA 2015 will host a doctoral consortium in the morning of Monday August 24.

-------------------------

Sponsor
This event is sponsored by the journal `Artificial Intelligence' (AIJ)