<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">📢</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> Call for Papers<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">The 6th Generation and Evaluation of Non-verbal Behaviour for Embodied Agents (GENEA) Workshop</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br><b>October 27 or 28, 2025 (in person)</b><br>Held in conjunction with <b>ACM Multimedia 2025</b>, Dublin, Ireland<br><b>Website:</b> <span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://genea-workshop.github.io/2025/workshop/">https://genea-workshop.github.io/2025/workshop/</a></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">We are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the 6th edition of the GENEA Workshop, focusing on the generation of non-verbal behaviours such as <b>gesticulation, facial expressions, and gaze</b>—a crucial component of natural interaction with embodied agents, including virtual agents and social robots.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Currently, behaviour generation is typically powered by <b>rule-based systems</b>, <b>data-driven approaches</b> like generative AI, or <b>hybrid models</b>. For evaluation, both objective and subjective methods are used, though their application and validity are often debated. This workshop aims to bring together researchers from diverse disciplines working on various aspects of non-verbal behaviour generation, facilitating discussion on advancing both <b>generation techniques</b> and <b>evaluation methodologies</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">✨</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> Topics of Interest<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">We invite original contributions on topics including (but not limited to):<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Automated synthesis of facial expressions, gestures, and gaze movements, including multimodal synthesis<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Audio-, music-, emotion-driven, or stylistic non-verbal behaviour synthesis<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Closed-loop / end-to-end non-verbal behaviour generation (from perception to action)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Non-verbal behaviour synthesis in two-party and group interactions<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Use of LLMs/VLMs in the context of non-verbal behaviour synthesis<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">New datasets, annotation methods, and analyses of existing datasets related to non-verbal behaviour<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Cross-cultural and multilingual influences on non-verbal behaviour generation<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Cognitive and affective models for non-verbal behaviour generation<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Social perception and attribution of synthesised non-verbal behaviour<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Ethical considerations and biases in non-verbal behaviour synthesis<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Subjective and objective evaluation methods for any of the above topics<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"><br></font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">📝</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> Submission Types<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">We welcome:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Long papers</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> (8 pages)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Short papers</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> (4 pages)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"><br></font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">All submissions should follow the <b>double-column ACM conference format</b> used by ACM Multimedia (<a href="https://acmmm2025.org/call-for-papers/" target="_new"><span style="color: blue;">https://acmmm2025.org/call-for-papers/</span></a>). Pages containing only references do not count toward the page limit. Papers must be submitted in <b>PDF format via OpenReview</b> and formatted for <b>double-blind review</b>. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Accepted papers will be presented at the workshop and included in the </span><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">companion proceedings</b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">🗓️</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> Important Dates (Anywhere on Earth, AoE)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Paper abstract deadline:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> 2 July 2025<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Full submission deadline:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> 4 July 2025<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Notification of acceptance:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> 21 July 2025<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Camera-ready deadline:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> 30 July 2025<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Poster submission deadline:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> 19 September 2025<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Notification of poster acceptance:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> 3 October 2025<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Workshop date:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> 27 or 28 October 2025</span><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ul><div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"><br></font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">👥</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> Organisers<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Taras Kucherenko</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> – Electronic Arts (EA), Sweden<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Rajmund Nagy</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> – KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Alice Delbosc</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> – Davi, The Humanizers, France<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Oya Celiktutan</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> – King's College London, United Kingdom<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Youngwoo Yoon</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> – ETRI, South Korea<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Gustav Eje Henter</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> – KTH Royal Institute of Technology / Motorica AB, Sweden<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Laura Hensel</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> – University of Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"><br></font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">For more information, visit our website, contact us at <b>geneaworkshop2020@gmail.com</b>, or follow us:<br></span><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">🔵</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> @geneaworkshop.bsky.social (BlueSky)<br></span><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">🐦</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> <a href="https://twitter.com/genea_workshop" target="_new"><span style="color: blue;">@genea_workshop (X)</span></a><br></span><span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">💼</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> <span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13184291/" target="_new">LinkedIn Group</a></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; 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