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<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Dear all,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We w</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ould like to draw your attention</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">to
the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></b></span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">“Smoky Mirrors Symposium: Self–Other Actions and Interactions
in Real and Virtual Worlds”</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">, an interdisciplinary event bringing together research on</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">human–human
and human–machine interactions across both real and virtual environments.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">When?</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">12th
December 2025, 9:45–18:00 (<span style="background:white">CET /</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">UTC+1)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Where?</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
<b>• In person:</b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">TU Darmstadt, Building S3|20 Room 18 (Friedrich-Ludwig-Weidig-Saal),
Rundeturmstraße 10, 64283 Darmstadt<br>
<b>• Online:</b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Zoom link provided after registration</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Confirmed speakers:</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Juan Avendano</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">(Aalto University)</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;background-size: auto;background-origin: padding-box;background-clip: border-box;background-attachment:scroll;background-position-x:0%;background-position-y:0%">
<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Helge Gillmeister<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">(University of Essex)</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;background-size: auto;background-origin: padding-box;background-clip: border-box;background-attachment:scroll;background-position-x:0%;background-position-y:0%">
<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Loes van Dam</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">(TU Darmstadt)</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;background-size: auto;background-origin: padding-box;background-clip: border-box;background-attachment:scroll;background-position-x:0%;background-position-y:0%">
<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Georgia Chalvatzaki</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">(TU Darmstadt)</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;background-size: auto;background-origin: padding-box;background-clip: border-box;background-attachment:scroll;background-position-x:0%;background-position-y:0%">
<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Anna Ciaunica & Altea Vanni<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">(ULisboa)</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin-bottom:29.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;background-size: auto;background-origin: padding-box;background-clip: border-box;background-attachment:scroll;background-position-x:0%;background-position-y:0%">
<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Amir Jahanian Najafabadi<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">(Bielefeld University)</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">More details here:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><a href="https://www.aalto.fi/en/events/smoky-mirrors-symposium-self-other-actions-and-interactions-in-real-and-virtual-worlds?utm_source=chatgpt.com" title="https://www.aalto.fi/en/events/smoky-mirrors-symposium-self-other-actions-and-interactions-in-real-and-virtual-worlds?utm_source=chatgpt.com"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">https://www.aalto.fi/en/events/smoky-mirrors-symposium-self-other-actions-and-interactions-in-real-and-virtual-worlds</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Attendance is free, but registration is required</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">. Please register here:<br>
<a href="https://link.webropolsurveys.com/S/A68A36D6F25248D5" title="https://link.webropolsurveys.com/S/A68A36D6F25248D5"><span style="color:black">https://link.webropolsurveys.com/S/A68A36D6F25248D5</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">The registration deadline for in-person attendance is Tuesday, December 9th, 2025, at 17:00.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We warmly welcome anyone interested—students, researchers, and practitioners across neuroscience, psychology, VR/HCI, cognitive science, robotics, and related fields.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Best regards,<br>
The organising team<br>
Loes van Dam, Anna Ciaunica, Juan Avendano</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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