{"id":409,"date":"2021-08-16T09:00:30","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T13:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/werobot2021.com\/?p=409"},"modified":"2021-08-14T12:11:23","modified_gmt":"2021-08-14T16:11:23","slug":"we-robot-2021-will-be-virtual-after-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robots.law.miami.edu\/2021\/we-robot-2021-will-be-virtual-after-all\/","title":{"rendered":"We Robot 2021 Will Be Virtual After All"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We had hoped very much to have a live event, but circumstances make it clear that it&#8217;s not to be. We\u2019d looked forward to welcoming you back to Coral Gables, but we\u2019ve decided that due to safety concerns we have to take We Robot to a fully virtual format again.<\/p>\n<p>Starting with its first edition here in Miami, We Robot has sought &#8212; we think successfully &#8212; to create and encourage interdisciplinary conversations about robotics (and AI) law and policy. We now have a decade&#8217;s worth of success at evolving a common vocabulary and a body of work which includes bedrock scholarship for the rapidly expanding fields represented at the conference. We have fostered, and continue to foster connections between a diverse, international, and interdisciplinary group of scholars, ranging from graduate students to senior professors to persons in government and industry. And &#8212; not least &#8212; we&#8217;ve had a lot of fun doing it.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re currently exploring various conference tools that we hope will make it easy not only to have an engaging event with significant audience participation, but also will facilitate the side conversations that are part of what makes We Robot the exciting event it has always been. Watch our <a href=\"https:\/\/werobot2021.com\">homepage<\/a> for the latest news.<\/p>\n<p>We will soon be posting drafts of the papers that will be presented at We Robot. We may be going virtual, but we\u2019re not changing the format: you will have a chance to read the papers before the conference, and indeed we hope that you will do so and come armed with your thoughts and questions. Other than on panels, authors will not present their own papers \u2013 instead our discussant will give a quick summary and critique, and then we\u2019ll open it up to questions from the audience. For the panels, the authors speak briefly, then we go to Q&amp;A. Links to the papers will appear on the program page of the website and in a series of blog posts on the front page of the site.<\/p>\n<p>The good news that by going virtual we are no longer capacity constrained. We\u2019re also reducing the price structure of the event. <a href=\"https:\/\/werobot2021.com\/registration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Registration<\/a> for the workshop day will be only $25; registration for the two-day main conference will be $49 for everyone except for all students, and for UMiami faculty, for whom it will be $25 including the workshop. We do have some fee waivers available if these fees are a hardship for you. If you have already registered you will be notified directly about processing any refunds that may be due.<\/p>\n<p>Although we will not be able to see you in person, we look forward very much to your virtual participation in We Robot 2021. 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