IA4BC @ RO-MAN 2026

Invited Speakers

IA4BC features 6–8 invited talks from leading researchers across human-robot interaction, behavioral science, social neuroscience, and AI ethics. The speaker lineup reflects deliberate diversity in geography, gender, and career stage.

Speaker list will be updated as invitations are confirmed.
FK
Prof. Frank Krueger
George Mason University, USA
Confirmed
Bridging psychology and neuroscience: empathy, trust, and social decision-making for interaction systems
SB
Prof. Somaya Ben Allouch
University of Amsterdam / Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands
Confirmed
Designing agent interaction systems that contribute to behavior change (health and well-being); human-AI collaboration
SN
Prof. Sao Mai Nguyen
ENSTA, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, France
Confirmed
Assistive robotics, human-in-the-loop robot learning, human-interactive robot learning, long-horizon tasks, lifelong learning
YN
Prof. Yukiko Nakano
Seikei University, Japan
Confirmed
Multimodal interaction systems, conversational behavior modeling, and embodied dialogue systems for behavior change
TT
Dr. Takahiro Tsumura
Toyo University, Japan
Confirmed
Trust, empathy, and responsibility in human-agent/robot interaction
YF
Dr. Yosuke Fukuchi
Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan
Confirmed
Human-AI interaction, trust calibration, nudge XAI
MR
Prof. Matthias Rehm
Aalborg University, Denmark
Candidate
Social signal processing, affective and multimodal interaction, embodied conversational agents, human–agent/robot communication in immersive environments
MI
Prof. Michita Imai
Keio University, Japan
Candidate
Interaction design of friendly and social robots and agents