*** Call for Participation *** SIGDIAL 2025 Conference August 25-27, 2025 Avignon, France https://2025.sigdial.org Online Registration only Registration: https://2025.sigdial.org/registration/ Early Registration Deadline: July 18th, 2025 The 26th Annual Meeting of the Special Interest Group on Discourse and Dialogue (SIGDIAL) will be held in Avignon, France on August 25-27, 2025. The organizers of SIGDIAL 2025 invite all researchers and practitioners, SIGDial members, and SIGDIAL 2025 industry partners and sponsors to join the conference. The SIGDIAL venue provides a regular forum for the presentation of cutting-edge research in discourse and dialogue to both academic and industry researchers. Continuing a series of 25 successful previous meetings, this conference spans the research interest areas of discourse and dialogue. The conference is sponsored by the SIGdial organization, which serves as the Special Interest Group on discourse and dialogue for both ACL and ISCA. SIGDIAL 2025 features 3 keynote speeches by Chris Welty, Alex Lascarides, and Abdellah Fourtassi https://2025.sigdial.org/keynotes/ as well as regular paper presentations and demonstrations. The conference program will be available at https://2025.sigdial.org/main-program/, including sessions for long and short papers, oral and poster sessions, and a demo/industrial session. All participants are required to attend in-person. A welcome reception will take place in the Avignon University premises (“the cloitre”), accompanied by a demonstration of the brand new robot Mirokaï by ERM. A banquet inside the Palace of Popes, including a guided visit, will allow attendees to privately access the famous Avignon bridge during the “apéritif”. To broaden participation, SIGdial plans to support a number of selected students for paper presentations at SIGdial. Applicants should send a request to sigdial25@univ-avignon.fr with a statement letter, explaining the need for support and the provisional amount required, a resume and a confirmation from their institution that they are not in capacity to fund the mission. We thank you for your support and look forward to welcoming you at the conference! SIGDIAL 2025 Organizers *** SIGDIAL 2025 is sponsored by Aday *** Best, - Fabrice Lefèvre -- LIA/CERI/Avignon Univ. BP 91228, 84911 Avignon Cedex 9, FRANCE +33 (0)6 98 68 45 01