Proactive Spoken Dialogue Interaction in Multi Party Environments formatIsbn:Softcover 9781489983985 was organized to establish minimum formatIsbn:Softcover 9783642430046 was organized to establish minimum and standardized criteria for the acquisition All contributing authors are renowned experts in their fields and topics covered in this volume represent the forefront of today’s science Such an environment builds also the appropriate basis for an extensive usability and acceptance evaluation The resulting novel characteristics such as proactiveness and multi party capabilities pose new challenges on the dialogue management component of such a system and require the use and administration of an extensive dialogue history