The 7th International Conference on Field and Service Robotics (FSR) is having their 2009 conference in Cambridge, MA on the MIT campus July 14-16, 2009. The deadline for receipt of papers is February 27th.
From the FSR 2009 website:
The goal of FSR is to report and encourage the development of field and service robotics. These are non-factory robots, typically mobile, that must operate in complex and dynamic environments. Typical field robotics applications include mining, agriculture, building and construction, forestry, cargo handling and so on. Field robots may operate on the ground (of Earth or planets), under the ground, underwater, in the air or in space. Service robots are those that work closely with humans, importantly the elderly and sick, to help them with their lives. The first meeting was held in Canberra, Australia, in 1997. Since then the meeting has been held every 2 years in the pattern Asia, America, Europe.