[Corpora-List] ACL 2007 Call for Workshop Proposals

From: John Carroll (J.A.Carroll@sussex.ac.uk)
Date: Fri Nov 03 2006 - 16:23:55 MET

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                 ACL-07 Call For Workshop Proposals

    The Association for Computational Linguistics invites proposals for
    workshops to be held in conjunction with the 45th Annual Meeting of
    the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL-07), in Prague,
    Czech Republic. We solicit proposals on any topic of interest to the
    ACL community.

    The workshops will be held on Thursday, June 28, and Friday, June 29,
    2007 at the main conference venue.

    The ACL has a set of policies on workshops. You can find general
    information on policies regarding attendance, publication, financing,
    and sponsorship, as well as on specific policies on sponsorship and
    financial support of SIG workshops, at the following URL:
    http://www.cis.udel.edu/~carberry/ACL/index-policies.html Your
    proposal should include a budget, a clear motivation and estimations
    of numbers of submissions and attendees.

    SUBMISSION DETAILS

    A workshop proposal submission form is available online at
    http://ufal.mff.cuni.cz/acl2007/workshops/proposal.txt containing
    prompts for information that is expected in the proposal.

    Proposals for workshops should contain:

    1. A title and brief description (max. 500 words) of the workshop
        topic and its motivation.

    2. A description of target audience and expected number of
        participants.

    3. The intended length and format of the workshop (half a day to two
    days)

    4. A budget proposal (ACL workshops are expected to be
        self-financing).

    5. Dates for submission deadline and notification of acceptances

    6. A list of individuals who have agreed to be part of the workshop
        program committee if the workshop proposal is accepted.

    7. Full postal address, phone number, e-mail and fax of the workshop
        contact person.

    8. Special requirements (e.g. computer infrastructure or shared tasks)

    Please submit proposals by electronic mail (submission form strongly
    preferred) as soon as possible, but before December 15 2006, to

    workshops@acl2007.org

    with the subject line: "ACL 2007 WORKSHOP PROPOSAL".

    IMPORTANT DATES

    December 15, 2006 Submission deadline for workshop proposals
    January 15, 2007 Notification of acceptance of workshop proposals
    March 26, 2007 Workshop Paper Submission deadline
    (suggested)
    May 14, 2007 Cameraready deadline to Publications Chair
    June 28-29, 2007 Workshop Dates

    WORKSHOPS PROGRAM COMMITTEE

    Simone Teufel (Chair), University of Cambridge
    Katja Markert, University of Leeds
    Dekai Wu, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
    Beth Ann Hockey, NASA Ames Research Center



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