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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(81, 71, 33); line-height: 18px; "> Please post, and apologies to anyone who gets multiple copies of this: </span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#514721" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(81, 71, 33); line-height: 18px; "> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">A One-Day Workshop at ACL 2010 on Companionable Dialogue Systems</span><br> Main conference website: <a href="http://acl2010.org" title="http://acl2010.org" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(81, 71, 33); ">http://acl2010.org</a><br> Uppsala, Sweden, July 15, 2010</span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#514721" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#514721" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#514721" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#514721" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> All details concerning submission of papers etc. are on the project website at:</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#514721" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> <a href="http://microsites.oii.ox.ac.uk/acl2010_companions_workshop/">http://microsites.oii.ox.ac.uk/acl2010_companions_workshop/</a></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#514721" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> but are repeated below.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#514721" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> News: Invited speaker at the workshop will be David Trau<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(20, 79, 174); font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal; font-size: 12px; ">m, Institute for Creative Technologies, USC.</span></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#144FAE" face="Helvetica, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#144FAE" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span></font></span></font></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 18px; "><h2 class="title" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: 600; font-style: inherit; font-size: 1.333em; font-family: 'Myriad Pro', 'Myriad Web Pro Regular', 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(214, 221, 185); clear: left; line-height: 1.272em; text-transform: uppercase; position: static; z-index: auto; ">SUBMISSION INFORMATION</h2><div id="node-4" class="node odd full-node node-type-page" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><div class="meta" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; 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padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; ">Papers should be submitted via the ACL submission system:</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><a href="https://www.softconf.com/acl2010/CDS/" title="https://www.softconf.com/acl2010/CDS/" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 51, 102); ">https://www.softconf.com/acl2010/CDS/</a></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; ">All submissions are limited to 6 pages (including references) which<br>should be formatted using the ACL 2010 style file that can be found at:</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><a href="http://acl2010.org/authors.html" title="http://acl2010.org/authors.html" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 51, 102); ">http://acl2010.org/authors.html</a>.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; ">As the reviewing will be blind, papers must not include the authors'<br>names or affiliations. Submissions should be in English and should<br>not have been published previously. If essentially identical papers<br>are submitted to other conferences or workshops as well, this fact<br>must be indicated at submission time.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; ">The submission deadline is 23:59 CET (i.e. time in Paris) on April 5, 2010.</p></div></div></span><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(20, 79, 174); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(20, 79, 174); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(20, 79, 174); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(20, 79, 174); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(20, 79, 174); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(20, 79, 174); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(20, 79, 174); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(20, 79, 174); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(20, 79, 174); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(20, 79, 174); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br></span></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>