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<small><strong class="spip">[Apologies for cross-postings]<br>
<br>
LREC 2012 What’s New</strong> is a short bulletin meant to give
you a quick overview of the latest information on the conference
organization.</small>
<p class="spip"><small><strong class="spip">Important Dates</strong></small></p>
<p class="spip"><small>Final Submission of accepted papers: 14 March
2012<br>
Early-bird Registration Deadline : 14 March 2012<br>
Conference: 23 - 24 - 25 May 2012<br>
Pre-conference workshops and tutorials: 21 and 22 May 2012<br>
Post-conference workshops and tutorials: 26 and 27 May 2012</small></p>
<p class="spip"><small><strong class="spip">Content</strong></small></p>
<ol class="spip">
<li class="spip"><small> Registration</small></li>
<li class="spip"><small> Travel & Accommodation</small></li>
<li class="spip"><small> Workshops & Tutorials</small></li>
<li class="spip"><small> List of accepted papers </small></li>
<li class="spip"><small> EU Village</small></li>
<li class="spip"><small> </small><small>Scientific Committee<br>
</small></li>
<li class="spip"><small>Sponsors</small><small><br>
</small></li>
</ol>
<hr class="spip"><small><strong class="spip"><span class="spip"
style="font-variant: small-caps">1. Registration</span></strong></small>
<hr class="spip">
<p class="spip"><small><b>Registration for LREC 2012 will be open
next week.<br>
</b></small><small>The Registration fees for Conference and
Workshops/Tutorials are available at <a
href="http://www.lrec-conf.org/lrec2012/?Registration-Fees"
class="spip_out">http://www.lrec-conf.org/lrec2012/?Registration-Fees</a><b><br>
</b>Early-bird registration deadline is March 14, 2012.</small></p>
<hr class="spip"><small><strong class="spip"><span class="spip"
style="font-variant: small-caps">2. Travel & Accommodation</span></strong></small>
<hr class="spip">
<p class="spip"><small><i class="spip"> <strong class="spip">Hotels</strong></i><strong><i><br>
</i></strong>The list of hotels where special rates have been
negotiated for LREC participants is available through our local
agency Dekon at <a
href="https://www.dekon.com.tr/LREC2012/en/accommodation.asp"
class="spip_out">https://www.dekon.com.tr/LREC2012/en/accommodation.asp</a><br>
May is the beginning of the high season in Istanbul, so you
should book your room as soon as you can. Don’t hesitate to
contact <a href="lrec2012@dekon.com.tr">Dekon</a> if you need
support for organizing your trip.</small></p>
<p class="spip"><small><strong class="spip"> <i class="spip">Flying
to Istanbul</i></strong><strong><i><br>
</i></strong>The Star Alliance™ Members Airlines have been
appointed as the Official Airline Network for LREC 2012.<br>
LREC Participants can obtain discounts (up to 20%) on their
flights to/from Istanbul. More information: <a
href="http://www.lrec-conf.org/lrec2012/?Star-Alliance-Official-Carrier"
class="spip_out">http://www.lrec-conf.org/lrec2012/?Star-Alliance-Official-Carrier</a></small></p>
<hr class="spip"><small><strong class="spip"><span class="spip"
style="font-variant: small-caps">3. Workshops & Tutorials</span></strong></small>
<hr class="spip">
<p class="spip"><small>The updated schedule for LREC 2012 workshops
and tutorials is online: <a
href="http://www.lrec-conf.org/lrec2012/?-Workshops-and-Tutorials-"
class="spip_out">http://www.lrec-conf.org/lrec2012/?-Workshops-and-Tutorials-</a><br>
Many workshops have already issued their 2nd and final Call for
papers and some have extended their deadlines. Please visit the
page to find more information on each event, including
submission information and deadlines, organizers, invited
speakers, etc.</small></p>
<hr class="spip"><small><strong class="spip"><span class="spip"
style="font-variant: small-caps">4. List of accepted Papers</span></strong></small>
<hr class="spip">
<p class="spip"><small>The list of the accepted papers to the Main
conference is available: <a
href="http://www.lrec-conf.org/lrec2012/?List-of-accepted-papers"
class="spip_out">http://www.lrec-conf.org/lrec2012/?List-of-accepted-papers</a><br>
Acceptance rate: 68% of the submitted papers have been accepted
(to compare to 69% for LREC 2010).</small></p>
<hr class="spip"><small><strong class="spip"><span class="spip"
style="font-variant: small-caps">5. EU-Projects Village<br>
</span></strong></small>
<hr class="spip">
<p class="spip"><small>An EU Projects Village will be setup at LREC
2012 with the support of the European Commission. The main
objective of this exhibition for on-going EC-sponsored projects
is to disseminate information by describing the
activities/objectives and showing progress, either through
demos, or through brochures or leaflets if the project is still
at an early stage.<br>
The cost of participating to the EU Village (1500€) is an
eligible cost under "Information Dissemination" item.</small></p>
<p class="spip"><small>The EU projects Village will be open from May
23 to 25, 2012 during the Main conference days. More
information:<a
href="http://www.lrec-conf.org/lrec2012/?-EU-Projects-Village-"
class="spip_out">http://www.lrec-conf.org/lrec2012/?-EU-Projects-Village-
</a></small></p>
<hr class="spip"><small><strong class="spip"><span class="spip"
style="font-variant: small-caps">6. Scientific Committee</span></strong></small>
<hr class="spip">
<p class="spip"><small>The list of Scientific Committee members is
available at <a
href="http://www.lrec-conf.org/lrec2012/?Scientific-Committee">http://www.lrec-conf.org/lrec2012/?Scientific-Committee</a><br>
</small></p>
<hr class="spip"><small><strong class="spip"><span class="spip"
style="font-variant: small-caps">7. Sponsors</span></strong></small>
<hr class="spip">
<p class="spip"><small>LREC 2012 gratefully acknowledges the
following institutions for their sponsorship of this year’s
conference:</small></p>
<p class="spip"><small><i class="spip"> <strong class="spip">Silver
sponsors</strong> </i></small></p>
<p class="spip"><small>NUANCE: <a
href="http://www.nuance.com/for-business/by-solution/automotive-products-and-solutions/index.htm"
class="spip_out">http://www.nuance.com/for-business/by-solution/automotive-products-and-solutions/index.htm</a><br>
CELI: <a href="http://www.celi.it/en/">http://www.celi.it/en/</a><br>
</small></p>
<p class="spip"><small><i class="spip"> <strong class="spip">Bronze
sponsors</strong></i></small></p>
<p class="spip"><small><a href="http://www.quaero.org/"
class="spip_out"></a>EML: <a
href="http://www.eml-development.de/english" class="spip_out">http://www.eml-development.de/english</a><br>
</small><small>IMMI: <a href="http://www.immi-labs.org/"
class="spip_out">http://www.immi-labs.org/</a><br>
</small><small>META-NET: <a href="http://www.meta-net.eu/"
class="spip_out"> http://www.meta-net.eu/</a><br>
</small><small>QUAERO: <a href="http://www.quaero.org/"
class="spip_out">http://www.quaero.org/</a></small><br>
</p>
<p class="spip"><small>If your institution would like to support
LREC, please check the opportunities: <a
href="http://www.lrec-conf.org/lrec2012/?-Sponsorship-"
class="spip_out">http://www.lrec-conf.org/lrec2012/?-Sponsorship-</a><br>
</small></p>
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<b><small>LREC 2012 in Istanbul: </small><a
href="http://www.lrec-conf.org/lrec2012"><small>http://www.lrec-conf.org/lrec2012</small></a><br>
<small>Contact: <a href="lrec@lrec-conf.org">lrec@lrec-conf.org</a></small></b><br>
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