LREC 2012 What=?windows-1252?Q?=92s_?=New #2 - March 2012

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*[Apologies for cross-postings]**

*LREC 2012 What’s New**is a short bulletin meant to give you a quick 
overview of the latest information on the conference organization.

*Important Dates*

Final Submission of accepted papers: 21 March 2012
Early-bird Registration Deadline : 21 March 2012
Conference: 23 - 24 - 25 May 2012
Pre-conference workshops and tutorials: 21 and 22 May 2012
Post-conference workshops and tutorials: 26 and 27 May 2012

*Content*

1.Final Submission

2.Registration

3.MEDAR Grants for Students from Arabic countries

4.EU Village

5.List of accepted papers

6.Scientific Committee

7.Sponsors

8.Travel & Accommodation

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*1. Final Submission*

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*The deadline for submitting your final paper on START is: March 21^st 
2012, 23:59 GMT+1.
http://www.lrec-conf.org/lrec2012/?-Final-Submission*.

Don’t forget to update the LRE Map 
<http://www.lrec-conf.org/lrec2012/?LRE-Map-2012> and/or to contribute 
to the Language Library 
<http://www.lrec-conf.org/lrec2012/?LREC-2012-Language-Library>.

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*2. Registration*

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*Early-Bird Registration for LREC 2012 deadline: March 21^st 2012, 23:59 
GMT+1.
http://www.lrec-conf.org/lrec2012/?-Registration-*

The Registration fees for Conference and Workshops/Tutorials are 
available at http://www.lrec-conf.org/lrec2012/?Registration-Fees.

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*3. **MEDAR Grants for students from Arabic countries***

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The MEDAR Consortium (involved in MEDAR and NEMLAR Projects on 
“Mediterranean Arabic Language and Speech Technology”, completed with 
the support by the European Commission), is awarding grants for students 
from Arabic countries to LREC 2012.

At the time of the application, applicants must be currently enrolled as 
Master’s or Ph.D students at a University in an Arabic country.

Each grant will cover the registration fees and support part of the 
travel and accommodation expenses. To apply for a grant, send a message 
to medar-grants at elda.org <mailto:medar-grants at elda.org>.

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*4. EU-Projects Village*

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*20 booths*have already been booked by European projects at the EU 
Village, a Projects Village to be set up 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.
The cost of participating to the EU Village is an eligible cost under 
"Information Dissemination" item.

The EU projects Village will be open from May 23 to 25, 2012 during the 
Main conference days. More 
information:http://www.lrec-conf.org/lrec2012/?-EU-Projects-Village- 
<http://www.lrec-conf.org/lrec2012/?-EU-Projects-Village->

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*5. List of accepted Papers*

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The list of the accepted papers to the Main conference is available: 
http://www.lrec-conf.org/lrec2012/?List-of-accepted-papers
Acceptance rate: 68% of the submitted papers have been accepted (to 
compare to 69% for LREC 2010).

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*6. Scientific Committee*

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The list of Scientific Committee members is available at 
http://www.lrec-conf.org/lrec2012/?Scientific-Committee

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*7. Sponsors*

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LREC 2012 gratefully acknowledges the following institutions for their 
sponsorship of this year’s conference:

*/Silver sponsors/*//

NUANCE: 
http://www.nuance.com/for-business/by-solution/automotive-products-and-solutions/index.htm
CELI: http://www.celi.it/en/

*/Bronze sponsors/*

EML: http://www.eml-development.de/english
IMMI: http://www.immi-labs.org/
META-NET: http://www.meta-net.eu/
QUAERO: http://www.quaero.org/

If your institution would like to support LREC, please check the 
opportunities: http://www.lrec-conf.org/lrec2012/?-Sponsorship-

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*8. Travel & Accommodation*

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*/Hotels /**/
/*Special rates have been negotiated for LREC participants in a number 
of hotels by our local agency Dekon. The list can be found at 
https://www.dekon.com.tr/LREC2012/en/accommodation.asp.
May is the beginning of the high season in Istanbul, *so it is highly 
recommended to book your room as soon as you can*. Don’t hesitate to 
contact Dekon <lrec2012 at dekon.com.tr>if you need support for organizing 
your trip.

*/Flying to Istanbul/**/
/*The Star Alliance™ Members Airlines have been appointed as the 
Official Airline Network for LREC 2012.
LREC Participants can obtain discounts (up to 20%) on their flights 
to/from Istanbul. More information: 
http://www.lrec-conf.org/lrec2012/?Star-Alliance-Official-Carrier

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*LREC 2012 in Istanbul: http://www.lrec-conf.org/lrec2012
**Contact: lrec at lrec-conf.org*

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