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<center><font color="#000066"><font size=+2><b><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><a href="http://www.coling.org">COLING
2000 </a></font></b><font face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">- <b>SECOND
ANNOUNCEMENT</b></font></font></font>
<p><b><font face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#000066"><font size=+1>The
18<sup>th</sup> International Conference on Computational Linguistics</font></font></font></b></center>
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<p><b><font face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#000066"><font size=+0>COLING
2000 will take place in three countries in the heart of Europe.</font></font></font></b>
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<b><font face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#000066"><font size=+0>Nancy
(Tutorials 29/30 July, 2000)</font></font></font></b></li>
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<b><font face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#000066"><font size=+0>Saarbrücken
(Conference 31 July - 4 August, 2000)</font></font></font></b></li>
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<b><font face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#000066"><font size=+0>Luxembourg
(Workshops 5/6 August 2000)</font></font></font></b></li>
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<b><font face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#000066"><font size=+0>Transportation
between the three almost neighboring sites will be provided.</font></font></font></b>
<p><b><font face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#000066"><font size=+0>COLING
2000 will be the ideal place to</font></font></font></b>
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<b><font face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#000066"><font size=+0>present
your latest results at the conference and workshops</font></font></font></b></li>
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<b><font face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#000066"><font size=+0>demo
your systems to colleagues</font></font></font></b></li>
<li>
<b><font face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#000066"><font size=+0>study
new trends and techniques in the tutorials</font></font></font></b></li>
<li>
<b><font face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#000066"><font size=+0>exhibit
your language technologies for the 21st century</font></font></font></b></li>
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<b><font face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#000066"><font size=+0>hire
needed specialists before somebody else does</font></font></font></b></li>
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<b><font face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#000066"><font size=+0>Check
out the</font></font></font></b>
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<b><font face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#000066"><font size=+0><a href="http://www.coling.org/call.html">call
for papers</a></font></font></font></b></li>
<li>
<b><font face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#000066"><font size=+0><a href="http://www.coling.org/workshops.html">call
for workshop proposals</a></font></font></font></b></li>
<li>
<b><font face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#000066"><font size=+0><a href="http://www.coling.org/tutorials.html">call
for tutorial proposals</a></font></font></font></b></li>
<li>
<b><font face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#000066"><font size=+0><a href="http://www.coling.org/exhibition.html">call
for demos/exhibits</a></font></font></font></b></li>
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<b><font face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#000066"><font size=+0>At
the conference, we will provide space for announcing job openings, as well
as a sign-up desk and rooms for job interviews</font></font></font></b>
<p><b><font face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#000066"><font size=+0>Check
out our <a href="http://www.coling.org/reg.html">low conference fees</a>.</font></font></font></b>
<p><b><font face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#000066"><font size=+0>To
increase student participation, we have decided on very favorable conference
fees for bona fide students.</font></font></font></b>
<br><b><font face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#000066"><font size=+0>Students
who would still not be able to attend for financial reasons, please contact
us at: <a href="mailto:org@coling.org">org@coling.org</a></font></font></font></b>
<p><b><font face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#000066"><font size=+0>If
you live and work in an economically disadvantaged country and have no
possibility of obtainimg funding or if you are experiencing special personal
hardships, we will try to help.</font></font></font></b>
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<font face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#CC0000"><font size=+0><a href="http://www.coling.org">COLING
2000 Homepage: www.coling.org</a></font></font></font></h3></center>
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