[Corpora-List] ACL 2010 NEWSLETTER NO. 5

[Koenraad De Smedt]

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             ACL 2010 NEWSLETTER NO. 5
                (June 7, 2010)
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::  ACL 2010  EARLY REGISTRATION  IS STILL  O P E N !
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:: Important Dates
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Early registration deadline: June 11, 2010
Late registration deadline: July 2, 2010

Tutorials: July 11, 2010
Main conference: July 12-14, 2010
Workshops: July 15-16, 2010

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:: Table of Contents
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1. ACL 2010 in Uppsala, Sweden
2. Organizing Committee
3. Registration 
4. Accommodation
5. Main Conference Program
6. Instructions for Presenters
7. Connection to the Internet during the Conference
8. Sponsorship

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:: 1. ACL 2010 in Uppsala, Sweden
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The 48th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics will be held in Uppsala, Sweden, July 11-16, 2010. The conference will be organized by the Department of Linguistics and Philology at Uppsala University.

The conference will take place at Uppsala University Campus in a genuine university environment, dating back as far as 1477. The city also holds a rich history, having for long periods been the political, religious and academic center of Sweden. The proximity to the capital, Stockholm, provides additional benefits as a potential site for arranging both pre- and post-conference tours, as well as for excursions or tourism during the conference. The city of Uppsala is easy to reach by plane, train or car.

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:: 2. Organizing Committee
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General Chair: Jan Hajic
Program Chairs: Sandra Carberry and Stephen Clark
Local Arrangements Chair: Joakim Nivre
Workshop Chairs: Pushpak Bhattacharyia and David Weir
Tutorial Chairs: Lluis Marquez and Haifeng Wang
System Demonstrations Chair: Sandra Kubler
Student Research Workshop Chairs: Seniz Demir, Jan Raab, Nils Reiter, and faculty advisors Marketa Lopatkova and Tomek Strzalkowski
Publication Chairs: Jing-Shin Chang and Philipp Koehn
Mentoring Service: Bjorn Gamback and Diana McCarthy
Sponsorship Chairs: Stephen Pulman (Europe), Frederique Segond (Europe), Srinivas Bangalore (Americas), Christy Doran (Americas), Hercules Dalianis (local), and Mats Wiren (local)
Publicity Chairs: Koenraad de Smedt and Beata Megyesi
Exhibition Chair: Jorg Tiedemann
Local Arrangement Committee: Joakim Nivre (chair), Beata Megyesi (vice
chair), Rolf Carlson, Mats Dahllof, Marco Kuhlmann, Mattias Nilsson,
Markus Saers, Anna Sagvall Hein, Per Starback, Jorg Tiedemann, Oscar
Tackstrom and Reut Tsarfaty
Local Organizing Secretariat: Ulla Conti, Academic Conferences

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:: 3. Registration 
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Early registration deadline is June 11, 2010. 

Late registration for ACL 2010 is open until July 2 (11:59pm GMT)!
On-site registration opens July 11. 
Please go to the ACL 2010 website at http://www.acl2010.org
and register.

If you need a letter of invitation for visa purpose, please contact
Academic Conferences by e-mail: acl2010 at akademikonferens.uu.se

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:: 4. Accommodation Reservation
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Reservation of accommodation is still open. Deadline for reservation
 for cheaper prices is June 16, 2010. Rooms are
 still available today. You find more information at http://acl2010.org/accommodation.html

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:: 5. Main Conference Program
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The program of the main conference is currently being finalised and will shortly appear at:
http://acl2010.org/program.html

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:: 6. Instructions for presenters
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Please visit the conference website at:
http://acl2010.org

and read carefully the instructions for presenters for oral, poster
and demo presentations. 

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:: 7. Connection to the Internet during the Conference
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Wireless Internet access will be available for all conference
participants in the venues. You can login through Eduroam, or use a personal login which you
will receive with your name badge when registering on site.

Wired internet and power outlets  (220/230 V) will be available for
the computers used by presenters in the lecture halls.  

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:: 8. Sponsorship
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ACL 2010 very gratefully acknowledges the following commitments in sponsorship: 

Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation) -
Platinum Sponsor
Vetenskapsrådet (Swedish Research Council) - Platinum Sponsor
Uppsala University -Platinum Sponsor
GSLT (Swedish National Graduate School of Language Technology) - Gold
Sponsor 
Textkernel - Gold Sponsor
CELI - Language & Information Technology - Silver Sponsor
City of Uppsala - Silver Sponsor
Esteam - Silver Sponsor
Google - Silver Sponsor
Voice Provider - Silver Sponsor
Yahoo! Labs - Silver Sponsor
Acapela Group - Bronze Sponsor
XEROX - Bronze Sponsor
NSF (National Science Foundation) - SRW Sponsor
IBM Research - Sponsor of Best Paper Student Award
Language Weaver - Conference Bag Sponsor
SICS (Swedish Institute of Computer Science) - Local Student Fellowship Sponsor

Anyone interested in becoming a sponsor or finding out more about sponsorship opportunities is encouraged to contact the sponsorship chairs: sponsorship at acl2010.org

Stephen Pulman (Europe)
Frederique Segond (Europe)
Srinivas Bangalore (Americas)
Christy Doran (Americas)
Hercules Dalianis (local)
Mats Wirén (local)

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:: 9. Newsletter No. 6
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ACL Newsletter No. 6 will be published after the conference.



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