36.2162, Confs: 15th Language Resources and Evaluation Conference - Call for Tutorial Proposals (Spain)

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Date: 14-Jul-2025
From: Sara Goggi [sara.goggi at ilc.cnr.it]
Subject: 15th Language Resources and Evaluation Conference - Call for Tutorial Proposals


15th Language Resources and Evaluation Conference - Call for Tutorial
Proposals
Short Title: LREC 2026

Date: 11-May-2026 - 16-May-2026
Location: Mallorca, Spain
Meeting URL: https://lrec2026.info/

Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics

Submission Deadline: 17-Oct-2025

The 15th edition of the Language Resources and Evaluation Conference
(LREC 2026) invites proposals for tutorials to be held in conjunction
with the conference. We seek proposals in all areas of natural
language processing and computation, language resources (LRs) and
evaluation, including spoken language, sign language, and multimodal
interaction.
The tutorials will be held at LREC 2026 in Palma de Mallorca (Spain),
on 11, 12, or 16 May 2026.
Important Dates:
17 October 2025: Proposal submission due
17 November 2025: Notification of acceptance
11-16 May 2026: LREC 2026 conference
Submission Details:
We invite proposals for three types of tutorials:​
1. Cutting-edge: tutorials that cover advances in newly emerging
areas. The tutorials are expected to give a brief introduction to the
topic, but participants are assumed to have some prior knowledge of
the topic. The focus of the class will be on discussing the most
recent developments in the field, and it will spend a considerable
amount of time pointing out open research questions and important
novel research directions.
2. Introductory to computational linguistics (CL)/ natural language
processing (NLP) topics: tutorials that provide introductions to
topics that are established in the LREC communities. The lecturers
provide an overview of the development of the field from the beginning
until now. Attendees are not expected to come with prior knowledge.
They acquire sufficient understanding of the topic to understand the
most recent research in the field.
3. Introductory to adjacent areas: tutorials that provide
introductions to topics that are established or emerging in areas
adjacent to CL/NLP. The lecturers provide an overview of the
development of the field from the beginning until now. Attendees are
not expected to come with prior knowledge. They acquire a sufficient
understanding of the topic to understand the most recent research in
the field and its relevance for the CL/NLP domains.
In all cases, the aim of a tutorial is primarily to help understand a
scientific problem, its tractability, and its theoretical and
practical implications. Presentations of particular technological
solutions or systems are welcome, provided that they serve as
illustrations of broader scientific considerations. None of the
tutorial types are expected to be “self-invited” long talks – the
content should be a good balance between research from multiple groups
and perspectives, not only of the teachers of the tutorial.
Proposals should be prepared according to the style files that will be
available from the LREC website (https://lrec2026.info/). Proposals
should not exceed 4 pages of content (plus unlimited pages for
references), and they should be submitted as PDF documents. Tutorial
proposals do not have to be anonymized.
They should contain:
 - A title that helps potential attendees to understand what the
tutorial will be about.
 - An abstract that summarizes the topics, goals, target audience, and
type (see above) of the tutorial (this abstract will also be on the
LREC website).
 - A section called “Introduction” that explains the topic and
summarizes the starting point and relevance for our community, and in
general.
 - A section called “Target Audience” that explains for whom the
tutorial will be developed and what the expected prior knowledge is.
Clearly specify what attendees should know and be able to practically
do to get the most out of your tutorial. Examples of what to specify
include prior mathematical knowledge, knowledge of specific modeling
approaches and methods, programming skills, or adjacent areas like
computer vision. Also specify the number of expected participants.
 - A section called “Outline” in which the various topics are
explained. This can be a list of bullet points or a set of paragraphs
explaining the content. Explain what you intend and how long the
tutorial will be.
 - A section called “Diversity Considerations”, discussing each of the
three aspects of diversity mentioned above or others.
 - A section called “Reading List”: What are introductory papers or
books that potential attendees can read to get a first impression of
the tutorial content? What do you expect them to have read before
attending? What does provide further information beyond the content of
the tutorial?
 - A section called “Presenters” in which each tutorial presenter is
briefly introduced in one paragraph, including their research
interests, their areas of expertise for the tutorial topic, and their
experience in teaching a diverse and international audience.
 - A section called “Other Information” which should include
information on how many people are expected to participate and how you
came to this estimate. You can also explain any other aspects that you
find important, including special equipment that you would need.
 - A section called “Ethics Statement” which discusses ethical
considerations related to the topics of the tutorial.
Tutorials can be half-day (morning 9:00 to 13:00 or afternoon 14:00 to
18:00) or full-day (9:00 to 18:00) and must follow fixed hours for
breaks (morning coffee break 10.30-11.00, lunch break: 13:00-14:00,
afternoon coffee break: 16.00-16.30).
Evaluation Criteria:
The tutorial proposals will be evaluated according to their
originality and impact, the expected interest level of participants,
as well as the quality of the organizing team and Program Committee
and their contribution to the diversity of the conference.
Diversity and Inclusion:
We particularly encourage submissions from underrepresented groups in
computational linguistics, researchers from any demographic or
geographic minority, with disabilities, or others. In the evaluation
of the proposal, we will take these aspects into account to create a
varied and balanced set of tutorials.
This includes several aspects of diversity, namely (1) how the topic
of the tutorial contributes to improved diversity and increased
fairness in the field, (2) if the topic is particularly relevant for a
specific underrepresented group of potential participants, and (3) if
the presenters are from an underrepresented group.
Instructor Responsibilities:
Accepted tutorial presenters will be notified by the date mentioned
above. They must then provide abstracts of their tutorials for
inclusion in the conference registration material by the specific
deadlines. The abstract needs to be provided in ASCII format. The
summary will be submitted in PDF format and can be updated from the
version submitted for review. The instructors will make their material
available in an appropriate way, for instance, by setting up a
website. They will be invited to submit their slides to the ACL
Anthology.
Finally, at least one tutorial presenter must attend the event in
person to organise the tutorial.
Contact:
Tutorial Chairs: lrec2026-tutorial-chairs at googlegroups.com
General contact: mailto:info at lrec2026.info
More information on LREC 2026: https://lrec2026.info/



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