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nflc.org>Heritage Languages in America: Building on our National Resources Second National Conference Washington, D.C. October 18-20, 2002 CALL FOR POSTER SESSION PROPOSALS The Second National Conference on Heritage Languages in America will be held at the Sheraton Premiere at Tysons Corner, Virginia (in the greater Washington, D.C. area) October 18-20, 2002. The conference is being organized by the Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) and the National Foreign Language Center (NFLC), with support from the University of Maryland, College Park. Building from the foundation of the First National Conference, convened in October 1999, in Long Beach, California, the Second National Conference will seek to further the aims of the Heritage Languages Initiative, a national effort to develop the non-English language resources that exist in our communities. It will bring together heritage language community and school leaders, representatives from pre-K-12 schools and colleges and universities, world-renowned researchers, and federal and state policymakers. The goals of the Heritage Languages Initiative and this conference are to continue to make manifest the personal, economic, and social benefits to our nation of preserving and developing the languages spoken by those living in this country; to build a national dialogue on this topic; and to develop an action agenda for the next several years. Poster sessions will take place on Saturday, October 19. We encourage submissions on all topics related to heritage language education, and we suggest the following topics: * Instruction (programs, materials and curricula, strategies, and assessment) * Community-based initiatives * Career opportunities for heritage language speakers * Teacher preparation programs and materials * Professional needs and opportunities (development and recruitment) * Research * Language and education policy Poster sessions may focus on completed work or work in progress. They will include a display of work and a brief oral presentation. Tables and display boards will be provided. Presenters are responsible for all other audiovisual equipment. They may bring their own equipment or make arrangements with the audiovisual supplier for the conference. For information on how to construct a poster presentation see <http://www.lcsc.edu/ss150/poster.htm>; Proposals should include a title (not to exceed ten words), an abstract of no more than 250 words, and a 50-75 word abstract suitable for inclusion in the conference program. The primary language(s) involved should be included as well as the presenter's contact information (including institutional affiliation and e-mail address). All proposals may be submitted by e-mail attachment (the preferred method) in WordPerfect or Word, or postal mail to the following address: Ana Maria Schwartz Email aschwartMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue
cs.rutgers.edu>Call for Bidds to Host Human Language Technology 2003: 3rd Meeting of the NAACL The Human Language Technology -North American Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics Advisory Board hereby invite proposals to host Human Language Technology 2003: 3rd Meeting of the NAACL. The proposal submission process is incremental. First, draft proposals are sought from prospective bidders. Based on the evaluation of the draft proposals, promising bidders will be subsequently asked to provide additional information as needed. Bids must specify a Local Arrangements Chair, who will be responsible for the usual activities, such as arranging meeting rooms, equipment, refreshments, housing, on-site registration, participant e-mail access, security for equipment, the reception, the banquet, and working with the General Chair, the HLT-NAACL Advisory Board and NAACL to develop the budget and registration materials. Bids for Local Arrangements Chair can include suggestions for General Chair, which mustt be someone other than the Local Arrangements Chair but could be at the same institution. However, the HLT-NAACL Advisory Board will be responsible for selecting the General Chair. The General Chair will be responsible for overseeing operations of the conference, including working with the HLT-NAACL Advisory Board and the Local Arrangements Chair to develop the budget and registration materials; working with the Program and Local Arrangements Chairs to develop the schedule and program; working witth the HTL-NAACL Advisory Board to appoint supporting chairs to obtain outside funding, publicize the conference, and organize workshops, tutorials, student events, and demonstrations (none of these supporting nominations need to be included in the proposal); and coordinating the activities of the various chairs and their committees. The HLT-NAACL Advisory Board will be responsible for selecting the Program Committee Co-Chairs, who will oversee the processes of soliciting, receiving, and reviewingg submissions; selecting the papers to be presented at the conference; notifying authors of acceptance or rejection; and developing the conference program. Draft proposals are due on Wednesday, March 20, 2002. They will be evaluated by the HLT-NAACL Advisory Board during HLT-2002 March 24-27. Promising bidders will be contacted shortly afterwards and will be asked to provide further information due to the Advisory Board on Monday, April 22. The final bid will be chosen by the HLT-NAACL Advisory BBoard by Monday May 6, 2002. The 1st and 2nd meetings of NAACL were highly successful, with approximately 500 attendees at NAACL-01. By merging with the HLT conference, we hope to attract new attendees from areas such as the speech and information retrieval communities. The conference might, therefore, draw over 600 people, depending on the venue. The HLT/NAACL Advisory Board is a new group still being organized and we apologize for the tight time frame. We thank proposers in advance for theirr efforts. Draft proposals should include information on: * Location (accessibility; conference venue, e.g., hotel or university; accommodations, e.g., hotels, motels, student dorms). Note that bids must be for locations in North America. * Local CL Community * Proposed Dates * Meeting Space (space for plenary sessions, tutorials, workshops, posters, exhibits, demos and small meetings) * A/V Equipment * Food/Entertainment/Banquet/Receptions * Local Arrangements Team (chair/co-chair, commmittee, volunteer labor, registration handling) * General Chair (optional) * Sponsorships * Budget Estimates * Opportunities for Co-location with Other Meetings (if any) Proposals will be evaluated in relation to a number of site selection criteria (unordered): * Experience of local arrangement team. * Local CL community support. * Any local government and industry support * Accessibility and attractiveness of proposed site. * Appropriateness of proposed dates. * Adequacy of conference aand exhibit facilities for the anticipated number of registrants. * Adequacy of residence accommodations and food services in a range of price categories and close to the conference facilities. * Adequacy of budget projections and expected surplus. * Geographical balance with regard to the previous conferences in Pittsburgh and Seattle, USA, but still limited to North America. The HLT-NAACL Advisory Board seeks proposals for holding the meeting during the first half of 2003.The HLT-NAACL Advvisory Board will look especially favorably on proposals for the spring. Please send draft proposals electronically to Lynette Hirschman, the NAACL Executive Board member responsible for the Call for Bids: Lynette Hirschman MITRE MS K320 202 Burlington Rd. Bedford, MA 01730 781-271-7789; fax: 781-271-2780 lynetteMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue