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The Program Co-Chairs are responsible for assembling the main conference program. This includes  
 
The Program Co-Chairs are responsible for assembling the main conference program. This includes  
  
* selecting the Program Committee
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* managing the reviewing software
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* communicating with the General Chair and the Executive Committee
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* selecting area chairs
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* reviewer selection: either done by program chairs (incl. load balancing) or area chairs
 
* constructing and distributing the Call-for-Papers
 
* constructing and distributing the Call-for-Papers
* setting up the mentoring service for authors from countries where English is not the language of scientific exchange
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* selecting invited speakers
* overseeing the reviewing process  
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* overseeing the Best Paper Award (including making a best paper committee)
* organizing the Program Committee Meeting
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* overseeing the reviewing process
* overseeing the selection of accepted papers
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* finalizing the selection of accepted papers
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* deciding on oral versus poster presentation
 
* communicating the review results to authors
 
* communicating the review results to authors
* overseeing the Best Paper Award
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* integrating TACL papers whose authors have chosen to present at this conference
* selecting invited speakers
+
* possibly setting up the mentoring service for authors from countries where English is not the language of scientific exchange
* creating the conference program
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* creating the conference program, to be publicized by publication and handbook chairs
* constructing a program handout
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* recruiting session chairs
* communicating with the General Chair and the Executive Committee
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* compiling statistics on the conference for the ACL wiki and the business meeting
 
* providing updates to the Program Chair section of the Conference Handbook
 
* providing updates to the Program Chair section of the Conference Handbook
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Some suggestions made by Jan Wiebe and Su Jian (program chairs for ACL-AFNLP 2009): [[program chair suggestions]]
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Revised: Joakim Nivre, based on input from Katrin Erk and Noah Smith, 2016
  
 
[[Category:Conference Handbook]]
 
[[Category:Conference Handbook]]

Latest revision as of 04:18, 30 October 2016

Program Co-Chair Duties

Conference Handbook - Program Chair Duties

The Program Co-Chairs are responsible for assembling the main conference program. This includes

  • managing the reviewing software
  • communicating with the General Chair and the Executive Committee
  • selecting area chairs
  • reviewer selection: either done by program chairs (incl. load balancing) or area chairs
  • constructing and distributing the Call-for-Papers
  • selecting invited speakers
  • overseeing the Best Paper Award (including making a best paper committee)
  • overseeing the reviewing process
  • finalizing the selection of accepted papers
  • deciding on oral versus poster presentation
  • communicating the review results to authors
  • integrating TACL papers whose authors have chosen to present at this conference
  • possibly setting up the mentoring service for authors from countries where English is not the language of scientific exchange
  • creating the conference program, to be publicized by publication and handbook chairs
  • recruiting session chairs
  • compiling statistics on the conference for the ACL wiki and the business meeting
  • providing updates to the Program Chair section of the Conference Handbook

Some suggestions made by Jan Wiebe and Su Jian (program chairs for ACL-AFNLP 2009): program chair suggestions

Revised: Joakim Nivre, based on input from Katrin Erk and Noah Smith, 2016