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The Global Wordnet Association welcomes bids from potential organizers of the 13th Global Wordnet Conference in January 2025.

The deadline for submitting a proposal is March 31th, 2024.

Bids will be considered by the GWA Board and a decision will be announced April 30th, 2022.

Proposals must consider and, where appropriate, address the following criteria:

* Expected size: 50-100 people

* Logistics

– Convenient and reasonably priced international flight connections

– Inexpensive lodging for participants on small budgets

* Date

– Projected date: January 2025

– Conference length of 4 days

* Participants/Content

– We encourage efforts to expand participation beyond the current wordnet community

– We encourage co-located tutorials, workshops, panels, hackathons, shared tasks and other events

* Proceedings

– Local organizers are the main editors of the proceedings

– Proceedings must get an ISBN number and must be freely downloadable from the GWA website

– Proceedings should be registered in the ACL Anthology (the GWA board will help with this).

* Budget and Fees (this is a model; variations can be proposed and discussed)

– Fee structure:

– Aim to keep to 200 EUROs maximum for regular participants

– Reduced fee for students and participants from countries with little funding

– Fees include GWA membership to be transferred to GWA (see below)– Participants fees also cover:

– proceedings (electronic & ISBN)

– coffee breaks

– lunches (depending on local costs),

– Fees do not necessarily cover:

– accommodation

– dinners

– local transport from hotel pick-up points to conference

– Optional additional fee to cover:

– banquet

– excursion

* Costs to be borne by the local organizer:

– meeting rooms and equipment rental

– local support staff

* Sponsorship: the organizer is encouraged to find sponsors

– Invited speaker(s) from the international community, to be selected by the organizers in consultation with the GWA board.

* Board and the local organizers:

– Number of speakers determined by the availability of financial support.

– Local organizers may additionally invite and sponsor one or more local speakers, in consultation with the GWA Board.

* Financial responsibility:

– The GWA cannot contribute financially or assume any financial responsibility

– Financial responsibility rests entirely with the local organizer

– Early registration to reduce risk is encouraged

– Enforce policy of inclusion of papers in proceedings after early registration of at least one author

* Program committee:

– GWA Board

– Chairs: German Rigau and Francis Bond

– The reviewing will include a best paper award

– Program Committee to be composed before Call for Papers

Please send your bids to German Rigau german.rigau@ehu.eus and Francis Bond <bond@ieee.orgmailto:bond@ieee.org>