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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
* 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
* 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
* selecting invited speakers
* overseeing the reviewing process  
* overseeing the Best Paper Award (including making a best paper committee)
* organizing the Program Committee Meeting
* overseeing the reviewing process
* overseeing the selection of accepted papers
* finalizing the selection of accepted papers
* deciding on oral versus poster presentation
* communicating the review results to authors
* communicating the review results to authors
* overseeing the Best Paper Award
* 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
* creating the conference program, to be publicized by publication and handbook chairs
* constructing a program handout
* recruiting session chairs
* communicating with the General Chair and the Executive Committee
* 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


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


[[Category:Conference Handbook]]
[[Category:Conference Handbook]]

Latest revision as of 10:18, 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