Preliminary Local Arrangements Report for 2002: (Budget at Exex meeting)

Registration figures as of June 25, 2002.
MAIN CONFERENCE: 615

WORKSHOPS:
EMNLP: 202
Effective Tools and Methodologies: 38
Discourse and Dialogue SIGDIAL: 86
Speech to Speech Translation: 41
Computational Approaches to Semitic Languages: 18
Natural Language Processing in the Biomedical Domain: 58
Unsupervised Lexical Acquisition: 84
Word Sense Disambiguation: 56
Morphological and Phonological Learning: 44
Natural Language Processing and Visualization: 13
Text Summarization: 70

TUTORIALS:
Machine Learning for Text Classification: 51
Toward Spontaneous Speech Recognition: 13
Kernel Methods and Support Vector Machines: 45
NLP Approaches to Reference: 38

BANQUET: 306
STUDENT LUNCH: 142
Studend Volunteers: 61

Special Events for ACL-02

Sat, July 6
NAACL Dinner, Inn at Penn, Chancellor Bd. Rm., 3:45-11 p.m., 10 (+3)
Contact: Diane Litman

EMNLP Reception, Hall of Flags, 6:00 8:00, 200 guests
Contact: Jan Hajic

Sunday, July 7
ACL Executive Board Meeting, Golkin (223) in Houston, 8:30 - 6:00 15/20
Contact: Sandee Carberry

RECEPTION, AT Penn Museum in Chinese Rotunda, 6:30-9 p.m., 450 guests
3 food stations & 2 drinks, Entertainment: Early Music Group
Contact: Martha Palmer

Monday, July 8
Comp. Ling. Ed. Bd. Lunch, Houston Hall, 12:30-2:00
Contact: S. Carberry

EXEC Dinner, Inn at Penn, 6:30-10:00, 50
Contact: S. Carberry

Tuesday, July 9
Banquet at 30th St. Station, North Waiting Hall, 6:30-11:00, 400 guests
Southern Deluxe Buffet, 2 drinks, Band: City Rhythm,
Contact: Martha Palmer

Wednesday, July 10
ACL Conf. Comm.Mtg. Breakfast,, Inn at Penn, 8-10 a.m., #26
Sontact: S. Carberry

Student Luncheon, Hall of Flags, 12:30, pizza, 150
Contact: Gideon gsm@cs.jhu.edu

Thursday, July 11,
SIGDIAL Reception, Logan Terrace & Lobby, 6:30-8:30, 90-100