EURALEX 2002

Congress Information

The Tenth EURALEX International Congress will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, from 13 to 17 August 2002. The Congress will be organized by the Center for Sprogteknologi (CST), Copenhagen; the venue will be the University of Copenhagen.

Contact address

Congress Organizers EURALEX 2002
Anna Braasch
Center for Sprogteknologi (CST)
Njalsgade 80
DK-2300 Copenhagen S
Denmark

E-mail: elx2002@cst.dk

About the Congress

The EURALEX Congresses brings together professional lexicographers, publishers, researchers, scholars, and others interested in dictionaries of all types. The programme will include invited talks, plenary lectures, parallel paper sessions on the topics listed below, poster sessions, software demonstrations, a pre-congress tutorial, a book and software exhibition, and social events for participants and accompanying persons.

Congress programme

Topics

Papers, posters, and software demonstrations are invited on all aspects of lexicography, including, but not limited to, the following fields, which are the main focus of the
Congress:

1. Computational Lexicography and Lexicology
2. Phraseology and Collocations
3. Dictionary Use
4. The Dictionary-Making Process
5. Reports on Lexicographical and Lexicological Projects
6. Bilingual Lexicography
7. Lexicography for Specialized Languages
8. Historical and Scholarly Lexicography; Etymology
9. Lexicological Issues of Lexicographical Relevance
10. Other topics

These broad indications should not be regarded ad excluding any other lexicographic topic. Papers, posters, and demonstrations that are relevant to the Congress but do not fall within any of the categories 1-9 will be reviewed nonetheless and considered for presentation.

Submission types

Submissions may be of one of the following types: Papers, software demonstrations or posters.

Papers

Paper presentations should be timed to last for 30 minutes, and will be followed by a 10-minute discussion period. (Short papers and project notes should be timed to last for 20 minutes + 10-minute discussion period.) Further details will be provided by the Programme Committee when speakers are notified of the acceptance of submitted papers.

There are no restrictions on the language of presentations, but unfortunately it is not possible to offer an interpretation service.

Software Demonstrations

We are particularly interested in considering well-prepared software demonstrations, and presentations of electronic dictionaries, both for human users and for language technology applications, corpora, tools, etc. Accepted demonstrations will be presented in a 20-minute time slot + 10-minute discussion period. Standard technical facilities will be available. Submissions relating to software demonstrations should include a description of the functions, underlying approach and implementation of the software. For convenience, please bring your own equipment, if possible.

Posters

We plan to organize a poster session: appropriate facilities will be provided in the central area of the Congress site. Details of the size and format of poster stands will be attached to the letter of acceptance.

Review Process

Submissions of all types will be reviewed by at least two members of the Reviewers' Panel. The final Congress programme will be drawn up by the Programme Committee.

How to make a submission

Authors should send two hard copies as well as an electronic version (as an e-mail attachment) of the preliminary version of their contribution, to reach the Congress Organizers not later than 15 November, 2001.

Format of hardcopy submissions

- Papers: 6 to 8 pages, double-spaced
- Project notes and software demonstrations: 4 pages, double-spaced
- Posters: 1 to 2 pages, double-spaced
Front page:
- In the top right hand corner:indication of the contribution type (Paper/SW demo/Poster) And of the topic category selected from the list of topics (from 1 to 9; if your paper does not fall into any of the main categories, please use category 10)
- Title of the paper/software demonstration/poster
- Name(s), affiliation(s) and address(es) of the author(s)
- Abstract (10 to15 lines)

File format of electronic submissions

As a WORD .rtf file.

Submissions accepted - final version

Authors whose submissions are accepted will receive a style guide for the preparation of the final version of their paper (in hardcopy and electronic form), to be published in the Proceedings before the Congress. Style sheet guide can be downloaded here UPDATED Mar 13! Papers will be allotted up to 11 pages; project notes and papers relating to software demonstrations ca. 6 pages, to be placed in a separate section of the Proceedings volumes.

Important Dates

15 November 2001: Final deadline for receipt of preliminary versions of papers by Congress Organizers (which is to be understod as arrival date)

15 February 2002: Notification of acceptance/rejection

1 April 2002: Final deadline for receipt of camera-ready papers for inclusion in the Proceedings (arrival date)

1 May 2002: Deadline for early payment for the Congress.

10 July 2002: Final deadline for registration and late payment for the Congress

Forthcoming information from the local organizers
1 July 2002: Pre-final programme and Final Congress Information

13 August 2002: (on arrival): Final academic and social programme, Welcome information, etc.

Programme Committee:

Anna Braasch (Chair, DK), František Cermák (CZ), Marie-Hélène Corréard (F), Ulrich Heid (D), Bolette Pedersen (DK) and Lars Trap-Jensen (DK).

Revievers' Panel

An international Reviewers' Panel consisting of a number of highly respected professionals in the field will assist the Programme Committee in the reviewing of the submissions to the Congress. The full list of the Reviewers' Panel, which includes well-known colleagues from academia as well as from the publishing world, may be found here: The Panel