1. ACL-IJCNLP-09 General Chair Report Keh-Yih Su August 2nd, Singapore

2. 2009/8/02Keh-Yih Su ACL-IJCNLP-092 Team Members n Local Organizer: u Li, Haizhou (I2R, Singapore) n Program Chairs:  Wiebe, Jan ( University of Pittsburgh, USA) u Su, Jian (I2R, Singapore) n Other Chairs: u Please see the Conference Handbook

3. 2009/8/02Keh-Yih Su ACL-IJCNLP-093 Program Structure Tutorials: 3 rooms (total 6 half-day tutorial) Main Conference: 4 parallel tracks Workshops (12, excluding EMNLP) u 2 two-day, 10 one-day u First Day: 8 rooms u Second Day: 6 rooms EMNLP: 4 parallel tracks

4. 2009/8/02Keh-Yih Su ACL-IJCNLP-094 Related Statistics (1) Total 925 submissions (record high!!):  569 submissions for full papers (99 + #ACL-08), 120 of them are accepted (21%)  356 submissions for short papers (81 + #ACL-08), 93 of them are accepted (26%)  Some other reference numbers:  Coling-ACL 2006 has 618 submissions (no short papers category)  ACL-2007 has 588 submissions (no short papers category)  ACL 2008 has 470 full papers 275 short papers

5. 2009/8/02Keh-Yih Su ACL-IJCNLP-095 Related Statistics (2) Student Workshop (Brian and Grace)  25 submissions, 12 of them are accepted (48%) Demo (Gary and Sabine)  23 submissions, 11 of them are accepted (48%) Tutorial (Diana and Chengqing)  19 proposals received, 6 of them are accepted (30%) Workshop (Jimmy and Yuji)  18 Top-1 preference for us, 12 of them are accepted (67%) Mentoring Service (Hwee-Tou and Florence)  10 full papers and 2 short papers

6. 2009/8/02Keh-Yih Su ACL-IJCNLP-096 Related Statistics (3) Sponsorship (Hitoshi and Kim-Teng)  Total US$25,456.24  Gold (1), Silver (4), Bronze (1), Supporter (1)  Student Best Paper Award (IBM)  Local Sponsorship  Entertainment in welcome reception and banquet  Conference souvenirs (Special Singapore stamps)  Asian student travel grants  30 paid registrations for staff/students Exhibition (Timothy and Philipp)  Total US$3,500.  2 Publishers, 3 Companies, 2 Local Organizations

7. 2009/8/02Keh-Yih Su ACL-IJCNLP-097 Summary Sponsorship and Exhibition under expectation  Contribution mainly from traditional USA ACL sponsors (thanks Priscilla!)  Possible Reasons  Bad global economic situation  Lacking connections? Late movement? Paper submissions and registrations beyond expectation  925 submissions, 792 pre-registration!