<html><head></head><body><div style="font-family: Verdana;font-size: 12.0px;"><div>ECML PKDD 2019 was a stunning success! 850 participants registered and did so *before* the early bird deadline. As a result, the steering committee has postponed the decision on the 2021 proposal to give potential organizers the opportunity to take this increased interest into account.</div>
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If you intend to organize ECML PKDD, you should contact proposals@ecmlpkdd.org with a first draft no later than October 15. Final proposals have to be submitted by November 15.</div>
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Proposal guidelines can be found at http://www.ecmlpkdd.org/Main/Guidelines</div></div></body></html>