Connectionists: Joint Call for Tutorial Proposals (EACL/ACL) 2026

[Aline Paes]

Joint Call for Tutorial Proposals (EACL/ACL) 2026

The Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL) and the European
Chapter of the ACL  (EACL) invite proposals for tutorials in conjunction
with the ACL 2026 and EACL 2026 conferences.  We welcome submissions
covering all areas of computational linguistics (CL) and natural language
processing (NLP), broadly defined to include related disciplines.

We are soliciting proposals for two types of tutorials:

   -

   Cutting-edge tutorials in CL/NLP: Covering recent advances in emerging
   areas not previously addressed in tutorials at EACL, NAACL-HLT, ACL, or
   EMNLP.

   -

   Introductory tutorials in related fields: Offering overviews of
   disciplines potentially relevant to the CL/NLP community, such as
   linguistics, bioinformatics, machine learning, human-computer interaction,
   or applications of large language models in non-English languages.


In both cases, the primary goal is to help CL/NLP researchers understand
key scientific challenges, their tractability, and their theoretical and
practical implications. Presentations of specific technologies or systems
are welcome when used to illustrate broader scientific insights.

Tutorials will be held at one of the following conference venues:

 * EACL 2026 (The 19th Conference of the European Chapter of the
Association for Computational Linguistics), which will be held as a hybrid
conference, and physically held in Rabat, Morocco, from March 24-29, 2026.

 * ACL 2026 (The 64th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational
Linguistics), which will be held as a hybrid conference and physically held
in San Diego, California, from July 2-7, 2026.


Other calls will be made in the fall for tutorials colocated with
conferences later in the year (e.g., EMNLP and AACL). This call thus
exclusively centers EACL and ACL 2026.

*Important Dates*
EACL/ACL 2026 shared dates:

Proposal submission deadline

October 20, 2025

Notification of acceptance

December 08, 2025

Tutorial slides + abstract + bibliography + any other materials

one month prior to the date of the tutorial

All deadlines are 11:59 PM UTC-12:00 (“anywhere on Earth”).
Fee Waivers

Up to 3 instructors per tutorial can have their registration fees waived
for the main conference and any subset of co-located tutorials and
workshops.
Diversity & Inclusion

To foster an inclusive culture in our field, we particularly encourage
submissions from members of underrepresented groups in CL/NLP, i.e.,
researchers from any demographic or geographic minority, researchers with
disabilities, among others. The overall diversity of the tutorial
organizers and potential audience will be taken into account to ensure that
the conference program is varied and balanced.

Tutorial proposals should describe and will be evaluated according to how
the tutorial contributes to topics promoting diversity (e.g., working on
minority languages or groups), participation diversity (e.g., coordinating
with social affinity groups, providing subsidies, making a promotional plan
for the tutorial), and representation diversity among tutorial presenters.
For more information or advice, organizers may consult resources such as
the BIG directory <http://www.winlp.org/big-directory/>, Black in AI
<https://blackinai.github.io/#/membership>, Disability in AI
<https://elesa.github.io/ability_in_AI/>, Indigenous AI
<https://www.indigenous-ai.net/>, LatinX in AI
<https://lxai.app/PUBLIC-DIRECTORY>, Masakhane <https://www.masakhane.io/>, 500
Queer Scientists <https://500queerscientists.com/>, and Women-in-ML’s
directory <https://www.wiml.org/directory>.
Submission Details

Proposals should use the ACL paper submission format. Authors can download
<https://github.com/acl-org/acl-style-files> the LaTeX or Word template or
use the Overleaf template <https://www.overleaf.com/read/crtcwgxzjskr>.
Proposals should not exceed 4 pages of content (plus one page for tutor
biographies and unlimited pages for references), should be submitted as PDF
documents, and should contain the following:

   1.

   A title and authors, affiliations, and contact information.
   2.

   A brief description of the tutorial content and its relevance to the
   CL/NLP community.
   3.

   Type of the tutorial: “cutting-edge in CL/NLP” vs ”introductory to
   fields related to CL/NLP”.
   4.

   Briefly describe the target audience and any expected prerequisites for
   the attendees, for example:
   -

      Math: e.g., “Understand derivatives and integrals as found in
      introductory calculus”
      -

      Linguistics: e.g., “Be able to parse and generate text with
      dependency grammars”
      -

      Machine Learning: e.g., “Understand ‘classical’ supervised methods
      such as SVM and perceptron”
      -

      Neural Network: e.g., “Familiarity with transformers”
      -

      Programming or other tools: e.g., “Knowledge of PyTorch and Unix
      command line tools”
      5.

   An outline of the tutorial structure and content, and how it will be
   covered in a three-hour slot. In exceptional cases, six-hour tutorial slots
   are available. These time limits do not include coffee breaks, e.g., a
   three-hour tutorial in fact occupies a 3.5-hour slot, and a six-hour
   tutorial occupies a 7-hour slot.
   6.

   Explain how the tutorial includes other people’s work. We recommend that
   the tutorial cover work by the presenters as well as by other researchers.
   The submission should explain how this breadth is ensured. Tutorials should
   not be “self-invited talks”.
   7.

   Diversity considerations, e.g., use of multilingual data, indications of
   how the described methods scale up to various languages or domains,
   participation of both senior and junior instructors, demographic and
   geographical diversity of the instructors, plans for how to diversify
   audience participation, etc.
   8.

   Reading list. Work that you expect the audience to read before the
   tutorial can be indicated by an asterisk. Recommended papers should provide
   breadth of authorship and include work by other authors, as well as work
   from other disciplines is welcomed if relevant.
   9.

   For each tutorial presenter, a one-paragraph statement of their research
   interests and areas of expertise for the tutorial topic, as well as
   experience in instructing an international audience.
   10.

   An estimate of the audience size for the tutorial. If the same or a
   similar tutorial (or workshops, talks, etc.) has been given before, include
   information on where any previous version of the tutorial was given and how
   many attendees the tutorial attracted.
   11.

   A description of special requirements for technical equipment.
   12.

   We intend to make tutorial presentation materials publicly available
   (e.g., tutorial slides, captioned video recording, as well as software,
   data, or other resources as applicable) in the ACL Anthology. If any of
   your tutorial materials cannot be shared, please explain why this is the
   case.
   13.

   An ethics statement that discusses the ethical considerations related to
   the topics of the tutorial.
   14.

   A description of any limitations that would restrict the tutorial to a
   specific venue (EACL or ACL). For example: if the tutorial is compatible
   with only one of these events, logistically, thematically or otherwise, or
   if the tutorial cannot be held at a venue for logistical reasons.
   15.

   OPTIONAL: We welcome proposals on the special conference themes. If your
   tutorial proposal aligns with the special themes of EACL (theme TBA) or ACL
   (theme TBA), then please explain why this is the case.
   16.

   OPTIONAL: We invite tutorial instructors to include pedagogical material
   that the audience can bring into classrooms or similar spaces of
   discussion, to bring attention to the tutorial topic (e.g., a hands-on
   exercise, discussion questions, a demo, or an assignment). If you would
   like to provide this, then please explain why this is the case.

Tutorial proposals should be submitted online using the softconf system at
the following link: https://softconf.com/p/acl-tutorials2026. Proposals
will be reviewed jointly by the Tutorial Co-Chairs of the conferences and,
optionally, by a group of external experts.
Evaluation Criteria

Each tutorial proposal will be evaluated according to its clarity and
preparedness, novelty or timely character of the topic, instructors’
experience, target audience, open access of the tutorial instructional
material, and diversity and inclusion.
Instructor Responsibilities

Tutorial decisions along with reviews will be released by Dec 08, 2025.
Accepted tutorial proposers must then provide abstracts for inclusion in
the conference registration material by the specific conference deadlines.
The description should be in two formats: (a) an ASCII version that can be
included in email announcements and published on the conference website,
and (b) a PDF version for inclusion in the electronic proceedings (detailed
instructions will be provided). Tutorial speakers must provide tutorial
materials (e.g., slides, a relevant list of papers) at least one month
prior to the start date of the hosting conference. The final submitted
tutorial materials must minimally include copies of the course slides and a
bibliography for the material covered in the tutorial. After the
conference, the presenters will be invited to update their slides in the
ACL Anthology (if needed).
Tutorial Chairs

*EACL

   -

   Aline Paes, Fluminense Federal University, Brazil
   -

   Rodrigo Wilkens, University of Exeter, UK
   -

   Chenghua Lin, The University of Manchester, UKå

*ACL

   -

   Kenton Murray, Johns Hopkins University, USA
   -

   Jacob Andreas, MIT, USA


If you have any questions related to tutorial proposals, you can reach us
at eaclacl2026_tutorials at googlegroups.com
<eacl2026_tutorials at googlegroups.com>.
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