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======================== Call for Bids: ECIR 2015 ======================== The BCS Information Retrieval Specialist Group (IRSG) has been running a successful annual conference for young researchers in Information Retrieval since 1979. Originally the event was started as a BCS-IRSG Colloquium for Information Retrieval, but now has developed into a European conference to reflect the increased popularity and importance of the event. Previously the BCS-IRSG European Conference on Information Retrieval Research (ECIR) has alternated between Britain (even years) and continental Europe (odd years). From 2012, this constraint has been removed. The BCS-IRSG Committee is interested in hearing from bidders for organizing ECIR 2015 in a European country. ECIR 2014 is to be held in Amsterdam. Recent ECIR events have been held in Moscow, Russia (2013), Barcelona, Spain (2012), Dublin, Ireland (2011), Milton Keynes, UK (2010), Toulouse, France (2009), Glasgow, UK (2008), Rome, Italy (2007), London, UK (2006), Santiago de Compostela, Spain (2005) and Sunderland, UK (2004). Detailed guidelines can be found at http://csee.essex.ac.uk/staff/udo/ecir2015/ECIR2015_BID_CALL.pdf (and a costings template at http://csee.essex.ac.uk/staff/udo/ecir2015/ECIR_budget.xls). Interested parties should submit their proposal by email to the IRSG Secretary ([log in to unmask]), and a copy to [log in to unmask] Deadline for ECIR 2015 proposals: Midnight UTC Wednesday 31st July 2013. Please feel free to contact me with any questions. Udo Kruschwitz Secretary BCS-IRSG