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Final Call for Participation: 6th AfricaNLP Workshop @ ACL 2025

The 6th AfricaNLP workshop, co-located with ACL 2025 in Vienna, Austria, is now accepting submissions until March 7, 2025. Focus on multilingual and multicultural-aware LLMs in African languages.

The 6th AfricaNLP workshop, co-located with ACL 2025 in Vienna, Austria, is now accepting submissions. The deadline for submissions is March 7, 2025 (AoE).

Submissions are welcome in the following formats:

  • Extended Abstracts (up to 2 pages): Non-archival submissions.
  • Papers (4-8 pages): Authors can choose between archival and non-archival submissions. Longer papers (more than 4 pages) are encouraged to opt for archival submission.
  • ARR Submissions: Papers previously submitted to ARR, with reviews and a metareview, from the December 2024 cycle or earlier.

Formatting guidelines and the Overleaf template are available at this link.

Submit your work via the submission portal.

Important dates:

  • Submission Deadline: March 7, 2025 (AoE)
  • Acceptance Notification: April 17, 2025 (AoE)
  • Camera-ready Deadline: May 9, 2025 (AoE)
  • Workshop Date: July 31 or August 1, 2025

The theme for the 2025 workshop is ‘Multilingual and Multicultural-aware LLMs,’ focusing on enhancing LLMs’ capabilities in African languages and ensuring cultural awareness in their applications.

Keynote speakers include:

  • Sebastian Ruder (Meta)
  • Muhammad Abdul-Mageed (UBC, MBZUAI)
  • Jesujoba Alabi (Saarland University)
  • Hellina Hailu Nigatu (UC Berkeley, MBZUAI)
  • Joyce Nabende (Makerere University)

For more information, visit the workshop website or contact the organizers at africanlp-acl2025@googlegroups.com.

Tags: AfricaNLP, ACL 2025, NLP, African Languages, LLMs, Workshop, Vienna, Submissions