natural language generation workshop registration open 9th international workshop natural language generation 5 7 august 1998 prince wales hotel niagara onthe lake ontario canada call participation information registration forms visit http logos uwaterloo ca inlg98 preliminary details program registration information forms available 9th biennial workshop natural language generation workshop held scenic town niagara onthe lake near niagara falls ontario canada 5 7 august 1998 inlg workshop principal gathering researchers natural language generation providing pleasant atmosphere stimulating informative talks topics relating automated production natural language including discourse structure grammar lexis lexical choice text planning schemas macroplanning sentence planning microplanning semantics knowledge representation register genre pragmatics generator architecture realization generator applications system descriptions generator evaluation planning text formatting generation multimedia planning presentation systems speech synthesis program includes approximately 30 papers demonstrations panel session presented 2 1 2 days complete list accepted papers conference web site addition social program includes opening reception evening 4 august outing niagara falls dinner top skylon tower town niagara onthe lake easily accessible toronto international airport heart one canada major fruitgrowing wine regions 30 minutes drive niagara falls one oldest settlements canada many fine examples victorian architecture niagara onthe lake bills prettiest town canada main streets quaint picturesque many interesting shops cafes restaurants also home shaw festival one top north american repertory theatre companies workshop sponsored association computational linguistics acl siggen special interest group natural language generation workshop held week immediately prior joint conference coling acl montreal canada 1014 august 1998 workshop bus take participants wish attend coling acl directly toronto train station express train montreal workshop organizers workshop organized chrysanne dimarco university waterloo assistance graeme hirst university toronto program chair eduard hovy usc isi general workshop questions chrysanne dimarco cdimarco logos uwaterloo ca phone 1 519 888 4443 program committee eduard hovy usc isi marina del rey chair stephan busemann dfki saarbruecken susan haller university wisconsin parkside helmut horacek university saarland xiaorong huang formal systems toronto kristiina jokinen atr kyoto guy lapalme university montreal daniel marcu usi isi marina del rey elisabeth maier dfki saarbruecken chris mellish university edinburgh marie meteer bbn jon oberlander university edinburgh cecile paris csiro sydney owen rambow cogentex inc ithaca ehud reiter university aberdeen elke teich macquarie university sydney marilyn walker att labs research florham park information program registration forms visit inlg98 website http logos uwaterloo ca inlg98