For Evaluation Tasks

October 05, 2010	NTCIR-9 Kickoff event (NII, Tokyo, Japan)
January 05, 2011	Document Set Release*1
January 20, 2011 (extended) December 20, 2010	Task Registration Due*5
January 2011 - May 2011	Dry Run*2*3
March 2011 - July 2011	Formal Run*3
August 22, 2011	Task Overview Partial Release
by August 22, 2011	Evaluation Results Return
September 20, 2011	Paper for the Proceedings Due
October 19, 2011	Travel Support Application Due
October 24, 2011	Travel Support: Submission Due for Photocopies of the Receipt and the Ticket
October 26, 2011	Copyright Form Submission Due
October 26, 2011	Poster and Demo Session Request Form Due
October 27, 2011	Hotel Accommodation Form Due
November 04, 2011	VISA Support Application Due
November 04, 2011	Camera-ready Paper for the Proceedings Due
December 06 - December 09, 2011	Final Meeting

For EVIA 2011

• October 01, 2011 (extended) September 13, 2011	Submissions due
  October 15, 2011 (extended) October 7, 2011	Notification of Acceptance
  October 26, 2011	Copyright Form Submission Due
  October 27, 2011	Hotel Accommodation Form Due
  October 31, 2011 (extended) October 27, 2011	Final Manuscripts Due
  November 04, 2011	VISA Support Application Due
  December 6, 2011	EVIA 2011
  December 06 - December 09, 2011	NTCIR-9 Final Meeting

Notes:

1. The exact date for Document Set Release is deceided by each task. (Documents may be released earlier or later than January 05, 2011.)
2. With or without dry run is decided by each task. For further information, please consult the web site for each task.
3. The exact dates for the dry and formal runs are decided by each task.
   For further information, please consult the web site for each task.
4. Please understand that we are out of business on Saturday, Sunday and the National Holidays.
   *National Holidays in Japan:
   2010 - October 11th, November 3rd, November 23rd, December 23rd, from December 29 to January 3rd
   2011 - January 10th, February 11th, March 21st, April 29th, from May 3rd to 5th, July 18th, September 19th, September 23rd, October 10th, November 3rd, November 23rd
5. Some tasks may have their own registration deadline (later than Jan 20 but no later than Feb 20).
   Please consult the task webpages for details.
   http://research.nii.ac.jp/ntcir/ntcir-9/tasks.html

For further information, please contact Noriko Kando at ntc-admin.