Symposium on Natural Language Generation Evaluations

News

June 03, 2026: Thank You! Thank you for everyone for attending RetroEval 2026. We had a fantastic time discussing evaluation practices and celebrating Prof. Reiter’s career.
May 28, 2026: Accepted Papers Now Avaliable Both accepted archival papers and extended abstracts are now published under the Accepted Papers page.
May 27, 2026: University Of Aberdeen Press Release The University of Aberdeen has issued a press release celebrating the career of Prof. Ehud Reiter and his contributions to Natural Language Generation: Ehud Reiter: Aberdeen academic whose words helped shape the age of AI retires.
May 26, 2026: Updated Venue Information The venue information including travel and contact information has now been updated. Please take look at the Venue Information page for more details.
May 20, 2026: Keynote Speaker Details Keynote speaker details have now been published including talk titles and abstracts. Please take look at the Keynote Speakers page for more details.
May 19, 2026: Presentation Details And Registration Extension We have now published the guidelines for author(s) for presenting their work at RetroEval 2026. Additionally, registration is now extended until 29th of May, 2026: Registration Booking Page
May 12, 2026: Registration now open Full registration is now open until 19th of May, 2026: Registration Booking Page
April 28, 2026: Reseveration Form Launched The RetroEval organisation team has now launched a pre-registration portal for interested attendees. The deadline for pre-registration ends 15th of May, 2026: Pre-registration Portal
April 20, 2026: Extended Deadline For Archival Submissions The deadline for archival direct submissions has been extended to the 28th of April 23:59 AoE. Please check the CfP page for more details.
April 01, 2026: Final Call For Papers We are pleased to announce the final call for papers. The deadline for direct paper submissions is the 17th of April for non-archival submissions and 24th of April for archival submissions 23:59 AoE. Please check the CfP page for more details.
March 09, 2026: Second Call For Papers We are pleased to announce the second call for papers. Please check the CfP page for more details.
February 19, 2026: Submission Links Now Avaliable The submission portals for ARR commitments and direct submissions (archival and non-archival) are now available.
February 04, 2026: Official Retroeval 2026 Website Now Online We are pleased to announce the first call for papers and the website for EvalRetro 2026. Please stay tuned for more information including submission details.

Background

Evaluation in the field of Natural Language Generation (NLG) has changed considerably over the past several decades. This special symposium in honour of Prof. Ehud Reiter’s retirement provides a forum for academic and industry researchers to look back on the topic of how evaluations in the field of NLG have changed and to explore unaddressed challenges. The two day symposium will be held in-person at the Sir Duncan Rice Library in the historic University of Aberdeen, June 1-2, 2026. For this symposium, we welcome submissions of long papers, short papers, and extended abstracts.

Important dates

Note: All deadlines are 23:59 UTC-12.

First call for papers: 06 February, 2026
ARR commitment deadline (archival): 16 March, 2026
Abstract submission deadline (non-archival): 17 April, 2026
Extended Direct paper submission deadline (archival): 28 April, 2026 (was 24 April, 2026)
New Notification of acceptance: 11 May, 2026 (was 8 May, 2026)
Event Pre-registration: 15 May, 2026 [Pre-registration Portal]
Camera-ready: 22 May, 2026
Event Registration: 29 May, 2026 Registration Booking Page
Symposium dates: 1-2 June, 2026. Aberdeen, United Kingdom.