Registration

Important: The ACL Executive Board, in a continuing effort to improve, ensure, and protect equity and diversity in our community, would appreciate your help in getting more accurate information about the makeup of our community. As a first pilot experiment, we will be asking about gender in the registration form this year. The information collected in this way will be anonymized by the ACL business manager before it is passed on to the executive committees of ACL, NAACL, and EACL. Only aggregate statistics will be stored, and the information will only be presented in such a way that it is not possible to identify individuals (excluding categories with fewer than 10 individuals). We hope that you are willing to share this information with us, but it is of course completely voluntary.

Click on the button below to register for the conference. More details about the conference registration are provided in the sections below. For the first time, the conference will also have on-site childcare through KiddieCorp subsidized by ACL.

Important Dates

Early online registration endsFridayJune 24, 2017 11:59 PM EDT
Late online registration endsFridayJuly 21, 2017 11:59 PM EDT
On-site registration opensSundayJuly 30, 2017

Please note that:

  • Registration prices will increase starting Sunday, June 25th, 2017 once early online registration has ended.
  • After the July 21st deadline for late online registration, you can only register on-site at the conference venue starting July 30th, 2017.

What’s included

As in previous years, your conference registration includes the main conference sessions, poster sessions, and demonstration sessions. Workshops and tutorials are not included. Also included are a Welcome Reception Sunday evening, breakfasts, mid-morning and mid-afternoon coffee breaks each day, and full dinners at both of the poster/demo sessions on Monday and Tuesday evenings.

Be sure to attend the social event, an evening of desserts and beverages to take place Tuesday, August 1st, following the poster session, at the Vancouver Aquarium following the Tuesday evening poster session (also included)!

Children and Family

ACL will be offering subsidized on-site childcare for the first time at ACL 2017. We have hired a professional childcare company, KiddieCorp, to provide this service. Regular conference participants will be charged $10 USD per hour per child. Student participants will be charged $5.


In addition to childcare, we invite you to bring your children, spouses and loved ones to the social event at the conference. On the registration form there is a section where you can purchase additional meals or additional tickets to the social event for your family members. The social event for this year is an evening at the Vancouver Aquarium Marine. It’s a family friendly venue, and we hope to see you and your family there!

Registration Fees

The table below shows the registration fees.

RegularStudent
EarlyLateOn-siteEarlyLateOn-site
Main Conference$550$625$700$295$345$400
Tutorials
      with Main Conference$185$210$210$125$145$145
      without Main Conference$220$245$245$145$165$165
Workshops (1-day)
      with Main Conference$135$185$185$110$145$145
      without Main Conference$230$255$255$160$190$190
Workshops (2-day)
      with Main Conference$225$260$260$155$190$190
      without Main Conference$390$430$430$240$300$300

Cancellation Policy

  • Anyone cancelling their registration one month or more prior to the conference will be refunded the full amount paid.
  • Anyone cancelling up to three weeks prior to the conference will be refunded the ACL membership (if paid as part of the registration) and any amounts paid over and above the first $200.
  • Anyone cancelling within three weeks prior to the conference and all no-shows will not be refunded any amount. They will be able to retain the current full year ACL membership (if paid as part of the registration).
  • Anyone cancelling due to governmental travel restrictions, failure to obtain a visa, or serious illness that prevents travel to the conference will be refunded the full amount paid regardless of when the notification is received by the ACL Office.