<div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:7pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">* Apologies for cross-posting *</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;text-align:center;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:7pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">** Call for TUTORIAL PROPOSALS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;text-align:center;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:7pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In conjunction with </span><a href="https://cikm2020.org/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">CIKM 2020</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.37455;text-align:justify;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:7pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">CIKM 2020 will be a fully virtual conference, with no travel involved. Tutorial presentations will be given through live webinars with synchronized online discussions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.37455;text-align:justify;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:7pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In this context, please note the revised </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">submission deadlines below.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We encourage proposals for both half- and full-day tutorials from active researchers and experienced tutors. Ideally, a tutorial is on a specific topic of interest and will provide a self-contained overview of a topic and then cover the state of the art research and developments on the topic of interest. The general areas include, databases, information retrieval, knowledge management, and other topics of relevance for the CIKM community. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Tutorial attendees will pay a separate registration fee to cover the facility costs. CIKM 2020 will provide free registration for up to two tutorial organizers. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:14pt;margin-bottom:14pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Important Dates (Updated)</span></p><div dir="ltr" align="left" style="margin-left:0pt"><table style="border:none;border-collapse:collapse"><colgroup><col width="288"><col width="145"></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height:16.5pt"><td style="border-width:0.5pt 0.75pt 0.5pt 0.5pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:0pt 5.4pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Tutorial proposal deadline</span></p></td><td style="border-width:0.75pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:bottom;padding:2pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">May 1st, 2020</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:0pt"><td style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