Second Call for Shared Task Proposals (GermEval)
KONVENS 2026 — Conference on Natural Language Processing
Date: September 14–17, 2026
Location: University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
We cordially invite proposals for the GermEval Shared Task 2026 co-located with KONVENS 2026 in Hamburg, Germany (September 14-17) . GermEval is a series of shared task evaluation campaigns that focus on Natural Language Processing for the German language and has been running since 2014, traditionally co-located with KONVENS. Join us in Germany’s most vibrant northern city and help shape the scientific exchange on natural language processing, computational linguistics, and related areas!
Previous shared tasks
- Named entity recognition (2014)
- Lexical Substitution (2015)
- Aspect-based Sentiment in Social Media Customer Feedback (2016)
- Offensive Language (2018, 2019)
- Hierarchical classification of blurbs (2019)
- Lemmatization of German web and social media texts (2019)
- Identification of Toxic, Engaging, and Fact-Claiming Comments (2021)
- Text Complexity (2022)
- Speaker Attribution (2023)
- Sexism Detection in German Online News Fora (2024)
- Candy speech detection (2025)
- Harmful Content Detection in Social Media (2025)
- LLMs4Subjects (2025)
- Understanding Sustainability Reports (2025)
For details see https://germeval.github.io/tasks/.
Submission guidelines
For GermEval, proposals are invited for any shared task involving natural language processing in the context of the German language. For a detailed questionnaire to be submitted please see: https://gscl.org/germeval.
Additionally to the questionnaire, you should also submit a proposal with the following details:
- a title and a brief description (no more than 4 pages in ACL format) of the shared task
- the names and email addresses of the organizers
The proposals are to be sent to info.konvens2026@gscl.org.
Deadline for GermEval Shared Task Proposals is EXTENDED toOrganizers of accepted shared tasks are responsible for publicity, review process, and producing the camera-ready workshop proceedings.
While fixing the exact timeline for the shared task is up to the task organizers, we propose the following tentative schedule:Important Deadlines for KONVENS 2026
| Activity | Date |
|---|---|
| Shared task proposal deadline | |
| Shared task notification of acceptance | |
| Trial data ready (suggested) | February, 9, 2026 |
| Training data ready (suggested) | March, 9, 2026 |
| Test data ready (suggested) | April, 13, 2026 |
| Evaluation start (suggested) | May, 18, 2026 |
| Evaluation end (suggested) | May, 25, 2026 |
| Paper submission due (suggested) | July, 15, 2026 |
| Camera ready due (suggested) | August, 15, 2026 |
| KONVENS 2026 in Hamburg | September 14–17, 2026 |