Welcome to EMNLP-IJCNLP 2019 in Hong Kong! I hope that this will be a successful conference in the 25-year tradition of EMNLP and IJCNLP, as well as an enjoyable and enriching experience for all. Continuing recent trends, this year has seen overwhelming interest from researchers from all over the world. We received a total of 2,914 submissions, which is a 37% increase over EMNLP 2018 (2,117 submissions). The three Program Co-Chairs, Jing Jiang, Vincent Ng, and Xiaojun Wan, oversaw the entire submission process, a truly Herculean feat. I am deeply grateful for your support. Managing such a large number of submissions would not have been possible without the hard work of a whopping 152 Area Chairs headed by 18 Senior Area Chairs as well, each responsible for overseeing a broad area. Under them, the combined effort of over 1,700 reviewers, each carefully examining submissions through the lens of their expertise, resulted in 465 long and 218 short papers to be presented at the main conference. Your efforts have been indispensable for making this conference happen.
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