<s>
The	O
Australasian	B-General_Concept
Language	I-General_Concept
Technology	I-General_Concept
Association	I-General_Concept
(	O
ALTA	O
)	O
promotes	O
language	B-Application
technology	I-Application
research	O
and	O
development	O
in	O
Australia	O
and	O
New	O
Zealand	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ALTA	O
is	O
a	O
founding	O
regional	O
organization	O
of	O
the	O
Asian	O
Federation	O
of	O
Natural	O
Language	O
Processing	O
(	O
AFNLP	B-General_Concept
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Every	O
year	O
early	O
December	O
ALTA	O
organises	O
a	O
research	O
workshop	O
(	O
commonly	O
known	O
as	O
ALTW	O
)	O
gathering	O
together	O
the	O
growing	O
language	B-Application
technology	I-Application
community	O
in	O
Australia	O
and	O
New	O
Zealand	O
,	O
both	O
from	O
the	O
academic	O
and	O
industrial	O
world	O
.	O
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