Call for Participation
We are pleased to announce the PestCLEF2026<https://www.imageclef.org/PestCLEF2026> shared task as part of the LifeCLEF evaluation lab<https://clef2026.clef-initiative.eu/labs/lifeclef/> at CLEF 2026<https://clef2026.clef-initiative.eu/>. Task ------------------------- PestCLEF2026 is a knowledge graph extraction task framed as a document-level relation extraction problem. Target relations reflect ecological interactions and events relevant to plant health monitoring, which involve entities such as Host, Pest, Disease, Vector, and Location. Important Dates ------------------------- - Now: Registration is open and training data is released - 23 April 2026: Registration closes - 7 May 2026: Competition Deadline - 28 May 2026: Deadline for submission of working note papers at the CLEF Conference by participants (CEUR-WS proceedings) - 30 June 2026: Notification of acceptance of working note papers - 6 July 2026: Camera-ready deadline for working note papers - 21–24 September 2026: CLEF 2026 Conference in Jena, Germany Register and Participate ------------------------- Registration: https://clef-labs-registration.dipintra.it/registrationForm.php CLEF2026 Discord server (see #lifeclef): https://discord.gg/PEMh4a2YHV PestCLEF2026 homepage (general info): https://www.imageclef.org/PestCLEF2026 PestCLEF2026 Kaggle page (to participate): https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/pest-clef-2026 Organizers ------------------------- Robert Bossy (Paris-Saclay University, INRAE, France) Claire Nédellec (Paris-Saclay University, INRAE, France) Marine Courtin (Paris-Saclay University, INRAE, France) Louise Deléger (Paris-Saclay University, INRAE, France) Keep in touch via Kaggle or Discord. We are looking forward to your submission! The PestCLEF2026 team
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