On behalf of The National School of Applied Sciences in Fez (ENSA-USMBA) and the Arabic Language Engineering Society in Morocco (ALESM), the organizing committee would like to welcome you to The Sixth International Conference on Arabic Language Processing (ICALP'17).
ICALP (ex-CITALA) is aimed to become one of the leading international conferences in the field of Arabic Language Processing and related applications.
ICALP (ex-CITALA) is a series of international conferences which will be held once every two years. Regularly each ICALP (ex-CITALA) Conference edition attracts more authors from different countries in different continents thanks to the success of the preceding editions.
After the great success of the Fifth Editions, which was held in Oujda Morocco (November2014), the next year 2017 event will be held in Fez ,Morocco (October 11th-12th 2017).
The ICALP’17 conference will provide excellent opportunities to the scientists, researchers, industrial engineers, and university students to present their research achievements and to develop new collaborations and partnerships with experts in the field.
In ICALP’17, three Keynote Speakers will share their expertise with the aim of exposing participants to a wide spectrum of research and applications, to foster cross-pollination of research ideas and interests in Arabic Language Processing and related applications.
We thank you for your participation and contribution to the Sixth International Conference on Arabic Language Processing (ICALP'17), We wish you a very successful and enjoyable experience.

• Creating a space for communication, discussion, and scientific exchanges between specialists in Arabic NLP and related Arabic Text Mining Applications.
• Sharing the latest scientific results concerning Language Resources and Computer Applications.
• Presenting Theoretical and Practical Achievements proposed by Researchers in the field of Arabic NLP.
• Establishing a space for collaboration between researchers on common research topics and projects related to the area of Arabic NLP.
• Making the leaders and economic actors aware of the importance that can provide the promoting of scientific research in the area of Arabic NLP.