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+**Live Challenge Day (May 12)** 
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+1. We will conduct two live sessions on May 12 as part of the Live Challenge Day (calendar invites will be sent shortly):
+  * Session 1: 7:00 – 9:00 UTC
+  * Session 2: 15:00 – 17:00 UTC 
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+2. Just before your session start time, your team leader will receive an email containing the Question file (500 questions) — see Question file [json schema](Question_File.json.schema) and [example](Question_File_Example.json)
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+3. You must generate and submit your Answer file — see Answer file [json schema](Answe_File.json.schema) and [example](Answer_File_Example.json) — within 2 hours from your session start time\
+  3.1 **Remark:** Details regarding the exact submission process will be provided soon   
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+4. Please refer to the LiveRAG Challenge [Evaluation Guidelines](LiveRAG_Evaluation_Guidelines.md) for important information about the evaluation process 
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+5. You must share your RAG system Git repository with us by May 13 AoE via email at sigir2025-liverag-gen@tii.ae to enable result reproduction 
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+6. Additional information:\
+  6.1 The automatic evaluation results leaderboard will be published on the HuggingFace Challenge page once the evaluation process is completed 
+  6.2 The top-performing teams will undergo manual evaluation to determine the final winners, who will be announced on July 17 during the SIGIR 2025 LiveRAG Workshop 
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+**Dry Test (May 5)**
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+1. To ensure a smooth Live Challenge Day, we will conduct a Dry Test on May 5 (calendar invites will be sent shortly) 
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+2. Each Dry Test Question file will contain 50 questions 
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+3. Your answers will not be evaluated, and no leaderboard will be published for the Dry Test. Otherwise, instructions 1–4 from the Live Challenge Day also apply