After a very successful first edition of Neu-IR at SIGIR 2016, we are happy to organize a second version of the workshop at SIGIR 2017. Key facts: the web site for Neu-IR 2017 is online now at http://neu-ir.weebly.com, the deadline for submissions is June 11, 2017 and the workshop itself will take place on Friday August 11, 2017 in Tokyo, Japan.