Sessions’ length and regulations.

A) At the Registration desk, please pick up your name-tag in addition to cocktail (2 complimentary drinks) and dinner tickets. Wear your name-tag at all time during the conference and at the Thursday evening special event.

B) Sessions are 90 minutes long. Each participant, three (3) in each session, has 25 minutes to present his/her topic. The last 15 minutes are reserved for questions and answers. This time frame doesn’t apply to panels.

C) The session’s moderator will introduce each speaker and make sure the time frame is

duly followed.

I kindly request that speakers prepare, and give to the session moderator, no more

than three-line description of their profession and affiliation for their introduction.

D) All four breakout rooms are located in the College Center. Three on the main floor (Rooms 1, 2, 3), and one, Room 5, on the lower floor.

E) Signs with the conference name will be posted all over the College Center to lead you

to the right breakout rooms.

Conference Location: JMU College Center.

You can find maps of our area on the JMU web site. To get to the JMU web site, go to http://www.jmu.edu/forlang/exile click on “About JMU, then “Visitors”, “Campus Visits” and finally, on that page you will find maps, how to get to JMU, etc…

More detailed maps will be posted in ten days.

Parking

Parking permits will be sent by mail to the out of town participants. Therefore, make sure that your data shown in the “Conference Sessions” is correct. If you find errors, please let me know immediately.

Thursday evening special event. October 24, 2002

We are having for all participants and special guests a cocktail hour in the lobby of Highland Room from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m., and dinner in the same room from 7:00 to 9:30 p.m. Please wear your name-tags and bring your cocktail hour and dinner tickets.

The evening will be highlighted by a keynote speaker (read about him in the conference web-site), and by a special musical performance.