MAX KELLY CONFERENCE IN CAPE TOWN January 2007: SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: Guillaume Brümmer John Frith Partha Ghosh Christopher Gilmour James Gray Keith Hardie David Holgate George, Tamar, and Zurab Janelidze Zechariah Mushaandja Peter Ouwehand Ingrid Rewitzky SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE: Martin Hyland George Janelidze Michael Johnson Peter Johnstone Stephen Lack Ross Street Walter Tholen Richard Wood DATES: 1. Registration and submission of Abstracts: before 1 December 2007. 2. Opening of the Conference: Monday, 21 January 2008. 3. The last "official" talks will be given on Saturday, 26 January 2008, however for those who will stay for the next week various informal sessions will be organized. 4. There will also be Conference Dinner and Evening of Memories probably on Friday 25 January. The precise dates will be given later in the third announcement. 5. Paper submission for the Proceedings Volume: before 1 April 2008 ACCOMMODATION: Since all of January is a peak time for tourism in Cape Town, it is urgent that you book the accommodation as soon as possible. It is easy to do it independently through Internet of course. However, the following additional information should be helpful: We recommend that participants book either 1. All Africa House http://www.cal.uct.ac.za/ . This is very nice and reasonable accommodation on the campus within 10 mins walking distance of the conference venue. They are reserving 20 rooms for us until the end of October. Please contact Callie at prezandt@protem.uct.ac.za (Web: www.cal.uct.ac.za ) to make a reservation and mention that you are a participant in the Max Kelley Conference. 2. Alternatively, if you prefer to stay in the City, we recommend the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront http://www.waterfront.co.za/ which has a number of hotels (some quite expensive) in particular the Breakwater Lodge Hotel. In fact we have made an agreement with the Breakwater Lodge Hotel; they are retaining some rooms for conference participants at a (mildly) reduced rate. If you wish to reserve a room there we can provide you with a reference to include in your application for a reservation. The Waterfront is very attractive and a prime tourist destination with many good restaurants and shops and is situated in the working harbour about 15 minutes by car from UCT. If you prefer a hotel or B&B near UCT then you can make your own arrangements by consulting the web page http://www.mth.uct.ac.za/sams/accomodation.html which summarises options. (This page was constructed for another conference which is being hosted by UCT). If you hire a car then you need not restrict yourself to any of the options mentioned above. Note that if you are staying for an additional week then you may choose to change accommodation in the second week to suit your purpose. REGISTRATION: Please email us the following information: 1. Full Name and Affiliation/Address (as you prefer it to appear in the list of Participants): 2. Pleae indicate if you would you like to give a talk and if so the preferred duration. The final time allotted will be at the discretion of the Scientific Committee. 3. Do you intend to stay on after the conference for an additional week? 4. Please indicate if you wish to stay at Breakwater Lodge. REGISTRATION FEE: The registration fee is ZAR 1500 South African rands which is approximately 150 euro. Payment details will be in the third announcement. ABSTRACT SUBMISSION: Please send us your Abstract as a PDF file of not more than two pages before 1 December. PROCEEDINGS VOLUME: The final decision about the journal has not been made yet, but we expect a good Proceedings Volume with papers being carefully refereed. PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS Please direct all queries to George Janelidze at George.Janelidze@uct.ac.za We look forward to seeing you in Cape Town. On behalf of the organising committee: John Frith, Christopher Gilmour, David Holgate, George Janelidze