You can look at Kevin Timpe’s conference photos online at

http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=0BZtWbFu3ZMXQg

You will need to join shutterfly (for free) to see all of the photos.

Please note the photo array of Yanyan eating. She’s a legend.

Thanks Kevin.

Please stop in Room 118 if you have questions or are in need of a good cup of coffee (or a light snack or to check your email). Also, we will be registering people today in the lobby of  Lake View. But on Monday and Tuesday, please register in the Hospitality Room. We will have a sign in the lobby of Lake View directing you to the Room 118.

Please find our final schedule at http://www.spb2009.org/schedule. Please check your times. We have moved one of the students sessions from Friday to Wednesday.

Presenters: You get about 25 minutes to present your paper. Please plan accordingly.

Respondents: You get six minutes and will be warned at five minutes and stopped at six minutes.

The remaining thirty minutes are for discussion.

Please remind your local friends to attend the evening keynote sessions. 

See you all very soon. 

–Kelly

You can now find maps to the hotels in Chinese and English online at http://www.spb2009.org/hotels-and-directions. The maps also indicate the location for Registration and the Conference (Lake View Hotel) and the evening Keynote Lectures (Yingjie Exchange Center). Print the maps and give them to your taxi driver.

If for any reason you must cancel, please notify us immediately (drom@calvin.edu). I have learned of one cancellation but through the rumor process. We are reserving rooms and meals for registered participants so it’s imperative that you notify us if your plans change.

From the US Embassy:

The evening keynote lectures are free and open to the public. We have an outstanding lineup of speakers. Could all Beijing area participants please print up the advertisement (use link below to download pdf) and give copies to students and professors who might be interested in attending? Also, could students put it on campus bulletin boards (physical and electronic)? Thanks for your kind assistance.

http://www.spb2009.org/pdf/keynoteadvert.pdf

Hanggai to play at closing banquet. National Public Radio wrote: “With the beat evoking horse hooves thundering over the grasslands, Hanggai’s music hearkens back to the nomad’s way of life.” Check out a recent review of their concert in London: http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2009/may/20/world-music-hanggai-mamer

The first draft of the conference schedule is now online. It includes both Western and Chinese presenters and titles. You can find the link to it at our website: www.spb2009.org.

Several Chinese participants, worried that they have not been permitted to attend the conference, have asked us for a letter of invitation. I want to clarify: you do not need a letter of invitation to attend the conference. If you registered, you are invited and fully welcome to attend. And all registered participants will receive all meals and, if you are outside of Beijing, transportation and room. If you requested a room and there is someone that you wish to room with, please let us know your roommate preference (send request to ekc2@students.calvin.edu). Otherwise, we will assign roommates. Students who have been invited to participate in the pre-conference seminar have already been assigned roommates.