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This page was last updated: 29/06/2006 p.m.

Deadlines

Registration: Early Registration is now closed. Registration at the full rate, for all or part of the conference is available on this site.

Conference Dates and Timetable

5-8 July. The conference will have three whole days of papers from 9.00-19.00 Thursday 6th and Friday 7th July, finishing with the final plenary  at 18.00 on Saturday, followed by a closing reception. Please remember that although the conference starts on Thursday 6 July at 9.00, the Welcome Reception, including a light meal, will be on the previous evening, Wednesday 5 July, after the pre-conference workshops and session on the future directions of sociolinguistic journals. Plan to arrive for Wednesday at the latest and leave on Sunday at the earliest!

The final timetables (published on 6 June 2006) are now available:

The outline timetable can be downloaded here.

The full timetable for colloquia, workshops and papers is available in .pdf format here.

The timetable for poster presentations is available on line here.

It can be downloaded as a MS Word file here .

Visa Requirements

Delegates are strongly advised to check their visa requirements for entering Ireland to attend SS16. You can see a list of countries whose citizens do or do not need to obtain a visitor's visa at the home page of the Department of Foreign Affairs: http://foreignaffairs.gov.ie/services/visa/default.asp?m=s 

To obtain a visa you will normally need a letter confirming that you will be attending SS16 and proof that you have booked and paid for your accommodation. Please contact your nearest Irish Embassy: http://foreignaffairs.gov.ie/embassies/default.asp?m=e 

Coach Transfers between the conference and  Shannon Airport

Coaches will be running at no extra charge from Shannon Airport to the University of Limerick and the conference hotels on Wednesday 5 July, and from the University and the hotels to Shannon on Sunday, 9 July. A schedule of the bus departure times from Shannon on the Wednesday and to Shannon on the Sunday are in the Word documents which you can open or download here:

From Shannon on Wednesday 5 July

To Shannon on Sunday 9 July

Should you need to travel at a different time, or not wish to wait for the coach, taxi and public bus services are also available from the terminal.

Poster Presentations

The display area of the poster boards has is 225 cm by 100 cm (portrait). You do not have to fill the whole space if you do not feel the need to do so!

Velcro mounting will be supplied for the posters. The velcro is sticky on the side that you attach to the poster and so no other mounting (pins, tape, etc.) will be necessary.

The timetable for posters is available from this page (linked from the information about the timetable) and from the Programme page. Presenters have been allocated a particular half hour period on a specific day during which they should be available to present and discuss their work. All posters should be in place by 15.00 on that day, and should be removed by the end of the day.

Registration for Pre-Conference Workshops

The Registration Form is  available from the Postgraduate/Pre-conference Workshop link (to the left of the screen), updated 27 June 2006. All those intending to register for a pre-conference workshop should fill out this form as well as the general SS16 registration form if they are intending to attend the Symposium as well. There are still some places left on all three workshops. There are still a very few places available in all three workshops.

The pre-conference workshops will start at 11.00 on Wednesday 5 July and finish at 16.00, being four hours long with a break for lunch, which will be provided. All those who have registered for a pre-conference workshop should assemble at the university's "Main Reception" at 10.45.

Solidarity Awards

Twenty solidarity awards have been made to delegates from countries which are financially disadvantaged. These awards were made to cover the registration fee and/or  accommodation in the campus accommodation. The SS16 Committee would like to thank delegates who included contributions to the Solidarity Fund while registering for the conference, and to the conference's sponsors who helped to make these awards possible.

Registration Fees

The Early Registration Fee was set at 330 euro (230 euro for students). The full fee is 400 euro.

Online registration is available. You may, as an alternative, register by downloading a PDF version of the form and faxing it to the Conference Secretariat. The Early Registration fee was applicable until 15 March 2006.

The registration fee includes full lunches on the three days of the conference, evening meals on the Wednesday and Thursday nights (the gala banquet on Friday night is an optional extra), a farewell reception on Saturday after the last plenary, bus transfers from the airport (SNN), all receptions and social events,  and the conference pack.

Accommodation

Accommodation should be booked at the time of registration. The Organising Committee highly recommends the accommodation in Dromroe Village and Thomond Village,  on campus. It is of a high standard. All rooms have their own toilet, basin and shower. Dromroe Village is only a very short walk from the conference venue, Thomond Village ten minutes further.

Sociolinguistics Symposium 17 and 18

Sociolinguistics Symposium 17 will be held in Amsterdam in 2008, organised by the Meertens Institute. The Local Committee includes representatives from the Fryske Akademy (Durk Gorter) and the Universities of Nijmegen (Roeland van Hout), Groningen (Harrie Mazeland) and Utrecht (Jacomine Nortier). The contact person is Leonie Cornips, Meertens Institute

As is the custom, the Local Committee of Sociolinguistics Symposium 16 (Limerick 2006) invites expressions of interest from potential organisers for Sociolinguistics Symposium 18 (2010). Future gatherings will be discussed at the Sociolinguistics Symposium Business Meeting, which will be held during SS16.

Important Information for Exhibitors

Delivery address for exhibition material is as follows: Deliver to:

Goods Inwards, (c/o Paul Boland, UCH)

University of Limerick

Limerick

Ireland

** Please mark all boxes as “SS16 Conference Exhibitor”**

Delivery telephone number for Goods Inwards is Jim O'Callaghan on + 353 (0)61 202056

The exhibition will be held in the Foundation Building .

Setup will be from 14h00 Wednesday 5 July.

Clear down will be after the final tea/coffee break at 17h00 on Saturday 8 July. 

Exhibition hours will be:

Wednesday 5 July: 14h00 - 18h00

Thursday 6 July: 08h30 - 18h00

Friday 7 July: 08h30 - 18h00

Saturday 8 July 08h30 to 17h00

The exhibition closes at 17h00 on Saturday 8 July. The collection point will be the Foundation Building, University of Limerick, phone number +353 (0)61 331549.

Instructions for presenters

Please read the following important notice for those wishing to use PowerPoint:

Important Instructions

Sign Language

Simultaneous translation to Irish Sign Language (ISL) will be available at the conference. All plenary talks and papers and panels which are of immediate relevance to the sociolinguistics of sign language will be interpreted.

Unfortunately we will not be able to provide ISL interpretation for all the 15 parallel sessions at all times. However, the Organising Committee requests that those who require sign interpretation inform the Committee which panels and sessions they wish to attend by 3 July so that we can be certain that provision be made accordingly.

Session with Journal Editors: Wednesday 5 July at 16.30

This session will take place at 16.30 in the Jean Monnet Lecture Theatre (JM). It will last for approximately 60 minutes. There are now a large number of sociolinguistics journals serving the profession. This session will provide an interactive forum for editors of some of the leading journals to discuss the contents of their journals and what areas they would like to develop or in which they would like to attract  submissions in the short to medium term. Editors present include: Allan Bell, Durk Gorter, Alexandra Jaffe, Barbara Johnstone, Marilyn Martin-Jones, Bernard Spolsky. Chaired by David Atkinson.