LINGUIST List 2.365

Thursday, 25 July 1991

Confs: Humor and IJCAI

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1. "don l. f. nilsen", HUMOR CONFERENCE IN PARIS
2. Kimberlee Pietrzak-Smith, IJCAI-91 PRE-REGISTRATION DEADLINE: JULY 31

 July 6-9, 1992 are the dates of the next conference of the
International Society for Humor Studies.
 Paper proposals must be submitted by October 31, 1991.
 Proposals must be submitted in a 6" X 9" box with the following
information at the top: NAME:
 UNIVERSITY OR INSTITUTION:
 TITLE OF THE PAPER
This is to be followed by your ABSTRACT.
 Your proposal must be accompanied by the $100 registration fee
($80 if you are a member of ISHS). Registration fees will be refunded
if your paper is not accepted.
 Please send your proposal and registration fee to:
 Alleen Pace Nilsen
 President, ISHS
 Asst VP for Personnel
 Arizona State University
 Tempe, AZ 85287-2803
 <IADAPNASUACAD>
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Don L. F. Nilsen, <ATDFNASUACAD> (602) 965-7592
Executive Secretary
International Society for Humor Studies
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ 85287-0302

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* 12th INTERNATIONAL JOINT CONFERENCE ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE *
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*		 24 - 30 August, 1991			 *
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*	 * Darling Harbour * Sydney * Australia *		 *
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	 | NB: EMAIL REGISTRATION NOW AVAILABLE! |
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	 | EMAIL REGISTRATION FORM APPENDED |
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IJCAI-91 will be held at Darling Harbour, Sydney, Australia, 24-30
August, 1991. Professor Barbara Grosz of Harvard University is the
Conference Chair; Professor John Mylopoulos and Professor Ray Reiter,
both of the University of Toronto, are Program CoChairs; and
Professor Michael McRobbie of the Australian National University is
the Australian National Committee Chair. Dr. Donald Walker of
Bellcore is Secretary-Treasurer for the Conference.
!!!! The main registration deadline for IJCAI-91 is 31 July, 1991 !!!!
!!!! The on-site registration fee may apply to registrations !!!!
!!!! 		received after this date.			 !!!!
Registration Brochures and Forms have been widely distributed.
However they can be obtained by post using email or directly by ftp.
Details of how to do this are attached at the end of this message.
HOW TO REGISTER FOR IJCAI-91
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There are four ways to register for IJCAI-91
	1. By Post
	2. By Courier
	3. By Fax
	4. By Email
1. Registering by Post
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Completed Registrations Forms and appropriate payment should be sent
to:
	IJCAI-91 Secretariat
	Parrish Conference Organisers
	PO Box 787
	Potts Point NSW 2011
	AUSTRALIA
	Telephone: 61 (Australia) 2 (Sydney) 3572600
2. Registering by Courier
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Completed Registrations Forms and payment being sent by international
express courier such as DHL, to ensure they arrive at the IJCAI-91
Secretariat before 31 July, should be sent to the following street
address:
	IJCAI-91 Secretariat
	Parrish Conference Organisers
	120 Bourke Street
	Wooloomooloo
	Sydney NSW
	AUSTRALIA
3. Registering by Fax
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Completed Registrations Forms should be faxed to either of the
following phone numbers:
	61 (Australia) 2 (Sydney) 3572950
	61 2 3571498
Note that the fax on the second number has just been installed because
of the volume of traffic IJCAI is causing on the first number. It will
not be fully operational until 23 July. If you have difficulty faxing
your Registration Form, please try BOTH numbers.
4. Registering by Email
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Email registration can be carried out by completing and emailing the
appended registration form to:
	ijcai.registrationvulcan.anu.edu.au
[Note from LINGUIST moderators: The IJCAI registration form is too long to
post in its entirety. It may be obtained from listservuniwa.uwa.oz.au by
sending the message:
get ijcai-registration
]
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PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS AN EMAIL ADDRESS TO WHICH *ONLY* EMAIL
		 REGISTRATIONS SHOULD BE SENT.
	IT IS *NOT* A GENERAL IJCAI CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS.
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Please also note the following about email registration:
	- Email registrations must be accompanied by appropriate
	credit card details.
	- It is recommended that those registering by email should
	consult the Registration Brochure where possible.
	- In the email Registration Form, AUD$ = Australian Dollars.
	At the date of posting the exchange rate for some major
	international currencies and the Australian Dollar were as
	follows:
		AUD$1.00	=	0.77 US Dollars
				=	0.89 Canadian Dollars
				=	4.74 French Francs
				=	1.4 German Marks
				=	1041 Italian Lira
				= 106 Japanese Yen
				=	1.36 New Zealand Dollars
				=	0.47 UK Pounds