A Speaker Odyssey. The Speaker Recognition and Language Characterization Workshop  
   31 May - 4 June 2004, Toledo, Spain. Cover new techniques and forensic speaker recognition. Schedule, program, committee, topics of interest and downloadable call for papers.
   http://www.odyssey04.org

7th Congress of the International Society of Applied Psycholinguistics  
   6-9 September 2004 at the University of Silesia, Cieszyn, Poland. Theme: Challenging tasks for psycholinguistics in the new century. Program, topics, online registration, fees, important dates and accommodation.
   http://www.us.edu.pl/uniwersytet/konferencje/2004/isapl/

Berkeley Linguistics Society Annual Meeting  
   February 13-16, 2004 at the University of California, Berkeley. Past meetings, proceedings, program and area information.
   http://linguistics.berkeley.edu/BLS/

Eighth International Symposium on Malay/Indonesian Linguistics (ISMIL 8)  
   31 July -2 August 2004, Penang, Malaysia. Program, abstracts, venue, registration, co-sponsors, accommodation, and speakers.
   http://email.eva.mpg.de/~gil/ismil/8/

11th Annual Meeting of the Austronesian Formal Linguistic Association (AFLA)  
   23-25 April 2004 in Berlin, Germany. Includes a special session on the syntax of adjuncts in Austronesian languages. Program, call for papers, accommodation, venue and arrival information.
   http://www.zas.gwz-berlin.de/events/afla/AFLA_XI/

2nd Symposium of Hispanic Linguistics  
   15-17 April 2004 at the University of Southampton, UK. Topics include discourse analysis, general linguistics, pragmatics and sociolinguistics. Speakers, program and abstracts, registration and accommodation.
   http://www.lang.soton.ac.uk/symposium/

3rd Language Variety in the South: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives  
   15-17 April 2004, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA. Abstracts, pre-conference workshop, travel and accommodation, registration, plenary speakers, program and sponsors.
   http://www.as.ua.edu/lavis/

57th Annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference  
   15-17 April 2004 at University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky. Includes sessions devoted to all aspects of theoretical and descriptive linguistics, sociolinguistics, and applied linguistics. Program, conference information and speakers.
   http://www.uky.edu/ArtsSciences/KFLC/

40th Annual Meeting of the Chicago Linguistic Society  
   15-17 April 2004, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Focuses both on the progress which the field of linguistics has made, and on the need for unification within the field. Panels, schedule, and conference information.
   http://humanities.uchicago.edu/orgs/cls/conf/conf.html

7th Biannual Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition Conference (GASLA)  
   16-18 April 2004, Bloomington, Indiana, USA. a peer-reviewed meeting devoted to mentalist aspects of second language acquisition such as the description of non-native grammars, similarities and differences between first and second language acquisition, an
   http://www.indiana.edu/~gasla7/GASLA7/

5th SIGdial Workshop on Discourse and Dialogue  
   30 April - 1 May 2004, Cambridge, MA, USA. Topics in the area of Computational Linguistics. Program, papers, registration, demonstrations, sponsors and previous workshops.
   http://sigdial04.eml-research.de/

Workshop on American Indigenous Languages  
   Annual forum for the discussion of theoretical and descriptive linguistic studies of indigenous languages of the Americas at University of California, Santa Barbara on April 30- May 2, 2004. Speakers, program, abstracts, registration, travel and accommoda
   http://orgs.sa.ucsb.edu/nailsg/

American Association for Applied Linguistics Annual Conference (AAAL 2004)  
   1-4 May 2004, Portland, Oregon, USA. Plenary speakers, invited colloquia, conference chairs, exhibits, presentation policies, registration, membership renewal, accommodation, session schedule, directions and professional service sessions.
   http://www.aaal.org/aaal2004/

EuroConference on the Processing of Metaphor and Metonymy  
   24-29 April 2004, Granada, Spain. Covers the processing of metaphor, metonymy and other closely related forms of figurative language. Speakers, program, grants, venue, fees, and registration.
   http://www.esf.org/esf_euresco_conference.php?language=0&conference=184&meeting=2&page=1

International Conference on English Language Teaching Instruction and Assessment  
   24-25 April 2004, Min-Hsiung, Chiayi, Taiwan. Program, speakers, downloadable registration form, lectures, map, transportation and housing.
   http://www.ccunix.ccu.edu.tw/~fllcccu/english/2004conferences/2004conferences.htm

International Conference on the role of Language in the Dialogue among Civilizations  
   24-25 April 2004, Isfahan, Iran. Topics and registration form.
   http://fgn.ui.ac.ir/seminar/seminar.htm

Linguapax Asia 2004 Symposium  
   17 April 2004, Tokyo, Japan. Specially for researchers and practitioners in the areas of language protection, revitalization of endangered languages, and multilingual education. Program and speakers.
   http://www.ne.jp/asahi/linguapax/asia/

3rd Conference on Languages and International Business Communication  
   26-28 April 2004, Duesseldorf, Germany. Offers representatives of firms, training institutions, and trainers an ideal forum for the exchange of experience and for further education. Themes, structure, program, workshops, exhibitors, sponsors, proceedings,
   http://www.sprachen-beruf.com/

1st International Conference: ICT's and Autonomy Applied to Language Learning  
   26-28 May 2004, Castello, Spain. Aims at anybody involved in language teaching and learning who is interested in the contribution of ITC to self-directed learning. Questions for discussion, speakers, organizing and scientific committee, venue, registratio
   http://www.taaal.uji.es/en/

27th Generative Linguistics in the Old World (GLOW) 2004  
   18-21 April 2004, Thessaloniki, Greece. Includes three workshops on (1) Tense, Aspect, Modality, (2) Theoretical approaches to language contact and (3) Markedness in Phonology. Speakers, abstracts, program, accommodation, registration and participation fo
   http://www.auth.gr/del/GLOW2004/

4th International Symposium on Processability, Second Language Acquisition and Bilingualism  
   13-16 April 2004, Sassari, Sardinia, Italy. Program, speakers, abstracts, discussion papers, download materials, map, and accommodation.
   http://www.uniss.it/facolta/lingue/main.php?ar=facolta&nm=process

12th Manchester Phonology Meeting  
   20-22 May 2004, Manchester, UK. Discusses the phonological description of languages, issues in phonological theory, aspects of phonological acquisition and implications of phonological change. Speakers, program, travel and accommodation, booking form and
   http://www.englang.ed.ac.uk/mfm/12mfm.html

7th National Conference National Council Of Less Commonly Taught Languages (NCOLCTL)  
   30 April - 2 May 2004, Madison, Wisconsin, USA. Identifying individual and national needs in the less commonly taught languages. Online registration, program, preconference symposium, accommodation and sponsors.
   http://www.councilnet.org/conf/announce.htm

16th North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics (NACCL-16)  
   21-23 May 2004, Iowa City, Iowa, USA. Focuses on all theoretical and research areas (including language acquisition) of Chinese linguistics. Registration, accommodation, program, maps and directions.
   http://www.uiowa.edu/~asian/naccl/

12th Symposium about Language and Society (SALSA)  
   16-18 April 2004, Austin, Texas, USA. A student-organized annual conference sponsored by the departments of Linguistics, Anthropology, and Communication Studies at The University of Texas at Austin. Keynote speakers, program, proceedings, photos and spons
   http://studentorgs.utexas.edu/salsa/

''Workshop on Prosody, Syntax and Information Structure: A Japanese Perspective  
   30 April - 1 May 2004, Bloomington, Indiana, USA. Co-sponsored by the Cognitive Science Program, the School of Infomatics and the Department of Speech and Hearing Science. Topics, accommodation, speakers, directions, registration and schedule.
   http://www.iub.edu/~ykling/wpsi.html

International Conference on Linguistic Evidence  
   January 29 - 31, 2004, Tübingen, Germany. Considered the kinds of evidence needed to validate linguistic theory. Program, invited speakers.
   http://www.sfb441.uni-tuebingen.de/ling.evidence/

III Mercator International Symposium  
   Examines new issues and developments in the field of education, minority languages and learning within the European Union. 25-27 November 2004, Fryslan, The Netherlands.
   http://www.mercator-education.org/sjablonen/3/default.asp?objectID=791