2001 Final Conference Report

The Final Report of the 7th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference. The meetings were held July 22-27, 2001, at the University of California, Santa Barbara, in conjunction with the LSA Summer Institute.

Planning

Organizing committee: Ron Langacker, Michel Achard, Suzanne Kemmer, Eve Sweetser, Sherman Wilcox
Advisory committee: Wallace Chafe, Jack DuBois, Bob Kirsner, Jo Rubba
Administration: UCSB Campus Conference Services (Sally Vito, Miki Swick)

Presentations

Plenary speakers: Sandy Thompson, Arie Verhagen, Laura Janda, Yoshihiko Ikegami, Sherman Wilcox
Featured speakers: George Lakoff, Gilles Fauconnier, Eve Sweetser, Len Talmy, Knud Lambrecht, David Tuggy, Adele Goldberg, Ron Langacker
Regular papers: 181 (5 parallel sessions)
Theme sessions: 9 (62 presentations)
Posters: 30
Regular session abstracts submitted: 331
Total presentations: 256 (+ 30 posters)

Participants [registered participants (early/late registration)]

Students: ($70/$90) 66/32 = 98
Members: ($145/$170) 68/25 = 93
Non-members: ($170/$195) 68/36 = 104
LSA Institute discounted price: ($30 limited/$75 full week) 68/45 = 113
Nonpaying (fee waived by organizers): 50
Total: 458

Financial [figures rounded off and approximate]

Total budget: $87,000 (includes money collected for lodging, meals, excursions, etc.)
Planning budget: $58,000 (for matters within the purview of the organizing committee)
Income:
--Registration fees: $45,600
--Publisher donations (Benjamins, Mouton de Gruyter): $3,000
--Exhibit fees: $2,000
--UCSD donation: $2,000
--Participant donations: $400
--Book sales: $2,000
--ICLA (for financial aid): $3,000
Total: $58,000
Total costs: $55,000
Surplus: $3,000 (returned to ICLA as contribution to fund for sign language interpreting at future meetings)

Final Report submitted by Ronald Langacker to the Governing Board at ICLC 8, Logroño, July 22, 2003.

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