We are pleased to announce that pre-registration for BUCLD 36 is now available at: http://www.bu.edu/bucld/conference-info/registration/ The 36th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development will be held at Boston University, on November 4 to November 6. Our invited speakers are: Keynote Speaker: Sandra Waxman, Northwestern University “What’s in a word? Links between linguistic and conceptual organization in infants and young children” Plenary Speaker: Cornelia Hamann, University of Oldenburg “Bilingual development and language assessment” Lunch Symposium: “Morphology in second language acquisition and processing” Harald Clahsen, University of Essex/University of Potsdam Holger Hopp, University of Mannheim Donna Lardiere, Georgetown University Silvina Montrul, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The full conference schedule is available at: http://www.bu.edu/bucld/conference-info/schedule/ The Society for Language Development will hold their Annual Symposium on November 3. Please check their webpage for the most current information at: http://www.bcs.rochester.edu/sld/symposium.html REMINDER TO STUDENT PRESENTERS: The Paula Menyuk Student Travel Award 2011 will be given to about 20 student presenters (Bachelor, Master’s or PhD). The award entails the reimbursement of travel costs of up to $300. For detailed requirements and more information please see our website and fill out our application (http://www.bu.edu/bucld/travel-hotel/travel-award/). The deadline for receiving applications is October 7, 2011. More information about BUCLD, including information about accommodations in the area, is available at our website: http://www.bu.edu/bucld We look forward to seeing you at BUCLD 36! Sincerely, Alia Biller, Esther Chung, and Amelia Kimball, BUCLD 36 Co-organizers