Monday 20 January
0800 - 0900	registration
	Session 1
0900 - 0930	opening
0930 - 1000	Think Twice. Opacity Beliefs and the Grammar of inner State Expressions in Korowai of West Papua Lourens de Vries VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1000 - 1030	Valence, Alignment System and Agreement in Marori: What Do We Learn? I Wayan Arka Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
1030 - 1100	refreshments
	Session 2
1100 - 1130	Puzzles of Aspect in Nen Nicholas Evans Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
1130 - 1200	A Linguistic History of Awyu-Dumut Languages Ruth Wester VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1200 - 1230	Spatial Deixis in Aghu Wilco van den Heuvel VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1230 - 1400	lunch
	Session 3
1400 - 1430	Optional Case Marking in Dani and Yali? - The Many Uses of -en Sonja Riesberg Universität zu Köln, Cologne, Germany
1430 - 1500	The Influence of Tok Pisin on the Tabare Language in Simbu Province - A Good or Bad Influence? Dawn Solevad Ilai University of Goroka, Goroka, Papua New Guinea
1500 - 1530	The Endangerment of the Yui Language Ruth Kamasungua University of Goroka, Goroka, Papua New Guinea
1530 - 1600	refreshments
	Session 4
1600 - 1630	"Picking up the Pieces" - Distributed Morphology in Kómnzo Christian Döhler Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
1630 - 1700	Multi-Word Verbal Constructions in Papuan (Ku Waru) and Flexibility Francesca Merlan and Alan Rumsey Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
	Tuesday 21 January
	Session 5
0930 - 1000	Negatives, Between Papuan and Austronesian Frens Vossen and Johan van der Auwera Universiteit Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belguim
1000 - 1030	Elevative Deixis in Wano Willem Burung Universitas Negeri Papua, Manokwari, Papua Barat, Indonesia
1030 - 1100	refreshments
	Session 6
1100 - 1130	Emic and Etic Classifications of Languages in the North Maluku Region John Bowden Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Jakarta, Indonesia
1130 - 1200	A Preliminary Study of the Structure of Pagu Proverbs Dalan Peranginangin Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Jakarta, Indonesia
1200 - 1230	Toward a History of Kinship in the Alor-Pantar Languages of East Nusantara Gary Holton University of Alaska, Fairbanks, USA
1230 - 1400	lunch
	Session 7
1400 - 1430	Understanding Yeri Infixal Morphology Jennifer Wilson Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
1430 - 1500	The Acquisition of Ergative Marking in Kaluli, Ku Waru and Duna (Trans New Guinea) Alan Rumsey, Lila San Roque and Bambi B. Schieffelin Australian National University, Canberra, Australia and Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
1500 - 1530	Modal Distance in the Mee Past Tenses Niko Kobepa Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
1530 - 1600	refreshments
	Session 8
1600 - 1630	Multiple Perspective: A View from New Guinea Henrik Bergqvist and Lila San Rogue Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden and Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
1630 - 1700	The Mekong-Mamberamo Linguistic Area David Gil Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
	Wednesday 22 January
	excursion and social events
	Thursday 23 January
	Session 9
0930 - 1000	Austronesian Traditional Vocal Music Helena Lopez Palma University of A Coruńa, A Coruńa, Spain
1000 - 1030	The Patterns of Musical Practice in Melanesia: Can This Be Tied to Linguistic Affiliation? Roger Blench Kay Williamson Educational Foundation, Cambridge, UK
1030 - 1100	refreshments
	Session 10
1100 - 1130	Using Pronominal Syncretisms as a Tool for Diagnosing Phylogeny in Papuan Languages Nicholas Evans and Simon Greenhill Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
1130 - 1200	The Maututu Dialect of the Nakanai Language, West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea May Huvi University of Goroka, Goroka, Papua New Guinea
1200 - 1230	Language Contact in Timor-Leste: How Did Tetun Prasa Develop into Its Present Form? Zuzana Greksáková Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
1230 - 1400	lunch
	Session 11
1400 - 1430	Stress Shift and Prosodic Structure in Wamesa Emily Gasser Yale university, New Haven, USA
1430 - 1500	Possessive Constructions in Wooi Yusuf Sawaki Universitas Negeri Papua, Manokwari, Papua Barat, Indonesia
1500 - 1530	Kinds of Relative Clauses in Biak Suriel Mofu Universitas Negeri Papua, Manokwari, Papua Barat, Indonesia
1530 - 1600	refreshments
	Session 12
1630 - 1700	Lapita Canoes and Their Multi-Ethnic Crews: Might Marginal Austronesian Languages Be Non-Austronesian? Roger Blench Kay Williamson Educational Foundation, Cambridge, UK
	Friday 24 January
	Session 13
0900 - 0930	Issues in the Linguistic Ecology of the OUP Tok Pisin Dictionary Craig Alan Volker Divine Word University, Madang, Papua New Guinea
0930 - 1000	Communicating Written Tok Pisin: Problems of Writing Standard Tok Pisin Stephanie Tapungu Divine Word University, Madang, Papua New Guinea
1000 - 1030	Tok Pisin as Both an Asset and a Liability for Papua New Guinea Ann Marie Wanamp and Lucy Nork Wakei University of Goroka, Goroka, Papua New Guinea
1030 - 1100	refreshments
	Session 14
1100 - 1130	Preliminary Notes on the History and Development of Papuan Malay Chrisma Fernando Saragih Universitas Negeri Papua, Manokwari, Papua Barat, Indonesia
1130 - 1200	Discourse Particles in Papuan Malay Izak Morin La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
1200 - 1230	The Criteria of Papuan Malay Slang in Manokwari (Papuan Malay Original Slang and Borrowed Dialect Slang) Novita A. Taroreh and Amalia Lakehu Universitas Negeri Papua, Manokwari, Papua Barat, Indonesia
1230 - 1400	lunch
	Session 15
1400 - 1430	Phrase-Final Phonology in Eastern Varieties of Malay David Gil and Timothy McKinnon Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany & Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Jakarta, Indonesia
1430 - 1500	Looking for Non-Austronesian Elements in Ternate Malay Betty Litamahuputty Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Jakarta, Indonesia
1500 - 1530	The Influence of Substrate on Body Parts Idioms in Kupang Malay June Jacob Artha Wacana Christian University, Kupang, Indonesia
1530 - 1600	refreshments
	Session 16
1600 - 1630	business meeting
1630 - 1700	closing