Monday, 23 January
0800 - 0850	registration
0850 - 0900	opening
	Session 1: Typology
0900 - 0930	do' and 'give': Macrofunctionality in the Cenderawasih Bay area David Gil Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena, Germany
0930 - 1000	Same, identical, or equal? Idematives in languages of New Guinea René van den Berg Summer Institute of Linguistics, Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea
1000 - 1030	refreshments
	Session 2: Phylogeny
1030 - 1100	Can ecological models predict the diversity and distribution of languages? Russell Gray Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena, Germany
1100 - 1130	A combined comparative and phylogenetic analysis of the Bosavi and East Strickland languages Bethwyn Evans* and Simon Greenhill° *Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, °Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena, Germany
1130 - 1200	Object prefixing verbal subclass as a diagnostic of TNG affiliation Glenn Windschuttel University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia
1200 - 1330	lunch
	Session 3: Languages of Tanah Papua
1330 - 1400	Object marking in Yali Sonja Riesberg Australian National University, Canberra, Australia / Universität Koln, Cologne, Germany
1400 - 1430	Traditional political system as sociolinguistic aspect in forming Sentani language variation Andreas J. Deda Universitas Papua, Manokwari, Indonesia
1430 - 1500	A typological overview of Dèm, an isolate of the West Papuan highlands Bill Palmer University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia
1500 - 1530	refreshments
	Session 4: Languages of Wallacea
1530 - 1600	An initial look at Manirem, also known as Betaf (bfe) and Vitou (vto) Kavon Hooshiar University of Hawai'I at Manoa, Honolulu HI, USA
1600 - 1630	The structures of two nominal possessive constructions in Pagu Dalan M. Peranginangin University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
1630 - 1700	First findings on Kalamang: The case of lost grammatical markers Eline Visser Lund University, Lund, Sweden
	Tuesday, 24 January
	Session 5: Languages of Papua New Guinea
0900 - 0930	From subordinate clause to attributive clause in Sirva Don Daniels Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
0930 - 1000	Children's language learning, multilingualism and school language policy in a PNG Highlands community Alan Rumsey Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
1000 - 1030	refreshments
	Session 6: Languages of Southern New Guinea 1
1030 - 1100	The Yelmek-Maklew family  A picture of (un)expected diversity Tina Gregor Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
1100 - 1130	The sociolinguistics of word initial /h/ lenition in Namboland, Papua New Guinea Eri Kashima Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
1130 - 1200	Grammaticalisation in a multilingual matrix: the decopulative prominence marker in Nen and Nmbo Nick Evans, Eri Kashima and Mark Ellison Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
1200 - 1330	lunch
	Session 7: Languages of Southern New Guinea 2
1330 - 1400	Reconstructing the phonology of Proto-Yam Nick Evans*, Matthew J. Carroll* and Christian Döhler° Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
1400 - 1430	Prenasalised voiceless stops in Ngkolmpu Matthew J. Carroll Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
1430 - 1500	Associated motion in Sibidiri Idi (Pahoturi River family, Southern PNG) Volker Gast Universität Jena, Jena, Germany
1500 - 1530	refreshments
	Session 8: Languages of Southern New Guinea 3
1530 - 1600	On the history of Marind verb stems Bruno Olsson* and Timothy Usher° *Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, °Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe NM, USA
1600 - 1630	The ethnobotanical-linguistic documentation of Sago: a preliminary report from Merauke La Hisa, Agus Mahuze and I Wayan Arka Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
1630 - 1700	Agreement theory, number features and inclusory plural in Marori I Wayan Arka Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
1700 - 1730	refreshments
	Special Public Lecture
1730 - 1830	Languages, Music, Maps: Borders in the New Guinea Region Don Niles Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies, Boroko, Papua New Guinea
	Wednesday, 25 January
	Session 9: South Halmahera West New Guinea Languages 1
0900 - 0930	Noun classification in three languages of Raja Ampat Laura Arnold University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
0930 - 1000	eeeH Laura Arnold* and David Gil° *University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, °Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena, Germany
1000 - 1030	refreshments
	Session 10: South Halmahera West New Guinea Languages 2
1030 - 1100	Inclusory pronominals and agreement marking in Wooi Yusuf Sawaki Universitas Papua, Manokwari, Indonesia
1100 - 1130	Wooi prosody: Some observations Nikolaus Himmelmann Universität Koln, Cologne, Germany
1130 - 1200	Creating language support materials in the undergraduate classroom Emily Gasser Swarthmore College, Swarthmore PA, USA
1200 - 1330	lunch
	Session 11: Austronesian Languages of Wallacea
1330 - 1400	Ambonese Malay is toneless and stressless Carlos Gussenhoven Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
1400 - 1430	Aspect and directionality in Kupang Malay serial verb constructions June Jacob* and Charles E. Grimes° *Artha Wacana Christian University, Kupang, Indonesia, °SIL, Kupang, Indonesia
1430 - 1500	Systemic functional linguistic analysis of modality and adjunct in proposing a girl using Waijewa language Magdalena Ngongo Artha Wacana Christian University, Kupang, Indonesia
1500 - 1530	refreshments
	Session 12: Austronesian Languages of Papua New Guinea
1530 - 1600	La and e: what are their roles in the Maututu dialect of the Nakanai language? May Huvi Devare Adventist High School, Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
1600 - 1630	business meeting
	Thursday, 26 January
	Session 13: Stylized Language
0900 - 0930	The significance of parallelism in Kaunjambi, an Awiakay all-night song/dance cycle from the Sepik region of Papua New Guinea Darja Hoenigman Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
0930 - 1000	Incomprehensibility in traditional song texts in the New Guinea area: Towards understanding nonsense Don Niles Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies, Boroko, Papua New Guinea
1000 - 1030	refreshments
	Session 14: Timor-Alor-Pantar Languages 1
1030 - 1100	The grammaticalization of verbs in Timor, Alor and Pantar Marian Klamer Universiteit Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands
1100 - 1130	From words to history in Alor Pantar Frantiek Kratochvil* and Marian Klamer° *Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, °Universiteit Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands
1130 - 1200	Abui Verbal Classes  Comparison of clustering approaches Frantiek Kratochvil*, Benidiktus Delpada*, Olga Zamaraeva° and Emily M. Bender° *Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, °University of Washington, Seattle WA, USA
1200 - 1330	lunch
	Session 15: Timor-Alor-Pantar Languages 2
1330 - 1400	Abui ethnobotany: A preliminary report Gary Holton, A.L. Blake, and Michael Thomas University of Hawai'I at Manoa, Honolulu HI, USA
1400 - 1430	Lexical and grammatical tone in Abui (Timor-Alor-Pantar) Benidiktus Delpada and Frantiek Kratochvil Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
1430 - 1500	Coming of age: diagnosing contact-induced change in Abui-Malay bilinguals George Saad Universiteit Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands
1500 - 1530	refreshments
	Session 16: Papuan Malay
1530 - 1600	Language ideological brokers: Raising the value of Papuan Malay Izak Morin La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
1600 - 1630	Why do you clap so sparsely?  Single handclaps in Papuan Malay Angela Kluge SIL, Germany
1630 - 1700	The patient/object argument in passive constructions in Papuan Malay: its structural, semantic and pragmatic properties Yusuf Sawaki, Sara Karubaba and Jeanette Lekeneny Universitas Papua, Manokwari, Indonesia
1700 - 1710	closing