Dear Members of the ICC, 

It gives us great pleasure to inform you of the progress that has been 
made in the organization of MG12 up to the present date.

The current list of parallel session titles and chairpersons is:
 http://www.icra.it/MG/mg12/en/parallel_session.htm
We still need a few remaining chair suggestions.

Preliminary interactive maps of the UNESCO conference site and
the additional parallel session sites and a global map showing 
all the supporting institutions are available at our location page:
 http://www.icra.it/MG/mg12/en/conf_location.htm

[massimo: this page needs updating with the new global map and the [interactive google map]
link for each institution on a third line:
  http://www34.homepage.villanova.edu/robert.jantzen/mg/mg12/maps/index.htm ]

The preliminary poster is:
[need mg12 link to poster]

We hope to open the on-line registration soon in order to allow everyone 
to take advantage of advance purchase of travel tickets. In particular,
through registration, participants will be able to take advantage of 
special Air France air fares.

Half of the plenary speaker program is already set and we urge you now
to make suggestions on potential topics and speakers which you believe should
be seriously considered for inclusion. Your input can be crucial in influencing
the next steps we take at this moment. We hope to finalize the plenary lineup
by December 15.

If this is the first time you are receiving email as an MG12 ICC member,
please contact us by reply email to let us know we finally got through to you
after several previous attempts. Our current list of members is:
 http://www.icra.it/MG/mg12/en/icc.htm
Please check your own data to help us insure its accuracy.


With our warm greetings,

Remo Ruffini, chair of International Organizing Committee
 ruffini@icra.it
 
Robert Jantzen, chair of International Coordinating Committee
 robert.jantzen@villanova.edu 
 
Pierre Coullet, chair of Local Organizing Committee 
 Pierre.COULLET@unice.fr