Paris conference on bilingual children

[AuldAlliance]

I have just received the following announcement, in case any Paris MNers are interested:

The Parisian Child Language Seminar

CONFERENCE n°2

TWIST or JIVE ?
THE RELATION BETWEEN BILINGUAL CHILDREN?S TWO LANGUAGES

Annick de Houwer, University of Antwerp

lundi 24 novembre de 18h à 20h dans l?amphithéâtre de la Maison de la
Recherche (Rez de chaussée)
28 rue Serpente, 75006 Paris Métro St Michel ou Odéon.
La Conférence sera suivie d?une discussion et d?un apéritif convivial.

Entrée libre dans la limite des places disponibles.
Contact/réservation :[email protected]

Ces événements ont pour objectif de présenter les travaux de
chercheurs de renommée mondiale sous une forme originale ET de
permettre aux étudiants et aux collègues travaillant dans toutes les
disciplines qui touchent à l?acquisition du langage et des langues (ou
qui s?y intéressent de près ou de loin) de pratiquer leur anglais tout
en approfondissant leurs connaissances dans le domaine en rencontrant
des spécialistes reconnus dont l?anglais est la langue maternelle ou
la langue de travail ainsi que des anglicistes et anglophones parisiens.
Nous remercions le RISC pour l?aide apportée dans l?organisation.

I don't speak French, I get the gist I think but can you confirm what is says.

It's about a conference on Nov 24th, 6pm_8pm, ground floor of the Maison de la Recherche, 28 r. Serpente.
If you're interested, entrance is free but you need to e-mail the contact (A. Morgenstern) to book your seat. The aim of the conference series is to provide an original means of presenting research by international specialists and to allow students and colleagues working in all fields relating to languages/language acquisition, or interested in those questions, to speak English while improving their knowledge of the field. They can meet acknowledged specialists for whom English is their mother tongue or professional language, as well as native speakers or teachers of English from the Paris area.
Bit of a rough&ready translation...!

Thanks
I'd love to go but I'm in Italy

Are you going to go AA?

No, I can't, Anna.
Quite fancied it, but I have a meeting at work till 5pm, unfortunately.
But I am looking into stopping off in Paris for a night on the way to Scotland for Christmas. DS is dying to see the Eiffel Tower for some reason, and it's probably easier to get things like that done now, rather than after the baby comes. Any ideas for cheapish, child-friendly hotels welcome .

Thanks for posting AA. I'd love to go but probably can't make that time of day...

Yes, not a very family-friendly time of day...
If there is potential interest, perhaps I'll pass on any other announcements of the kind that I receive.

Thanks AA - I have e-mailed it to my boss saying I think our management team should go!!! If I get a Christmas bonus out of this I promise to share it with you !!!

It's a deal, teafortwo!