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Letters Relating to Conferences Letters of Inquiry and Reply Sample A Inquiry About Main Topics of a Conference I am writing to inquire about the “International Conference on X” which will be hosted by your centre in Chicago in May 2004. I am very interested in the upcoming conference and would like to attend it since I have been working in the field of X for years. Would you kindly advise me whom I could contact or what website I could explore for detailed information about the main topics of the conference? I would appreciate it very much if you could give me an early reply. Sample B Inquiry About General Information I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Mathematics Department of Nanjing University, P.R. China. I have read the Proceedings of the 2002 Conference on Reasoning About Knowledge and those of the previous meetings. Since the conference is held biennially, I assume the next one will be held in 2004. I am therefore writing for general information about the forthcoming conference, such as the date and venue, the topics, the keynote speakers and other details. I would be very much obliged if you could include me in your mailing list for the 2004 conference and for any further information pertinent to each of the forthcoming conferences. An early reply is greatly appreciated. Sample C Inquiry About the Submission of Abstract I learned from your Embassy in Beijing that the XYZ congress will be held at your University in April next year. Since I have been undertaking research on X for many years, I am very much interested in attending this congress. I should be very much obliged if you could kindly give me information on the deadline for the submission of abstracts. If there are special requirements relating to the abstract, please kindly let me know. I am looking forward to hearing from you soon. Sample D Inquiry About the Congress Material I have received the acknowledgment of