I see that in Damian's latest diary entry (you _are_ reading Damian's diary I assume) he talks about the ridiculous number[1] of papers, talks and tutorials that he's proposing to give at TPC5. The piece also seems to act as an advert to encourage other people to submit proposals to the conference committee. This, together with Nat's recent posting on the same subject and the extension to the submission dates lead me to beleive that the committee members haven't had as many submissions yet as they might have liked. This would therefore seem to be a good time to get your proposals in. It would be nice to see a very strong speaking presence from london.pm at the conference. Damian's article is at: <http://www.yetanother.org/damian/diary_January_2001.html#day_19> Dave... [1] We certainly seem to be getting our money's worth out of him :)