CONFERENCE SECTIONS:

1. COMMUNICATION THEORY AND RESEARCH.
   Chairs: O. Matyash, oimatyas@ori.net, V. Pereversev, defort@comail.ru

2. TEACHING COMMUNICATION AND COMMUNICATION CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
   Chair: Y. Dashko, dashko@iubip.ru

3. INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION
   Chair: N. Kazarinova, Nvkazarinova@mail.eltech.ru.

4. INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION.
   Chairs: N. Avseenko, navseenko@ffl.msu.ru, J. Rot, j.roth@lrz.unimuenchen.de

5. LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION
   Chairs: V. Shakhovsky, shakhov@vspu.ru, M. Bergelson, mbergelson@mail.ru

6. ARGUMENTATION AND RHETORIC
   Chairs: L. Vasilyev, argumentation@list.ru, G. Maksimova, maksimova@rseu.ru

7. MASS COMMUNICATION AND MASS MEDIA, CULTURE AND COMMUNICATION
   Chair: M. Vershinin, mojos64@yandex.ru

8. COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION
   Chairs: I. Rozina, rozina@iubip.ru, V. Petrushin petr@techlabs.accenture.com

ROUND TABLE DISCUSSIONS:

1. "DEVELOPING EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS FOR COMMUNICATION,"
   Moderator: Dr. Y.V. Dashko, Rostov Institute for Management, Business, and Law

2. "ADVERTISEMENT AS A FORM OF COMMUNICATION: PROBLEM OF INFLUENCING MASS CONSCIOUSNESS,"
   Moderator: Dr. M.Y. Likhobabin, Corresponding Member of International Academy of Sciences of Ecology and Life Safety, Research Institute of the Caucases, Rostov-on-Don

3. "PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION OF RESEARCH: 'HUMANITARIAN RESEARCH IN INTERNET' (2000), AND 'GIFTED CHILD USING COMPUTER' (2003),"
   Moderator: Dr. Voiskunsky, School of Psychology, Moscow State University

4. "COMMUNICATION IN BUSINESS: GENDER ASPECT,"
   Moderator: Dr. M.Y. Likhobabin, Corresponding Member of International Academy of Sciences of Ecology and Life Safety, Research Institute of the Caucases, Rostov-on-Don

5. "FORMALIZATION OF RESEARCH METHODS IN COMMUNICATION STUDIES'
   Moderator: Dr. M.B. Bergelson, Moscow State University, Moscow

1. "COMMUNICATION BRIDGE: MEETING AT THE CULTURAL BORDER (training on Russian cultural communication issues)." Training and consulting group MetaProject and Center for International Educational Programs of Institute of Management, Business, and Law.
   Moderators: T. Soldatova, M. Burlova, N. Katantseva (Rostov-on-Don).
2. "ACTIVE LEARNING: CREATING AND LEADING COMMUNICATION ACTIVITIES IN THE CLASSROOM"
   Nancy Jackson, Ph.D., Professor (Clemson University, USA).
3. CONCEPTUALIZING CULTURE IN INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION,
   Juliana Rot, Professor, Munich, Germany