• We hope members of your society are planning to attend INTER-NOISE 2010 in Lisbon, Portugal 2010 June 13-16. We are looking forward to an excellent congress in a beautiful venue. For more details, please visit the congress web site at http://www.spacustica.pt/internoise2010.

• The deadline for abstract submission for INTER-NOISE 2010 has been moved to 2010 January 31. Contact the Conference Secretariat to submit an abstract and participate in the technical program.

• This year the I-INCE Board of Directors has initiated a new program to support the travel expenses of young investigators participating in the congress. Support will be provided to the level of 500 Euro. Details can be found at http://www.spacustica.pt/internoise2010/text/young_cientist_grants.html. Please inform qualified young scientists about this program.

• Final agreement has been reached with INCE/USA to host INTER-NOISE 2012 in New York City during the period 2012 August 12-15. Steve Hambric will be the General Chair. You should see more details emerging as INCE/USA starts to publicize the congress.

• At the 2009 Board of Directors meeting, the Asia-Pacific region was identified as the region that will host INTER-NOISE 2014. Informal proposals will be presented in Lisbon on Saturday morning 2010 June 12.

• The draft minutes of the General Assembly meeting held in Ottawa have been posted here. If you have any comments, please send them to me at any time. We will discuss and approve these minutes at the General Assembly meeting in Lisbon at the 2010 General Assembly meeting which will be held at 13.00 on Sunday 2010 June 13.

• An agenda and details about the venue of the General Assembly meeting in Lisbon will be sent several months prior to the meeting.

Robert J. Bernhard

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