Registration for the conference is $40 for faculty and $20 for graduate students.  Everyone who attends the conference must register online: Registration Link

Registration includes continental breakfast on Friday and Saturday and lunches Friday and Saturday and receptions on Thursday and Friday evening.  Checks should be written to the "Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies" with "Visual Memories Conference" written in the memo line. Please mail your registration fee by September 15, 2008 to: 

Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies
Attn: Visual Memories Conference
100 Sims, Building V
Syracuse University
Syracuse, New York 13244

Travel: Syracuse University is located in the heart of Central New York, close to many major metropolitan areas (2.5 hours from Buffalo; 4 from Philadelphia; 4.1 from New York City; 5 from Boston; 5.4 from Pittsburgh).  Conference participants may travel conveniently to Syracuse, NY, through Syracuse Hancock International Airport.

The conference will be held at the Renaissance Syracuse Hotel:

Renaissance Syracuse Hotel Reservation Link

701 East Genesee Street, Syracuse, New York 13210 USA

Phone:  1-315-479-7000  or Toll-free:  1-877-843-627

Other high-quality accommodations nearby include:

Sheraton Syracuse (315-475-3000) http://www.sheratonsyracuse.com/

Genesee Grande Hotel (315-476-4212) http://www.geneseegrande.com/