"Persons by Convention," University of Sydney, December 16-18, 2008.

Some things in world are perfectly real, but not perhaps instances of natural kinds. Corporations, nations, swimming pools are all rightly so called because of sets of conventional practices in which they are involved. Could persons fall into this category? In the last decade or so a number of theorists have argued so. This conference focuses on the state of this debate—both exploring new ways to make sense of the idea, and new stumbling blocks to its progress. Speakers include: David Braddon-Mitchell (Sydney) Brian Garrett (ANU) Mark Johnston (Princeton) Sarah-Jane Leslie (Princeton) Catriona Mackenzie (Macquarie) Kristie Miller (Sydney) Denis Robinson (Auckland) Carol Rovane (Columbia) David Shoemaker (BGSU) Caroline West (Sydney) For more information see http://web.mac.com/slezak/Persons_by_Convention/Home.html or email Michael Slezak at m.slezak@usyd.edu.au .