A number of interesting events happening this year

1. The multidisciplinary conference Toward a Science of Consciousness will be held in Stockholm, May 1-8. Etzel has organized a workshop on Altered States for May the 7th and he has been in the organizing committee. More information at http://consciousness.arizona.edu/ and http://consciousness.arizona.edu/TSC2011WorkshopAlteredStates.htm
2. The Annual Meeting of the Parapsychological Association will be held in Curitiba, Brazil, August 18-21 http://www.parapsych.org/breaking-news.html#16.
3. And our two volume multidisciplinary encyclopedia on altered states  can already be pre-ordered from amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/Altering-Consciousness-Volumes-volumes-Multidisiplinary/dp/0313383081/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1297067763&sr=8-1