Welcome to the registration Web site for Sotheby's International Realty's (SIR) Affiliate Principals Conference in London at The Savoy, Sunday, April 2nd through Tuesday, April 4th, 2000. It's been two years since we have convened this esteemed group, and we are excited by the number of enthusiastic responses we have received from you and your peers at other SIR affiliates.

We have planned what we hope will be a helpful and informative two-day meeting, offering you numerous opportunities to discuss business issues, exchange ideas and network with other principals. To this end, we will launch the meeting with a cocktail party in Sotheby's New Bond Street Galleries on Sunday evening. (Closer to our meeting, we will have more information on the auction exhibit that will be on display during our event and will alert you via e-mail.)

On Monday, we will begin the business portion of the conference with a general session, followed by two series of concurrent morning breakout sessions, lunch at The Savoy and two series of concurrent afternoon sessions. That evening, we invite you to join us for cocktails and dinner at the exclusive Merchant Taylor's Hall, one of 12 livery companies (or trade guilds) in London still surviving from the Middle Ages.

Tuesday will begin with two series of concurrent morning breakout sessions followed by lunch at The Savoy. We then will conclude our meeting with an hour-long Town Hall, where we will invite delegates to discuss issues, challenges and commentary on the meeting, and open the floor to questions.

I hope that you will find this Web site a convenient and informative means of registration. Other areas of the site contain general information about London, specifics on the meeting agenda, an electronic registration form, hotel and payment information and a description of the optional spouse/guest package.

If you have additional questions, please don't hesitate to contact Kim Kowalski at One World Incentives (SIR's meeting planner) via phone at 415-614-2563 extension 11, via fax at 415 614-1406 or via e-mail at sothebys@oneworldincentives.com

I encourage you to make your travel plans early, as we have reserved a limited number of rooms at The Savoy and its sister hotel, Claridge's. Reservations for these hotels will be made on a first-come, first-serve basis.