Today Bridget Gersten, English language office head in the American Embassy flies to Kyzyl where tomorrow an English teaching conference starts. The event is for two days at the university, sponsors are Tuvan State University and Tuva's Ministry of Education, speakers are Dr. Bridget F Gersten and Stephanie Funderburg from technical university in Novosibirsk. Over 300 English language teachers in the republic are invited to take part in it. It is a second conference of the kind. The first one was held in April 2005.