This document reports on, and evaluates the Second Language Research Forum 2008 Conference held at the Hawai‘i Imin International Conference Center of the University of Hawai‘i, Mānoa, over three days from 17-19 October 2008. A total of 411 people attended the event. The conference included presentations covering a broad variety of domains related to second language learning and use. In total, there were four plenary presentations, four colloquia, 137 scheduled papers, 32 scheduled posters, a workshop on the use of conversation analysis, and a publisher’s exhibition.