Superstar Upendra, gentleman hero Ramesh Aravind, power star Puneeth Rajakumar, 50 plus Kannada films music director Gurukiran, state award winning playback singers Nanditha and Chaitra are taking part in the 2008 5th World Kannada Conference taking place at Illinois, United States of America on August 29, 30 and 31.

This three days fete is having seminar and lectures from top Kannada writers like Dr.Chandrasekhara Kambara, Dr.S.L.Byrappa, Jayanth Kaikini, Prof.P.K.Rajasekhar says convener of organizing committee of the 5th World Kannada Conference Mokshagundam Jayaram.

A hilarious 'Hasya Loka', 1000 years of Karnataka history through dance drama, veteran singer C.Ashwath light music evening, folk songs evening from Honnaru folk team, Kudroli Ganesh Magic show, stage play 'Jokumaraswamy' from acclaimed director T.S.Nagabharana are part of the three days event.

5000 participants are expected to take part in the 5th World Kannada conference at Illinois says Association of Kannada Kootas of America (AKKA) all India coordination committee Director M.Krishnamurthy. Jagadish Rangaswamy one of the coordinators of AKKA was also present at the media briefing on Tuesday in Bangalore.

Previously the World Kannada Conference was held at Houston, Detroit, Orlando and Baltimore. AKKA took its birth in 1998. The bi-annual World Kannada Conference started from the year 2000. There are 30 Kannada organizations with 70000 members in AKKA. Mr Amaranath Gowda is the chairman of Board of Trustees. The current President of AKKA is Rramesh Gowda.