English will be the official language of the IFRRO AGM in Madrid, of course... But if you would like to learn some basic Spanish before your trip to Spain, or need to practise/improve your Spanish, please find below some useful links and information:

General information:
. Learn Spanish in Spain
http://www.spain.info/TourSpain/Aprender+Espa%C3%B1ol/?Language=en

Free lessons and resources on the Internet:
. Spanish Lessons and resources to learn Spanish for free.
The Don Quijote Spanish School offers on its website this good selection of resources (http://www.donquijote.org/spanishlanguage/). Among them, you will find a "Spanish Survival dictionary", organised by categories ("in the street", "introducing yourself", etc.), with the most common expressions, that you will be able even to listen to:
http://www.donquijote.org/spanishlanguage/dictionary/survival/

. Learning Spanish (BBC)
The BBC website offers a very good range of resources for learners of Spanish (http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/index.shtml). Among them, let us highlight "Spanish steps", a self-contained online course for beginners, where Kevin Duala will be your guide, based on his trip to vibrant Madrid:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/lj/index.shtml

. Aula Virtual de Español (Spanish virtual classroom, Instituto Cervantes)
http://ave.cervantes.es/ing.htm#ingles

. Lecturas paso a paso (graduated readings from the Instituto Cervantes website):
http://cvc.cervantes.es/aula/lecturas/

. Other resources for learners (Instituto Cervantes)
http://cvc.cervantes.es/aula/matdid/

. Free Spanish Lessons
http://multilingualcenter.com/free_spanish_lessons_02.htm

. Learn Spanish with free lessons by e-mail
http://www.elemadrid.com/spanish_language.htm