When you’re writing a list of things, such as a list of countries, put them in alphabetical order unless you have a good reason not to do so (in which case, give the reason). * The seminar participants came from Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain and the UK. The rapporteurs were G. Bauer, P. Cuomo and J. Smith. The main speakers were, in order of appearance: J. Zabala, T. Lee, R. Sabatino, A. Unwin and K. Eirys.