The conference proper will run from Tuesday August 17 to Thursday August 19, 2004. Registration will begin at 12:00 on the Tuesday, with the first plenary session starting at 14:00. Prior to the conference there will be a pre-conference workshop. This will run from around midday on Sunday August 15 to around midday on Tuesday August 17. The leaders of the workshop will include Steve Fleetwood, Caroline New and Alan Norrie. Note that it is possible to attend the workshop or the conference or both.

The conference and the pre-conference workshop will both be held in Girton College.

Please send one page summaries of proposed papers to the organisers at csog@econ.cam.ac.uk (or to Tony Lawson, at: The Faculty of Economics and Politics, Austin Robinson Building, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 9DD) by the end of March 2004. Full versions of accepted papers must be received at either of the above addresses by the end of June 2004.

Throughout the summer there are evening 'open-air' performances of Shakespeare's plays in the gardens of Girton College. These are very popular with the people of Cambridge, as well as with visitors. If you would like us to reserve you a ticket for the Monday, Tuesday or Thursday performances, each of which starts at 19:30, please tick the relevant box on your conference booking form. The Wednesday night performance will clash with the conference dinner, so it is not set as an option. It should be possible to attend on Tuesday, though, the first night of the conference proper. With a drinks reception on the Tuesday at 18:15, and a barbecue starting at about 18:45 (both within a few seconds walking distance of the location of the play), participants should have enough time to eat and drink first.

If there is interest, on the afternoon of Thursday August 19 (following the close of the conference), we can arrange punting trips (on which information is available here and here) either down the 'backs' of the Colleges or out to Granchester Meadows, where you might perhaps choose to take a rest in the orchard.

Financial aid: There may be funds available to support participants from poor regions. Applicants for such funds should send details of their circumstances, financial needs and why it is important to attend the conference, to Tony.Lawson@econ.cam.ac.uk, by the end of February 2004.

Full conference and workshop details can be found at:

http://www.csog.group.cam.ac.uk/iacr/home.htm

January 13, 2004.