AoIR-MEET INVITATION: AoIR 2004 CONFERENCE (5.0) IN THE UK The Association of Internet Researchers will meet on September 19-22, 2004, for AoIR: 5.0, at the University of Sussex, Brighton, UK (www.sussex.ac.uk). AoIR is an international organisation and has tried to vary the locations of its meetings to allow a wide membership to attend. This is the second meeting in Europe and the first time in the UK! The planning that goes into the conference is critical to its success, along with the environment, and most importantly, the people involved. The AoIR is committed to planning conferences from the ground up and I would like to take this opportunity to ask people to participate. I¹d encourage members to take part in the planning process as well as volunteering on the ground where possible. If you are interested in helping to plan this conference, please subscribe to air-meet, the list of the conference planning committee. Those on the air-meet list will shortly be discussing the final conference theme and title, a draft Call For Papers, and preferred keynote speakers. To join the conference planning list go to: http://aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-meet The conference team at the University of Sussex have booked capacity for a three-day conference with 9 streams. We have held on-campus accommodation for delegates and intend to build in pre-conference workshops and round tables, in partnership with the programme chair and the air-meet as the planning develops. The University of Sussex is an interdisciplinary academic environment and has always been open to a variety of different groups. It has many partnerships with local organisations, is architecturally renown, located in a beautiful setting and has world famous library collections and research centres. The City of Brighton and Hove, on the south coast of the UK is an attractive, internationally oriented city with transport links via rail, air, sea and road. It has a rich history in the arts, film, education and politics. The University of Sussex is just outside Brighton on the edge of the South Downs. I very much look forward to seeing AoIR 5.0 here. All the best Dr. Kate O'Riordan Lecturer in Continuing Education (Media Studies) Centre for Continuing Education Sussex Institute Essex House University of Sussex Falmer Brighton BN1 9QQ Tel: 01273 877774 Email: k.s.o-riordan@sussex.ac.uk Web: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/Users/qlff7