Hi all One final snapshot from the conference from me - a little late (it's taken me this long to recover (no, not really - just got back to the USA and connectivity-land) ). I believe that the program for Masstricht, thanks to Klaus Bruhn Jensen and his reviewers and sub-chairs, was excellent. A wide range of papers, well-organised into panels. I think that, in general terms, we had a wider range of papers at Maastricht than before, which reflects the growing and broadening appeal of the conference. It's frustrating, in fact, to not have time to 'taste-test' some of the areas that are on offer. Ulla Bunz, AoIR's hard-working secretary, commented to me that "Sometimes, the hardest part about being at AoIR was deciding whether I wanted to continue talking and exchanging ideas, or whether I wanted to go to another session and get more food for thought. All I can say is, I hope people will bring their ideas back to air-l so we all can be part of them!" I was also struck by the way that the annual AoIR conference provides an opportunity for diversity within the overall coherence of the Association. Each location at which the cyber-world of AoIR touches down (Maastricht this year, Toronto in 2004) provides a chance for local difference and variation, making sure that AoIR remains internationally diverse and appealing. So, until 2004, let's hope that air-l can, like AoIR, become bigger and better, allowing exchanges of ideas that complement and extend the conference Once again, thanks to everyone, especially Klaus and Monica, for staging a wonderful conference. All until 2004 Matthew