We are happy to inform you that the online abstract submission and registration for `useR! 2008' is now available online from R-project.org/useR-2008 This meeting of the R user community will take place at the Technische Universit?t Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany, August 12 to 14, 2008. The conference schedule comprises invited lectures and user-contributed sessions as well as half-day tutorials presented by R experts on August 11, 2008, prior to the conference. Invited speakers will include Peter B?hlmann, John Fox, Andrew Gelman, Kurt Hornik, Gary King, Duncan Murdoch, Jean Thioulouse, and Graham J. Williams. The spectrum of user-contributed sessions will depend on your submissions. Hence, we invite you to submit abstracts on topics presenting innovations or exciting applications of R. The call for papers along with the link to the online abstract submission is available at R-project.org/useR-2008/#Call Before the start of the official program, half-day tutorials will be offered on Monday, August 11. A list of topics and speakers can be found at R-project.org/useR-2008/tutorials Early birds fly until March 31st 2008, so now is the perfect time to write and submit an abstract, register as a participant and plan your trip to Dortmund. The conference web page R-project.org/useR-2008 has a link to a local hotel booking service and much more news. We hope to meet you in Dortmund! The conference committee, Uwe Ligges (conference), Achim Zeileis (program), Claus Weihs, Gerd Kopp (local organization), Friedrich Leisch, Torsten Hothorn _______________________________________________ R-announce at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-announce