We are happy to inform you that abstract submission for useR! 2013 is now available online, see http://www.R-project.org/useR-2013 This meeting of the R user community will take place at the University of Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete, Spain, July 10-12, 2013. Pre-conference tutorials will be offered on July 9. A list of tutorials is available at http://www.r-project.org/useR-2013/Tutorials/ Participants are encouraged to submit a one-page abstract for oral or poster presentation at the conference. Contributed oral presentations will be allowed 17 minutes, followed by 3 minutes discussion. Following previous conferences, all participants are invited to present a Lightning Talk, for which no abstract is required. The format for Lightning Talks is a 15-slide version of Pecha Kucha. Participants wishing to give a Lightning Talk must provide an informative title on their registration form. Registration will open shortly. For regular talks and posters, please use the recently updated LaTeX or Microsoft Word/LibreOffice Writer abstract templates available at the conference website: http://www.r-project.org/useR-2013#Call The deadline for abstract submission is March 31. The preferred method of abstract and tutorial proposal submission is via the web form at the conference website: http://www.r-project.org/useR-2013/submission.html We look forward to seeing you at useR! 2013 in Albacete! -- Virgilio Gómez Rubio, on behalf of the useR! 2013 local organizing committee Departamento de Matemáticas Escuela de Ingenieros Industriales de Albacete Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha Avda. España s/n 02071 Albacete - SPAIN Tel: 967 59 92 00 ext. 8250 [[alternative HTML version deleted]]