Dear Dr. Haskell, I have been appointed to serve as the General Chair of the Summer 2002 edition of the SSGRR series of international conferences. The SSGRR-2002S (Summer) conference on "Infrastructure for e-Business, e-Education, e-Science, and e-Medicine" takes place in SSGRR (Scuola Superiore G. Reiss Romoli), the delux congress and educational center of the Telecom Italia Group of companies. Programming-related papers (C,C++,JAVA,etc...) are of special interest for this conference, and your contributions are welcome! This is in L'Aquila near Rome, Italy, from July 29 (Monday) at 5pm (start of the Grand Opening) till August 4 (Sunday) at 10am (departure of busses to the Rome airport Fiumicino and the railway station Tiburtina). Most of the past participants beleive that this was one of the most interesting, most useful, and definitely THE most hospitable conference they ever attended. The SSGRR-2002S will be open by Jerome Friedman from MIT (laureate of the NOBEL PRIZE) and Travor Gruen-Kennedy of Citrix (listed by some sources as one of the world's TOP-25 contributors to the development of the Internet). For details, see the WWW site of the conference (www.ssgrr.it/en/ssgrr2002s/index.htm). Among other things, this WWW site also includes the full-blown version of the invitation letter-contract, with all relevant details (www.ssgrr.it/en/ssgrr2002s/invitation.htm). The soft deadline for you to decide if you are coming is May 25, 2002 (in the worst case you should respond before May 31th). By that date the place for you is unconditionally reserved. After that date, you will be accepted to the conference only if the existing 240 places are not filled. Before May 25, 2002, please send only the following: (a) TITLE, (b) AUTHORS, (c) AFFILIATION, (d) ABSTRACT, and (e) STATEMENT THAT YOU WILL COME 100% (answers like "maybe" will be treated as NO answer from you). The full paper is due on June 20, 2002. The early registration price for the 6-day stay at SSGRR is EURO1200 (if you represent an institution) or EURO1440 (if you come as an individual). Coming without a paper costs you extra EURO600 or EURO720, respectively. Deadline for the early registration is June 30, 2002. If you come with an accompanying person, the early registration extra cost is EURO300, for 6 days of bed and breakfast, in an external hotel (please note that the best external hotels are 4-star, and not nearly as comfortable as the accommodation in the SSGRR complex). The SSGRR complex includes only single-bed rooms, and therefore available only to those who come without an accompanying person. If you have any questions, please check the WWW site of the conference and especially the part entitled FAQ(Frequently Asked Questions). If you still have questions or there is something that we can do for you, please write to Organizing Committee at ssgrr2002s@rti7020.etf.bg.ac.yu (preferred) or if absolutely necessary, to myself directly (vm@etf.bg.ac.yu). Sincerely yours, Professor V. M. Milutinovic, General Chair of the SSGRR-2002S (galeb.etf.bg.ac.yu/~vm/) P.S. No matter if you will attend the SSGRR-2002S conference or not, please let us know if you like to be invited to the Winter edition of the year 2003 (SSGRR-2003W) to be held in the same place from January 6, 2003 at 5pm till January 12, 2003 at 10am. Shall we reinvite you? Of course, if you wish not to receive again information about the SSGRR conferences, please let us know, and we will remove your name from our list. IMPORTANT DETAILS: 1. Your presentation is 25 minutes, plus 5 minutes for discussion and the change of speakers. 2. The author of the LAST paper in the session is the session chairman, so he/she is motivated to respect the timing. The slots of the non-show-up papers are to be used for extra discussions. Moving of presentation slots is NOT permitted. 3. Timing of the session is given on the WWW site of the conference. 4. Special sessions are dedicated to advanced programming, 5. More information on the SSGRR center is given on the WWW site of the conference. 6. Transportation related information, on July 29 from Tiburtina station in Rome to SSGRR in L'Aquila, and on August 4 from L'Aquila to Tiburtina station and Fiumicino airport is given in the conference WWW site (pay attention to FAQ). 7. Details of the food schedule, social program, and all other relevant details are also given on the WWW site of the conference.