Second Announcement Conference on Algebraic Combinatorics and Applications Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan May 1-3, 1998 The technical program includes the following invited: One-hour speakers Alexander Barvinok (University of Michigan) Anders Bjrner (Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm) Robert Calderbank (AT&T Research) Peter Cameron (Queen Mary College, London) Jennifer Chayes (Microsoft) Philippe Flajolet (INRIA) Ronald Graham (AT&T Research) David Jackson (University of Waterloo) Half-hour speakers Georgia Benkart (University of Wisconsin) Nantel Bergeron (York University) Sara Billey (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Aart Blokhuis (Technical University of Eindhoven) Aldo Conca (University of Genoa) Sergey Fomin (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Charles Johnson (College of William & Mary) Bernard Leclerc (University of Caen) Victor Reiner (University of Minnesota) John Stembridge (University of Michigan) Neil White (University of Florida) Please visit the webpage http://www.oakland.edu/~calca for details. The Organizers