This is the first time we have devoted a whole issue of Convergence to a conference, but felt it was appropriate in this case since it was the first conference to be held that had emerged directly from the interests of and contacts made through the journal. The conference was designed to explore the conceptualisation and theorisation of the new media and to develop the forum provided by Convergence for new research in the area. Although the issue departs slightly from our usual format, as is our normal practice all the articles have been peer reviewed, and all the authors have revised their presentations for publication. The authors e-mail addresses are included with their abstracts, and if anyone is interested in obtaining copies of papers not included in this issue of Convergence please contact the author direct. Our Summer, Autumn and Winter issues this year return to our usual format, with the Summer and Winter issues themed ones on cinema and intelligent environments respectively.
Full details are available on our web site or via the editors.