You are welcome to participate in the symposium in a manner that fits your purpose best with the symposium theme and its forward-looking thrust. Should you like to present a relevant paper, e-mail me your abstract of a suitable size with five keywords and three pertinent references. This would also be the time for the organization of thematic luncheon roundtable discussion sessions on topics of vital interest. I look forward to hearing from you. Together we can make the symposium a memorable occasion of the twentieth century taking us into the next century.
Plans are in progress on a suitable symposium publication.
As a part of my sabbatical in the spring of 99, I plan to be a Distinguished Lukacs Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio. Last year's symposium was a great success on Statistics for the 21st Century under the direction of last year's Distinguished Lukacs Professor. My colleague, Professor C. R. Rao, Fellow of Royal Society and Member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, had put the program together. The symposium plans to keep its tradition of local hospitality to each participant. Bowling Green makes payments direct to the parties involved in behalf of the guest.