Hi All,<br>I&#39;ve been following the discussion about the next gretl conference.  As I promised in Bilbao, I approached the editors of Advances in Econometrics about doing a gretl edition with an accompanying conference.  The AIE conferences  (<a href="http://www.bus.lsu.edu/hill/aie/aie_main.htm">http://www.bus.lsu.edu/hill/aie/aie_main.htm</a>) are normally held in Baton Rouge, usually in the fall (early November).  I&#39;ve been to a couple of these and they are quite nice (though, it would be impossible to top the wonderful hospitality of our hosts in Bilbao!).  <br>

<br>I don&#39;t have a firm commitment yet, but the response I got from Carter Hill was very favorable.   I pitched it as a volume on open source econometrics software (of which gretl is the leader, right?).  Guest editors (me? and any volunteers) can influence the focus quite a bit.  This would open it up a bit to contributions from R users perhaps, but it will help fill up the volume.  Usually there are about 15 or so submissions for a volume.  Anyway, if there is interest in pursuing this venue or if any of you have any ideas or suggestions, let me know and I&#39;ll see what I can do.<br>
<br>Also, I&#39;ll be working on a new version of my gretl book later this year so any comments or suggestions would be welcome.<br><br>Cheers,<br>Lee<br clear="all">
<br>-- <br>Lee Adkins<br>Professor of Economics<br><a href="mailto:lee.adkins@okstate.edu" target="_blank">lee.adkins@okstate.edu</a><br><br><a href="http://learneconometrics.com" target="_blank">learneconometrics.com</a><br>