It is a pleasure to invite you to participate in the

8-th International Workshop on Multiparticle Production:

Correlations and Fluctuations '98

Following previous workshops in Aspen, Jinan, Perugia, Santa Fe, Ringberg, Krakow and Nijmegen, the 8-th International Workshop on Multiparticle Production will take place at the conference hotel "Ózon" situated in a beautiful forest close to the village of Mátraháza, near to the city of Gyöngyös located 80 km northeast from Budapest, the capital of Hungary.

Arrival of participants is planned for Sunday, June 14, departure for Sunday, June 21, 1998. Sessions will be held from Monday, June 15 in the morning to Sunday, June 21 in the morning.

The topics of the workshop will be a comparison of "Correlations and Fluctuations" observed in the hadronic final states of all types of high energy collisions, from e⁺e^- to heavy ion reactions. Special emphasis will be put on the interaction among the experts of correlation and fluctuation studies in particle physics and in high energy heavy ion communities. A larger than usual fraction of the speakers will thus be invited from the heavy ion community and an extra day will be added to cover in detail the topics of the workshop. We plan to reserve ample time for both formal and informal discussions throughout the meeting.
The detailed scientific program will be distributed with a later bulletin, in the beginning of 1998.

The proceedings will be published by World Scientific Publishing Co. Ltd. and a copy will be sent to all participants. The deadline for submission of camera-ready manuscripts will be August 31, 1998. Page allocation per speaker and format required by the publisher will be handed out to speakers during the workshop.

For accommodation and workshop itself, the entire conference hotel "Ózon" has been reserved for the period June 14 (evening) to June 21 (noon). The cost will be not more than $ 500 according to the present exchange rate for participants and $ 400 for accompanying persons. This will include room, meals starting with a buffet on Sunday evening (please indicate special diet wishes on the pre-registration form) and the excursion. Payment, before April 1, 1998. The possible options of payments will be announced in the 2nd circular.

By air:
Hotel Ózon can be reached via the Budapest Ferihegy I or II International Airports. The Ferihegy Airports are providing convenient minibus services to any part of Budapest for a reasonable price. You may chose to take such an airport shuttle to the country bus station Nepstadion. There is a direct bus connection between the Nepstadion station and Hotel Ózon through the country town Gyöngyös, to the montain resort village of Mátraháza. The bus schedule will be revised at the end of May 1998; the new version will be sent to you as soon as available.

By train:
Good train connection exists between Budapest and the other parts of Europe. Train schedules can be provided on request. When arriving to a major railway station in Budapest, take a subway and change to line 3 (the red line) if you arrived to the Nyugati pu. On the subway line 3 (the red line) take the trains going to the Ors vezer tere direction and get off at the Nepstadion. Change to a bus at the Nepstadion bus station. The Budapest-Mátra buses stop directly before Hotel Ózon, the conference site.

By car:
The Mátra hills can be reached by car following the highway M3 from Budapest. Some parts of this highway is under reconstruction currently. More details will be sent to you concerning travel in the next circular.

Passport and visa:
Please make sure your passport is not expired and you have your visa (if required).

A small welcome party will be organized on Monday evening and a workshop banquet on Friday. A halfday excursion will take place on Wednesday to including a visit to Hollókö a famous village part of the UNESCO World Heritage. The conference center itself is situated at the crossing point of several forest hiking routes allowing for hikes lasting between 5 minutes and 5 days (maps are recommended and will be available). Ping-pong tables, a sauna and a tennis yard will be available, as well as a small bar for informal discussions during the evening.

Attendance will be by invitation only and limited to 50-60 participants actively working in the field. In principle, every participant will be given time for a short presentation, but time will be also reserved for formal discussions during the sessions and (most importantly) informal ones in between.

Note that we plan to organize this meeting almost completely electronically. If you would like to receive a printed or faxed copy of the letter of invitation, please let us know by e-mail.

Since we already have a number of requests, we would be grateful for a tentative e-mail answer, possibly before November 15, 1997. Please inform us also, and in particular, if you cannot accept the invitation.

Looking forward to seeing you in Hungary,

T. Csörgö, S. Hegyi, R. C. Hwa and G. Jancsó,

cf98@www.kfki.hu .

for the organizing committee.