Organizing committee: James D. Lewis (Director), Noriko Yui, Brent Gordon, Stefan Müller-Stach, Shuji Saito.

The organizers acknowledge the generous support by NATO, the Centre de Recherches Mathématiques (Montréal), the U.S. National Science Foundation, and the U.S. National Security Agency.

This institute will offer a full and in-depth account of the "Arithmetic and Geometry of Algebraic Cycles," ranging from introductory courses on the subject by the leading experts to discussions of the latest developments in the fields. Several points of view will be considered, including arithmetic methods, transcendental methods, topological methods, and motives and K-theoretic methods.

The following speakers have confirmed their participation