Please plan to attend the Biometric Consortium Conference (BC2005) September 19 - 21, 2005 at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Arlington, VA USA. The two and one half day conference will offer a wide range of government and industry topics, a special session on research, The Biometric Symposium conducted by the Biometric Knowledge Center of the Center for Identification Technology Research (CITeR) and over 70 technology exhibitors. Additional information may be found on the conference website at http://www.nist.gov/bc2005.