The Second International Mars Society Convention will be held at the University of Colorado in Boulder, August 12-15, 1999. Last year’s Founding Convention drew 700 people from over 40 countries from around the world, with close to 180 papers presented, and was covered extensively in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, ABC-Discover News, and many other leading world press. It is anticipated that attendance at this years’ convention will exceed 2,000.