The organisers of the 14th International conference of the Association for Cultural Economics International (ACEI) to be held in Vienna, 6-9 July 2006, invite the submission of papers (in English) on any aspect of cultural economics to be considered for inclusion in contributed paper sessions. The conference is to be held at the University for Fine Arts. Local organization is by FOKUS, the Austrian Society for Cultural Economics and Policy Studies. Papers are welcome from members and non-members in all areas of the application of economics to the performing and visual arts, heritage, media, cultural industries, cultural policy and related areas. Contributed paper sessions will include three papers. Suggestions by scholars who wish to organize a group session are welcome, provided that the three papers in the session do not come from the same research center, organization or university. There will also be a session for Ph D students/young researchers who wish to make a short presentation on their work. Please indicate this type of paper/session on the Abstract(s) by G and YR respectively. Please send an Abstract of 100-150 words including your name, mailing address and e mail address, affiliation and position held, clearly stating the contribution of your paper to cultural economics. The Abstract should be sent by email (as .doc or .pdf) to Paul Stepan on stepan@fokus.or.at with the subject "ACEI abstract". The final date for submission of the Abstract is January 31, 2006. Acceptance will be notified by March 15. For further information, CLICK HERE