First Announcement ECCS'99 The European Conference on Cognitive Science - ECCS'99 will be held in Siena (Tuscany, Italy) October 27-30, in the beautiful Pontignano: a XV century Certosa in the Chianti valley. The Conference scope will range from theoretical works to applications, and from experimental methods to computer simulation and field research. A preliminary Call for Papers will be sent next week, including the selected topics of this year, the Advisory Board and Program Committee, instructions and deadlines for submission. The Conference Chair Prof. Sebastiano Bagnara University of Sienna