SIGIR '94, Dublin.

Some pictures taken by Iain Campbell, Mark Sanderson, Rachel Soper, and Keith van Rijsbergen.

They're all JPEG compressed, and range in size from 40Kb to 160Kb.

"More tea Vicar?" - Maristella and Donna.

"Actually Mark, I think it's me he wants to photograph" - Mounia and Mark.

Off to the pub.. - not an uncommon occurrence.

Simple-Simon says 'put your hand in the air' - Alan rousing the rabble.

Rugby scrum - (clockwise from top) Mounia, Paraic, Iain, Martin, Florian, Nick, Natalie, and Theo.

Dental disasters - Mark, Pia, and Iain.

"Quick cuppa before my mobile phone rings again" - a huddle forms around a very busy Alan.

"Oh my god, he's got a camera!" - obviously guilty of something: Alan and Mounia.

Bryce "cut to the chase" Allen - the master of entertaining presentations.

Dave and Dave - Harper and Lewis, that is.

"What we don't know about IR & DB you could fit on the back of a stamp" - The IR & DB Integration panel session: Joachim, Ulrich, Ray, Peter, and Norbert.

"He's just tired and emotional" - Jane, Mark, Mark, and Naveed.

"You know, I did some of the original work in the field" - Keith introducing the keynote speaker.

Networking is so important at these conferences - Natalie, Rachel, and Fabio.

The young radicals of IR - from left to right, Natallie, Nick, Rachel, Paraic, Carlo, Iain, David, Mounia, Mark, Florian, Michael, Fabio, Theo, and Martin.

Marie-France.

"A funny thing happened to me on the way to the banquet tonight ladies and gentlemen..." - Peter Ingwersen.

Shmoozing is so important at these conferences - Iain and Alan.

In France you drink eet zees way - Phillipe and Marie-France.

Keith's extended academic family - (standing) Alan, Mark, Iain, Fabrizio, Mark, Jane, David, Naveed, David, Joan, David, Bruce, Howard, (sitting) Joman, Mark, Fabio, Keith, Mounia.

(at table, from top left going clockwise) Jane, Peter, Florian, Elke, Hanne, Pia, Mark, Isabelle, Mark, Natallie, Naveed, Iain, Mounia, Mark, (at the back/standing) Fabrizio, Ruairi, Fergus, Stefano, Rachel, Massimo, Fabio, Roberto, Carlo, Roberto (at back).

Mathew and Hanne.

Late additions...

Bruce.

Karen and Dennis.

Alan and David.

David and Peter.

- (clockwise) Iain, Rachel, Fabrizio, Fabio and (centre) Michael.

But are you a real Scotsman Mark?