The annual Regional North American meeting of the Neuroepidemiology Research Group of the World Federation of Neurology will be held all day on Friday 30 April 2004 in Oakland, California, USA. The American Academy of Neurology will be meeting across the Bay Bridge in San Francisco at the same time. Please consider submitting an abstract or simply attending the meeting. As in the past, all accepted abstracts will be published in the journal, Neuroepidemiology.