Participants of the symposium for Jan Paredaens's 60th birthday. From left to right: Front row: Hans Janssens; Peter Peelman; Marc Gyssens; Jan Paredaens; Nele Dexters; Geert Jan Houben; Toon Calders; Frank Neven; Dries Van Dyck. Second row: Bart Kuijpers; Stijn Dekeyser; Jan Hidders; Philippe Michiels; Marc Andries; Marc Gemis; Jef Wijsen; Leonid Libkin; Jan Van den Bussche. Third row: Thomas Schwentick; Dirk Van Gucht; George Fletcher; Paul De Bra; Eveline Hoekx; Floris Geerts; Bart Goethals; Chris Tuijn; Letizia Tanca; Victor Vianu. Fourth row and above: Gottfried Vossen; Michael Mampaey; Luca Cabibbo; Wim Le Page; Hendrik Blockeel; Roel Vercammen; Jos Baeten; Stijn Vansummeren; Bernhard Thalheim; Koen Smets; Adriana Prado; Natalia Kwasnikowska; Maurice Bruynooghe; Wouter Gelade; Tadeusz Litak (top); Olga De Troyer; unknown PhD student from Gent; Gabriel Kuper; Kees van Hee; Dirk Leinders; Dan Suciu; Calin Garboni; Balder ten Cate.