The 21st British National Conference on Databases (BNCOD21) is taking place as part of DAMMS Week (Data Analytics, Management, Manipulation and Storage), which offers a wide range of co-located conferences and workshops all linked by the theme "When Data is Key". While we clearly want to celebrate BNCOD's 21st birthday by offering the traditional "Key to the Door", our theme encompasses a much broader reality. Whether we are teaching students the use of databases, applying database technologies in commercial practice, researching the next generation of those technologies, or searching for the key factors in the makeup of life itself, Data is Key. In the development of the GRID technologies to support e-Science and virtual communities, and in the development of the next generation GRID technologies, Data is Key. In the development of the World Wide Web and the move from simple presentation technologies to complex markup and metadata tools and languages, Data is Key. DAMMS Week offers delegates the opportunity to attend:

Event	Date
UK National Conference on the Future of Customer Insight Development in Retail Banking	5th July 2004
BNCOD Bioinformatics Workshop	5th July 2004
2nd LTSN-ICS Teaching, Learning and Assessment in Databases Workshop	5th July 2004
BNCOD Doctoral Consortium	6th July 2004
Grids: What are they and where are they going?	6th July 2004
21st British National Conference on Databases	7th-9th July 2004