2004 Young European Radio Astronomer's Conference The Young European Radio Astronomer's Conference (YERAC) has been occurring nearly yearly for more than thirty years, at a wide range of institutions across Europe. We are extremely pleased to announce that the XXXIV YERAC will be held in Ireland for the first time, at University College Cork. The conference will take place from August 30 -- September 3, 2004. Traditionally, participation in YERAC is by invitation. An announcement was sent to various European institutions and universities, asking for nominations of undergraduate/postgraduate research students or postdocs who have recently obtained their PhD to attend the meeting. In all, about 55 young researchers in radio astronomy will be participating, including some 15 participants from Irish universities and observatories north and south. The 2004 YERAC at UCC is being funded by the EU FP6 RadioNet Network and the UCC Physics Department. This funding will cover the local expenses of all participants, and we are providing a limited number of travel grants as well. Each of the participants will present a short talk about their research. The programme will also include several review talks by Not Quite So Young European Radio Astronomers from around Ireland. Information about the programme of talks and talk abstracts will be posted on the YERAC 2004 website sometime this summer. The main idea behind YERAC is to bring together young scientists (usually advanced undergraduate or postgraduate students) working in radio astronomy, and allow them to get to know each other, exchange their knowledge, and experience the atmosphere of an informal international conference. Typically, there are between 40 and 70 participants. For many of the participants, YERAC is in fact their first international meeting, and it provides them with a good opportunity to get practice giving talks about their research. Invitations are sent out to a radio institutes and universities around Europe, requesting that each nominate one or two of its young researchers for participation in YERAC. The tradition is that the host institute pays the local expenses for all participants, helping to make it possible for delegates from as many European countries to attend. The previous YERAC was held in 2003 at the Max-Planck Institut fur Radioastronomie in Bonn. Here is a history of all previous YERAC meetings that have been held: I 1968 Meudon, France II 1969 Manchester, United Kingdom III 1970 Dwingeloo, Netherlands IV 1971 Bonn, (West) Germany V 1972 Bologna, Italy VI 1973 Cambridge, United Kingdom VII 1974 Onsala, Sweden VIII 1975 Meudon, France IX 1976 Torun, Poland X 1977 Dwingeloo, Netherlands XI 1978 Manchester, United Kingdom XII 1979 Pushchino, U.S.S.R. XIII 1980 Bologna, Italy XIV 1981 Bonn, (West) Germany XV 1982 Cambridge, United Kingdom XVI 1983 Onsala, Sweden XVII 1984 Zelenchukskaya, U.S.R.R. XVIII 1985 Grenoble, France XIX 1986 Dwingeloo, Netherlands XX 1987 Torun, Poland XXI 1988 Manchester, United Kingdom XXII 1989 Kharkov, U.S.S.R. XXIII 1990 Guadalajara, Spain XXIV 1991 Onsala, Sweden XXV 1992 Bonn, Germany XXVI 1993 Meudon, France XXVII 1994 Cambridge, United Kingdom XXVIII 1995 Groningen, Netherlands XXIX 1996 Bologna, Italy XXX 1997 Kraków, Poland XXXI 1999 Jodrell Bank, United Kingdom XXXII 2000 Granada, Spain XXXIII 2003 Bonn, Germany