the The U.S. Census Bureau, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development are pleased that the 2006 International Comparative Analysis of Enterprise (micro) Data (CAED) Conference was such a positive experience for all involved. Please let us know if you have suggestions for how to make the 2008 conference an even better experience. We would like to thank the authors who contributed the 80+ papers to the final program. We would especially like thank keynotes Professor James Heckman and Professor Francis Kramarz for ending each day of the conference on a high note.