Though we welcome submissions from all areas of cognitive science, the theme of CogSci07 is CogSci in the Real World. This theme is intended to highlight cognitive science research in which principles supported in basic cognitive science research are further tested in real world settings or applied to questions that arise in real world settings. One central aspect of this type of research, in contrast to other realms of applied research, is that it is theoretically driven and feeds back to our theoretical understandings. As such, real world research fortifies our understanding of human cognition. To honor this theme, two researchers who exemplify this genre of research will present at the conference, Walter Kintsch and John Laird.