First announcement First announcement EXTENDED
Second announcement Last announcement
   

First announcement. The 4th Conference on 'Convex Geometry and High Dimensional Phenomena' will take place in Seville, Spain, from June 23-27, 2008. It is the forth and last annual conference of the EU network Phenomena in High Dimensions. Members of the network as well as all other interested
mathematicians are invited to participate.

The goal of this conference is to present and discuss recent research and results in Asymptotic Geometric Analysis, Convex Geometry, Asymptotic Combinatorics, Isoperimetric Principles in Geometry and
Probability, and related areas with particular emphasis on High-dimensional Phenomena.

The plenary speakers are:

Ben Green, Cambridge           
Bill Johnson, College Station
Daniel Hug, Essen
Gil Kalai, Jerusalem
Nigel Kalton, Columbia
Subhash Khot, New York
Hermann Konig, Kiel
Shahar Mendelson, Haifa and Canberra
Andreas Winter, Bristol
Ofer Zeitouni, Rehovot

There will be invited short talks and parallel sessions for the young
researchers appointed by the network.

There will also be a poster session in which all people interested are encouraged to participate.

WEB PAGE: http://www.congreso.us.es/phd/

REGISTRATION: Your can proceed with the registration at the corresponding link at the web page of the Conference http://www.congreso.us.es/phd/

CONFERENCE FEE: In the Second Announcement we will  inform you of the Conference Fee and other practical information.

ACCOMODATION: Special arrangements have been with some hotels in Sevilla.  If you are interested in any of them, please fill the corresponding form and send it to the hotel by email or fax as written
in the form. All the information can be found in  http://www.congreso.us.es/phd/

DEADLINES: For Accomodation: See deadlines of the different hotels in http://www.congreso.us.es/phd/ For Registration: May 9th 2008.
First announcement EXTENDED. The  Conference on 'High Dimensional Phenomena' will take place in Seville, Spain, from June 23-27, 2008.

As part of the Program, the Local Commitee organizes a Series of Seminars on the week before the conference June 16-20, 2008. The professors invited to impart them are:

A. Koldobsky, Univ. Columbia-Missouri, USA.
S. Bobkov, Univ. of Minnessota, USA.
A. Giannopoulos, Univ. of Athens, Greece.

Each Seminar consists on 4 lectures. Further information will be provided with the Second announcement of the Conference.

REGISTRATION:  Go to the registration page at http://www.congreso.us.es/phd/

SITE: The Seminars will take place at the Mathematics Building, University of Sevilla (see http://www.congreso.us.es/phd/ for a map of the area).

DATES: June 16-20, 2008.

ACCOMODATION: An special arrangement has been made with the University Residence Hall near the Mathematics Department at Sevilla University. The deadline for reserving the residence is May
15th. To reserve and find other information follow http://www.congreso.us.es/phd/
Second announcement. The 4th Conference on 'Convex Geometry and High Dimensional Phenomena' will take place in Seville, Spain, from June 23-27, 2008. It is the forth and last annual conference of the EU network Phenomena in High Dimensions. Members of the network as well as all other interested mathematicians are invited to participate.

This second announcement contains NEW information about the Conference Fee and end of the Conference.

CONFERENCE FEE: 150 euros.

This amount includes: Lunches (four days), conference dinner, visit to Reales Alcázares, welcome reception.

Participants have to register in the web page of the congress http://www.congreso.us.es/phd/ and pay the conference fee before May 15th to the following account:

NAME: Rafael Villa - UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLA
IBAN: ES29 0049 6145 7121 9007 5712
SWIFT: BSCH ESMMXXX

After this deadline, the conference fee will be 200 euros.

END OF THE CONFERENCE: The Conference will end on Friday afternoon, at 14.00 pm.

The plenary speakers are:

Ben Green, Cambridge
Bill Johnson, College Station
Daniel Hug, Karlsruhe
Gil Kalai, Jerusalem
Nigel Kalton, Columbia
Subhash Khot, New York
Hermann Konig, Kiel
Shahar Mendelson, Haifa and Canberra
Andreas Winter, Bristol
Ofer Zeitouni, Rehovot

There will be invited short talks and parallel sessions for the young researchers appointed by the network.

There will also be a poster session in which all people interested are encouraged to participate.

WEB PAGE: http://www.congreso.us.es/phd/

REGISTRATION: Your can proceed with the registration at the corresponding link at the web page of the Conference http://www.congreso.us.es/phd/

CONFERENCE FEE: 150 euros to be paid by bank transfer as explained above.

ACCOMODATION: Special arrangements have been with some hotels in Sevilla.  If you are interested in any of them, please fill the corresponding form and send it to the hotel by email or fax as written in the form. All the information can be found in http://www.congreso.us.es/phd/

The Local Committee has arranged these special offers for the participants' convenience. In any case, there is no obligation to book any of them. You may find some other interesting offers all around the internet.

DEADLINES: For Accomodation: See deadlines of the different hotels in http://www.congreso.us.es/phd/ For Registration: May 15th 2008.

EXCURSION: As a complement to the social events, the local committee has arranged an offer to make an excursion to Granada, including a visit to La Alhambra for the weekend 28-29 June. The estimated price per person is 100 euros in doubled room (126 euros in single room). A minimum number of 20 people is required, so the excursion (and prices) will be confirmed once this quantity was got. People interested should contact us at phd@us.es, pointing out the number of persons before 10th may. Before this date, if the excursion is confirmed, more information will be sent. Then the payment must be made in advance with a credit card. More information at http://www.congreso.us.es/phd/
Final announcement. IMPORTANT REMINDERS for the participants:

1. PLEASE REGISTER! if you have not done so, at
http://www.congreso.us.es/phd/
We know of your interest, but we need you to register.

2. NEW ACCOMODATION OFFER: There are some rooms available at the 'CSIC Residence for Researchers' in the Center of Sevilla (15' to conference center). Have a look at
http://www.eeha.csic.es/residenc.htm
For reservations contact Marina Parra (resideneehaa.csic.es).

3. ABSTRACTS OF TALKS. If you are one of the speakers, please send us title and abstract of the talk before May 15th to phdus.es

4. CONFERENCE FEE: 150 euros.

Money transfer to

NAME: Rafael Villa - UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLA
IBAN: ES29 0049 6145 7121 9007 5712
SWIFT: BSCH ESMMXXX

After May 15th the conference fee will be of 200 euros.

Once the transfer is made, an email to phdus.es telling us about it is highly appreciated.


5. EXCURSION TO GRANADA including a visit to La Alhambra for the weekend 28-29 June. We need to know of your interest in advance in order to book the tickets for the Alhambra visit as they are easily sold out.

6. END OF THE CONFERENCE: The Conference will end on Friday afternoon, at 14.00 pm.
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WEB PAGE: http://www.congreso.us.es/phd/

REGISTRATION: Your can proceed with the registration at the corresponding link at the web page of the Conference
http://www.congreso.us.es/phd/

CONFERENCE FEE: 150 euros to be paid by bank transfer as explained above.

ACCOMODATION: Special arrangements have been with some hotels in Sevilla.  If you are interested in any of them, please fill the corresponding form and send it to the hotel by email or fax as written in the form. All the information can be found in
http://www.congreso.us.es/phd/
The Local Committee has arranged these special offers for the participants' convenience. In any case, there is no obligation to book any of them. You may find some other interesting offers all around the internet.

DEADLINES: For Accomodation: See deadlines of the different hotels in
http://www.congreso.us.es/phd/
For Registration: May 15th 2008.

EXCURSION: As a complement to the social events, the local committee has arranged an offer to make an excursion to Granada, including a visit to La Alhambra for the weekend 28-29 June. The estimated price per person is 100 euros in doubled room (126 euros in single room). A minimum number of 20 people is required, so the excursion (and prices) will be confirmed once this quantity was got. People interested should contact us at phdus.es, pointing out the number of persons before 10th may. Before this date, if the excursion is confirmed, more information will be sent. Then the payment must be made in advance with a credit card. More information at
http://www.congreso.us.es/phd/