[GAP Forum] Conference on Groups and Semigroups, Lisbon

[Csaba Schneider]

Dear Colleagues

Please find below the first announcement of the "Groups and Semigroups:
Interactions and Computations" conference to be held between 25-29
July, 2011 in Lisbon (Portugal). More information can be found on the
website http://caul.cii.fc.ul.pt/GSConf2011. Registration is now open.

Best wishes

Csaba Schneider
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FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE CONFERENCE
GROUPS AND SEMIGROUPS: INTERACTIONS AND COMPUTATIONS
25-29 JULY 2011
UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA, PORTUGAL
http://caul.cii.fc.ul.pt/GSConf2011

SUMMARY

The aim of this conference is to deepen the existing interactions
between group theory and semigroup theory. The main themes of the
conference include, not exclusively: the application of permutation
group theory in the theory of transformation semigroups; computational
techniques in group theory and semigroup theory;  and combinatorial
methods in group theory and semigroup theory.

The conference will be organized by the Centro de Álgebra da
Universidade de Lisboa (CAUL), the Centro Internacional de Matemática
(CIM), and the Departamento de Matemática da Faculdade de Ciências da
Universidade de Lisboa (DM-FCUL).

INVITED SPEAKERS

Carlos André, University of Lisbon
Peter Cameron, Queen Mary, University of London
John Fountain, University of York
Bettina Eick, Technical University of Braunschweig
Robert Gray, University of Lisbon
Zur Izhakian, Bar-Ilan University
Olga Kharlampovich, McGill University
Michael Kinyon, University of Denver
Charles Leedham-Green, Queen Mary, University of London
Alex Lubotzky, Hebrew University
Peter Neumann, University of Oxford
Cheryl Praeger, University of Western Australia
Ákos Seress, University of Western Australia
Pedro Silva, University of Porto
Michail Volkov, University of Ekaterinburg
Efim Zelmanov, University of California

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Gracinda Gomes (chair), CAUL, DM-FCUL
João Araújo, CAUL, Universidade Aberta
Victoria Gould, University of York
Stephen Linton, University of St Andrews
Eamonn O'Brien, University of Auckland
Csaba Schneider, CAUL, DM-FCUL.

The planned program includes 50 minutes lectures by the invited
speakers and 20 minutes contributed talks by the participants.

REGISTRATION

If you wish to participate in the conference, please fill in the
registration form (see below) and send it to conf2011 at cii.fc.ul.pt.
For logistic reasons, the number of participants is limited, so please
do register as soon as possible.

The registration fee that covers the conference dinner and the
conference trip is:
200 euros, until 31st March 2011;
225 euros, from 1st April 2011;
120 euros for postgraduate students;
100 euros for accompanying partners to participate in the dinner and the trip.

The registration fee should be transferred to the following bank account:

Centro Internacional de Matemática
Av. Prof. Gama Pinto, 2
1649-003 Lisboa, Portugal

Bank: Millennium BCP – Santa Clara, Coimbra
IBAN: PT50 0033000017280018083 12
BIC / SWIFT: BCOMPTPL

Once the transfer is made, either email or fax us a copy of the bank
transaction statement. Our email address is conf2011 at cii.fc.ul.pt and
our fax number is +351 217954288.  Please address the fax to the
attention of Patricia Paraiba and do not forget to clearly identify
the name of the participant.

TRAVEL INFORMATION:

We recommend to everyone coming from abroad flying to Lisbon's
airport. Travel information, including information on accommodation,
will be available on the conference website.

REGISTRATION FORM

If you wish to participate, please fill it in and return it by June 1,
2011 to conf2011 at cii.fc.ul.pt.

NAME:

AFFILIATION:

ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE:

E-mail ADDRESS:

PHONE/FAX:

DO YOU WISH TO GIVE A SEMINAR? Yes/No

IF YES, PLEASE SEND US THE TITLE and an ABSTRACT (deadline: March 31th, 2011)

NAME OF ACCOMPANYING PARTNER (if participates in the social events)