First announcement: April 30, 2002. THE 49th SEMINAIRE LOTHARINGIEN DE COMBINATOIRE (Wien, Erlangen, Marne-la-Vallee) will take place in Haus Sch\"onenberg Sch\"onenberg 40, D-73479 Ellwangen (near N\"urnberg, W\"urzburg, Stuttgart) Tel.: +49-7961-9193-0, Fax.: +49-7961-9193-33 from Sunday, October 20, 2002 (evening) to Wednesday, October 23, 2002 (afternoon). --------------------------------------------------------------- Present and further information can be found on our website: URL: http://www.mat.univie.ac.at/~slc/wpapers/s49.html ---------------------------------------------------------------- Participants are expected to arrive for dinner on Sunday and leave after lunch on Wednesday. The Haus Sch\"onenberg is located along the train line from Stuttgart to N\"urnberg, and is also easily reachable via the Autobahn A7. SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME The main speakers of this session will be: Francesco Brenti (Roma) and Alan Sokal (New York; not yet confirmed) There will be time for a limited number of talks by participants (about 25 minutes each talk). Contributed talks may already be submitted at this stage (but also later). EUROPEAN NETWORK The Seminar will shelter the activities of the European Network on "Algebraic Combinatorics", consisting of the teams from the Universities of Bordeaux, Jerusalem, Marburg, Marne-la-Vallée, Roma, Link\"oping and Stockholm, Strasbourg, Wien. It is expected that members of the network will report on their latest research activities. ACCOMMODATION Participants will be housed in the Haus Sch\"onenberg in double rooms or in single rooms. The rates are the following: On a double occupancy basis: 55.50 Euro (board and lodging) per person (per day). On a single occupancy basis: 66.50 Euro (board and lodging) per person (per day). REGISTRATION See below. QUESTIONS For questions get in touch with Christian Krattenthaler (email: kratt@ap.univie.ac.at). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PARTICIPATION FORM To be returned, either by ordinary mail or by email, to Christian Krattenthaler Institut f\"ur Mathematik Universit\"at Wien Strudlhofgasse 4 A-1090 Vienna Austria fax: +43-1-427750620 email: kratt@ap.univie.ac.at NAME: ADDRESS: Email: fax: will participate in the 49th Seminaire Lotharingien de Combinatoire Arrival in Haus Sch\"onenberg (day and time): Departure from Haus Sch\"onenberg (day and time): Transportation: Do you wish to give a lecture? On which subject? ROOM RESERVATION: Number of persons (you included): Double occupancy (indicate the name of a person with whom you are willing to share the room): Single occupancy: ------- End of document ------------