Last update: June 4, 1998.


THE 42 nd SEMINAIRE LOTHARINGIEN DE COMBINATOIRE

Maratea, Basilicata, Italy
August 31 - September 6, 1998

A CELEBRATION

Ten years after the 20th session of the Seminar that took place in Alghero, Sardinia it has been decided to return to Italy, this time to Southern Italy, to Maratea, province of Basilicata, on the Mediterranean sea, some 200 kilometers south of Naples. Ten years ago we could enjoy the fine lectures by I.G. Macdonald on the algebra of the polynomials named after him. This time we want to celebrate

George E. Andrews

on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday.

DATES

from August 31, 1998 (evening) to September 6 (morning). The seminar proper will start on September 1 (morning) to end up on September 5 (evening).

LOCATION

Hotel Villa del Mare
I-85041 Acquafredda-Maratea, Basilicata
Tel. : [39] 973 878007
fax. : [39] 973 878102
http://www.edinet-gdp.com/villadelmare/
A photo of Hotel Villa Del Mare A map of the region

ACCOMMODATION

Participants will be housed in Hotel Villa del Mare in double or single rooms. They are expected to arrive for dinner on Monday, Aug. 31 and leave after breakfast on Sunday, Sept. 6.

PATRONAGE

The seminar is being held under the auspices of the Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Strasburgo. It has received the financial support of the Regione Basilicata, the dipartimento di Matematica, Univeristà degli Studi della Basilicata and the I.R.M.A., Université Louis Pasteur.

REGISTRATION

If you are willing to participate, please register as soon as possible by using the participation form or directly from the web.


SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

Jacques Désarménien (Marne-la-Vallée), Dominique Foata (Strasbourg), Adalbert Kerber (Bayreuth), Peter Paule (Linz), Domenico Senato (Potenza), Volker Strehl (Erlangen).

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME

The seminar will be run as usual. However a special lecture on George E. Andrews'works will be scheduled, as well as a lecture by himself. Scientific reports from the schools that attend the seminar regularly will be given:

Bayreuth, Erlangen, Marne-la-Vallée, Strasbourg.

Other communications are welcome, depending on the number of participants who want to give talks. Please, indicate your wishes in the Participation form. The scientific programme will be updated after each proposal and the final one be posted on the web in Mid-August.

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS (Aug. 12, 1998)

THE ANDREWS FESTSCHRIFT

The Seminaire Lotharingien de Combinatoire is also a regular electronic journal that publishes the proceedings of the seminar and also the papers that are submitted for publication independently. Have a look at http://cartan.u-strasbg.fr/~slc or at one of its 30 (yes indeed!) mirror-sites. Our intention is to transform the proceedings of this 42nd session into an Andrews Festschrift. Note that the papers are refereed and regularly reviewed by Zentralblatt fuer Mathematik and Mathematical Reviews.


TRAVEL FROM BASEL, MUENCHEN, PARIS

A block of seats has been reserved on the flights Basel-Naples, Muenchen-Naples and Paris-Naples (Aug. 31, 1998) by the travel Agency "Voyages Lesage". To take advantage of those reduced fares please register as soon as possible by using the TRAVEL RESERVATION COUPON.

SHUTTLE BUS

A shuttle bus will pick up the participants at the airport of Naples on August 31, 1998 at 15:00 p.m. and take them back on September 6 from Maratea to Naples for them to be on time for their flights in early afternoon.

TRAVEL BY AIR (other)

The nearest airport is the airport of Naples. If you come by air but don't take the chartered flights above, make sure to arrive in Naples by 15:00 p.m. on August 31 or notify the organizers. For an arrival later in the afternoon the only possibility left would be riding the train to Maratea or renting a car.

TRAVEL BY TRAIN

Maratea has its own railway station. Pendolino trains stop only at Sapri, ten kilometers from Maratea. Notify the hotel or the organizers for being picked up.

TRAVEL BY CAR

Maratea can be reached easily from the autostrada del sole. Exit at Lagonegro.

MISCELLANEOUS

For more information and details write to Dominique Foata or Domenico Senato.