XIth OPORTO MEETING 
on 

GEOMETRY, TOPOLOGY AND PHYSICS 

12-15 July
2002 




CONFERENCE VENUE

The conference venue ( see local map) is:

Anfiteatro 0.03,
Departamento de Matemática Pura
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto,
Rua do Campo Alegre, Nº 687
4169-007 Porto

XIth OPORTO MEETING on GEOMETRY, TOPOLOGY and PHYSICS

The XIth Oporto Meeting on Geometry, Topology and Physics will take place in Oporto, Portugal, from July 12th to 15th, 2002 (Friday to Monday). The aim of the Oporto Meetings is to bring together mathematicians and physicists interested in the inter-relation between geometry, topology and physics and to provide them with a pleasant and informal environment for scientific interchange. As in previous years, the meeting is focussed on the short courses (3 lectures each) given by the main speakers (see below for details), which are supplemented by seminars by other participants. The talks are at the advanced graduate or postdoctoral level, and should be of interest to all researchers wishing to learn about recent developments in the overlap between geometry, topology and physics.

The main topic of the XIth OPORTO MEETING will be:

"GEOMETRY of DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS"


MAIN SPEAKERS



Minicourses

Ian ANDERSON (Utah State University) Group Invariant Solutions and Symmetric Criticality
Phillip A. GRIFFITHS (Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton) Abel's Differential Equations
Niky KAMRAN  (McGill University, Montreal)
Alexandre VINOGRADOV  (Diffiety Institute, Moscow) A Panorama of Secondary Calculus


Plenary Lectures

Joseph KRASIL'SHCHIK  (Independent University of Moscow) Nonlocal Aspects in Geometry of PDE and Recursion Operators
Alexander VERBOVETSKY  (Independent University of Moscow)




INFORMATION for PROSPECTIVE PARTICIPANTS

Information about access to computer facilities during the Meeting and other tips see in TIPS.

Time shift: please note that Portuguese time is one hour earlier than Spanish or French time.

Those wishing to participate should fill in and return the registration form not later than April 30th, 2002.

Participants should aim to arrive by the 11th of July, since the meeting will start in the morning on the 12th. The meeting will continue until the middle or end of the afternoon of the 15th of July.

 The meeting will be held in the Department of Pure Mathematics of the Faculty of Sciences of Oporto University. See more details above.

There are many international direct flights to Oporto (Pedras Rubras) airport. If no convenient flight to Oporto is available participants from abroad may fly to Lisbon and catch an internal connecting flight or take a train to Oporto. The train journey from Lisbon to Oporto lasts a minimum of 3 hours.

 TRANSPORT FROM THE AIRPORT TO OPORTO:
There are good connections from the airport to Oporto.
By bus:
There exists a bus route, called AeroBus, providing a fast connection between the airport and the city's leading hotels and downtown Porto (tell the driver where you are going). The AeroBus leaves every 30m (from 7:45 to 19:15) and it costs 2,50 euros. For more information (timetables, etc) visit the AeroBus Web Site.
By taxi:
Price around 15 Euros. A small tip of around 5 percent is appreciated but not essential.

ARRIVING BY TRAIN:
See train schedules and prices in the web page of CP. The train stops at the Campanhã railway station.
From there you have local buses (the local company is called STCP) that pass near in the Hotel. You can catch the line 34 (see its route), and exit at the end of the line, or the line 35 (see its route) and exit at "Junta". The price of the ticket is 0,47 euros if prepaid and 0,95 euros if bought on the bus. Another alternative is to use a taxi. From the train station to the hotel the price should be around 8 euros.

Due to the limitations of the budget it is unlikely that financial support will be available except for the main speakers and some Portuguese students.

The meeting is to be held in Oporto, Portugal's second-largest city, offering many attractive sightseeing possibilities.

Recently Oporto's historical centre was awarded UNESCO World Heritage status. Local food and wine is excellent, and in particular Oporto (Porto in Portuguese) is the home of Port wine.



MEETING FEES

There will be a fee of 100 Euros to be paid upon arrival (which will also cover the lunches during the conference).


HOTEL INFORMATION

The default hotel is:


HOTEL Ipanema Porto (****)
(not the Hotel Ipanema Park!)
How to go from the Conference Venue to the Hotel see here


Rua do Campo Alegre, 156/4150
Porto - Portugal

Phone: (351)-22 607 50 59
Fax: (351)-22 606 33 39 / 39 31
E-mail: ipanema.porto@ipanema-porto-hotel.pt

Special prices for the Meeting participants:
Single Room: 65 Euros, Double Room (to share): 75 Euros.
Both with breakfast.
All rooms with bathroom/lavatory.

The Hotel is close to the conference venue (5 minutes walk).



Alternative hotel (cheaper).
Please let us know in case you want to be accommodated in this hotel.

HOTEL Tuela (***)
How to go from the Conference Venue to the Hotel see here (the second map).

Rua Arq. Marques da Silva, Nº200
4150 Porto * Portugal

Phone: +351-226004747
Fax: +351-226003709
Telex: 25216 TUELA P
Email: reservas.tuela@hoteltuela.com
comercial@hoteltuela.com

Special prices for the Meeting participants:
Single Room = 45 Euros; Double Room (to share) = 50 Euros.
Both with breakfast.
All rooms with bathroom/lavatory.

The Hotel is close to the conference venue (5 minutes walk).



ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

José Mourão (Lisbon, IST): jmourao@math.ist.utl.pt
Roger Picken (Lisbon, IST): picken@math.ist.utl.pt
João Nuno Tavares (Oporto, FCUP): jntavar@fc.up.pt
Home page address: http://www.fc.up.pt/mp/actividades/om.html



FINANCIAL SUPPORT

Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia
Centro de Matemática da Universidade do Porto
Centro de Matemática Aplicada, Instituto Superior Técnico
Caixa Geral de Depósitos
Fundação Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento
Grupo Teórico de Altas Energias



APPLICATION FORM

Registration and Accommodation Form