Near-rings 2007

20th International Conference on Near-rings and Near-fields 2007 at Linz, July 23rd to July 27th, 2007

Announcement

The conference on near-rings and near-fields in 2007 will be organized by the Institute of Algebra at the Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria.

Invited speakers

Howard Bell, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.
Gerhard Betsch, Tübingen, Germany.
Carl Maxson, College Station, Texas, USA.
Gary Peterson, Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA.
Reinhard Pöschel , Dresden, Germany.
Stuart Scott, Auckland, New Zealand.

Scientific Committee

Günter Pilz (Head of the Scientific Committee), Erhard Aichinger, Peter Fuchs, Gary Peterson.

Local organization

Günter Pilz, Erhard Aichinger, Christian Neumaier.

E-mail address for the conference: nearrings2007 AT algebra.uni-linz.ac.at.

Registration

Please send the registration from to (nearrings2007 AT algebra.uni-linz.ac.at) by May 31st, 2007.

The registration desk will be open:

On Friday, July 20th, from 9:00 to 10:00 in front of lecture hall HS8 on the university campus. Location of lecture room HS 8.
On Sunday, July 22nd, from 14:00 to 18:00 in front of the reception desk at the hotel Sommerhaus-Julius Raabheim.
On Monday, July 23rd, from 8:30 to 10:00 in front of lecture hall HS8 on the university campus. Location of lecture room HS 8.

Conference fees

The conference fee is 80 EUR per participant of the scientific program and 30 EUR per accompanying person. It includes the evening reception on Monday, July 23rd, the excursion to Gmunden on Wednesday, July 25th, and the social dinner on Friday, July 27th. The fee for the excursion to Steyr on Thursday, July 26th, is 15 EUR.

Room reservation

We ask you arrange your accommodation by yourself.

We have reserved a certain amount of rooms at the hotel Sommerhaus-Julius Raab Heim, which is in about 10 minutes' walking distance from the university campus. The double room is EUR 66 per night, the single room EUR 35 per night; breakfast is included. These rooms can be reserved through the university's room reservation service using this form, and will be given away on a first come-first served basis until May 31st.
Mrs. Margot Berger from the room reservation service of our university can help you to find a room in one of our partner hotels.
You can find a hotel through http://www.linz.at/english/tourism (Linz City Tourist Board). Please note that the university campus is situated at the North-East end of Linz and can be reached by tramway from the city center (Hauptplatz) in 20 min.

Deadlines

Room reservation at the hotel Sommerhaus-Julius Raab Heim: May, 31st, 2007.
Registration for the conference: May, 31st, 2007.
Submission of the title and abstract of your talk: July, 10th, 2007.

Dates for the conference

Sunday, July, 22nd, 2007: Arrival Day.
Monday, July, 23rd, 2007, 9:00 a.m.: Start of the scientific program.
Friday, July, 27th, 2007, 6:00 p.m.: End of the scientific program.
Saturday, July, 28th: Departure Day.

Program

Schedule of Speakers
Monday, July, 23rd, 2007: Evening reception sponsored by the government of Upper Austria.
Wednesday, July 25th, 2007: Excursion to Gmunden with a boat trip on the Traunsee and to Wels for participants and accompanying persons from 1:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Thursday, July 26th, 2007: Excursion to Steyr and St. Florian (mainly intended for accompanying persons) from 1:00 p.m. to 6:15 p.m.
Friday, July 27th, 2007: Conference Dinner at restaurant Spatzenbauer, Linz from 6:00 p.m.

How to submit the title of your talk and your abstract

We ask you to submit the title of your talk and your abstract to the ATLAS of mathematical conference abstracts (http://atlas-conferences.com/cgi-bin/abstract/submit/catw-01) by July, 10th, 2007. After acceptance, the abstract can be viewed at http://atlas-conferences.com/cgi-bin/abstract/catw-01.

The lecture hall is equipped with two blackboards, an overhead projector, a computer, and a video beamer that can all be used in parallel. If you want to use our computer during your presentation, we ask you to bring a .pdf-file on a CD-ROM, DVD, or a USB-stick. In case you use a computer, please contact the organizers in time so that we can make sure that your presentation can be shown in the way you planned.

Workshop

Preceding the conference, there will be a workshop "An Introduction to Near-rings and Closed Function Systems". This workshop is intended to give an introduction into the theory of near-rings, its connections to the theory of clones, and the computer-aided investigation of function near-rings. Dates for the workshop:

Friday, July, 20th, 2007, 10:00 a.m.: Start of the workshop.
Saturday, July, 21st, 2007, 6:00 p.m.: End of the workshop.

Other useful information

How to reach Linz by train: The train schedules can be found at http://fahrplan.oebb.at/bin/query.exe/en or http://www.oebb.at. From the main train station of Linz (Hauptbahnhof Linz) proceed as follows:

To the university campus: take tram number 1 or 2 from "Hauptbahnhof" to "Universität"; get out at "Universität" (the terminal station, it takes 24 min from "Hauptbahnhof" to "Universität") and cross the road "Altenberger Strasse" (on your left hand side) to reach the university campus.
To the Hotel Sommerhaus-Julius Raabheim: take tram number 1 or 2 from "Hauptbahnhof" to "Universität"; get out at "Universität";Turn right and walk toward the school and continue in this direction on the small road "Aubrunnerweg" till it ends after some 300 m; then turn right and you will see a tall building - this is the Hotel Sommerhaus-Julius Raabheim. It is a walk of about 600m. This is a map for this walk.

How to reach Linz by plane: On weekdays (Monday-Saturday) and once on Sundays (at 16:30), there is a shuttle bus from the international "Blue Danube Airport Linz" (LNZ) to the main train station (Hauptbahnhof Linz). The schedule can be found at http://www.linz-airport.at/www/ex/download/documents/fahrplan.pdf. At the train station take tram number 1 or 2 to "Universität" and then proceed to the university campus or the Hotel Sommerhaus-Julius Raabheim as described above. There is also the possibility to take a taxi at the airport (the cost is approximately 40 EUR). Furthermore, it may be possible to pick you up at the airport. Please let us know your arrival time and flight number.
How to reach the Hotel Sommerhaus-Julius Raabheim by car: Coming from the freeway A1, at the freeway intersection "Knoten Linz" leave the freeway A1. Then you are on the A7 in the direction Prag-Freistadt. After crossing the Danube river, take the second exit "Linz-Dornach". At the traffic lights, turn right into the "Freistädter Strasse" in direction "Perg, Gallneukirchen". After roughly 400m, just under the freeway-brigde, turn left into "Julius Raab Strasse". Follow it and after 450m the tall building there is the Sommerhaus - Julius Raabheim.
How to reach the university campus by car:\ Coming from the freeway A1, at the freeway intersection "Knoten Linz" leave the freeway A1. Then you are on the A7 in the direction Prag-Freistadt. After crossing the Danube river, take the second exit "Linz-Dornach". At the traffic lights, go straight ahead and follow "Altenberger Strasse". After approximatly 800m and crossing the tram rails and traffic lights, you see the terminal station of the tram at your right. Straight after the next traffic lights turn left in the parking site of the university. This is a map that shows the freeway exit Dornach, the university campus and the terminal stop "Universität" of the tramway.
Map of the university campus. The red lines in the bottom right corner are the tram station "Universität"
Location of lecture room HS 8.
Map of Linz. The university campus is located in the North East of the City.
Tourist information about Linz: http://www.linz.at/english/tourism/.

Website of the conference: http://www.algebra.uni-linz.ac.at/Nearrings2007/.

Webpage maintained by Erhard Aichinger. Last modified July, 13th, 2007.