************************************************************************ Second Announcement and Call for Travel & Accommodation Forms 5th International Conference on Numerical Methods and Applications: NMA'02 August 20 - 24, 2002, Sofia, BULGARIA http://www.bas.bg/clpp/nma02.html e-mail:nma02@parallel.bas.bg FAX: (359) 2 70 72 73 ************************************************************************ Key and Invited Lecturers ************************* O. Axelsson (Catholic University of Nijmegen, NL), R. Beauwens (Free University of Brussels, BE), B. Boyanov (Sofia University, BG), V. Dorodnitsyn (Institute of Applied Mathematics, RAS, RU), R. Lazarov (Texas A&M University, US), M. Mascagni (Florida State University, US), J. Pasciak (Texas A&M University, US), P. Vabishchevich (Institute for Mathematical Modeling, RAS, RU), V. Thomee (University of Goeteborg, Sweden), P. Vassilevski (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, US), Z. Zlatev (National Environmental Research Institute, DK). Mini-Symposia and Organizers **************************** 1) MONTE CARLO AND QUASI-MONTE CARLO METHODS by Aneta Karaivanova(US) and Todor Gurov(BG) 2) NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF PROBLEMS WITH BLOW-UP SOLUTIONS by Stefka Dimova(BG) and Rita Meyer-Spasche(DE) 3) ROBUST ITERATIVE SOLUTION METHODS AND APPLICATIONS by Oleg Iliev(DE) and Maya Neytcheva(SW) 4) CONTROL AND UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS by Svetoslav Markov(BG), Mikhail Krastanov(BG), and Vladimir Veliov(BG) 5) NUMERICAL METHODS FOR SENSOR DATA PROCESSING by Tsvetan Semerdjiev(BG) and Herman Bruyninckx(BE) CURRENTLY UPDATED LISTS OF THE MINI-SYMPOSIA PARTICIPANTS ARE AVAILABLE TROUGH THE CONFERENCE WEB-SITE. Scientific program ****************** The lectures begin on August 20 in the morning. Therefore the arrival date is August 19. The lectures will continue till noon, August 24. The detailed schedule of the talks will be announced in the web site of the conference not later than August 1. Important Deadlines ******************* Registration and submission of accommodation forms: June 15, 2002 The deadline for paper submission has been extended and the new dates are: Submission of full papers: May 15, 2002 Notification of acceptance of papers/presentations: June 20, 2002 LATE ABSTRACTS WILL BE CONSIDERED TOGETHER WITH THE FULL PAPERS. We strongly recommend to send your abstracts and full papers via e-mail to the conference address. Important: All participants who have submitted their papers following the first announced deadlines will get the notification of acceptance by May 20. Travel and Accommodation Forms ***************************** The conference participants are kindly requested to fill-in and return the form attached at the end of this announcement by June 15. This will ensure the arrangement of the local transportation as well as the accommodation in the conference place. The form is also available through the conference web site at http://parmac1.bas.bg/nma02/accomodation.html PLEASE CONTACT DIRECTLY "LALOV HOLIDAYS" TRAVEL AGENCY IF YOU NEED SOME EXTRA DAYS ACCOMMODATION BEFORE OR AFTER THE CONFERENCE. e-mail: lalov_holidays@usa.net Conference Fee ************** before June 15, 2002 after June 15, 2002 Non-students 220 USD 250 USD Students 130 USD 150 USD The fee for accompanying persons is 80 USD. The early registration fee is to be transfered to the following bank account: ACCOUNT: 3248580709 BRANCH: SLATINA - 66076477 BANK: COMMERCIAL BANK BIOCHIM TOWN: SOFIA 1040, 1 Ivan Vazov Str. COUNTRY: BULGARIA SWIFT code: CBBIBGSF Please indicate: CLPP-BAS: for NMA'02 Please take into consideration that the registration fee is assumed free of all bank transfer charges. For quicker and cheaper transfers you can use the SWIFT code. Transfers in EURO are also allowed. The amount of the transfer is to be counted according to the official exchange rate to USD at the date of transfer. Accommodation ************* The conference participants will be offered a full board and accommodation under the following conditions: (a) in single room - 300 USD (b) in double room - 255 USD These accommodation fees cover: full board for the whole duration of the conference (arrival date August 19 beginning with a dinner and departure date August 24 ending up with a lunch). The above announced bank account can be used for prepayment of the accommodation as well. Payments ******** The late Conference Registration Fee and the Accommodation Fee are payable at the Registration Desk in USD or in EURO (cash). So far, we are not able to accept credit cards or checks. Moreover, please note that all Bulgarian banks and exchange offices accept only clean, undamaged (and crispy) notes and we, at the registration desk, must do so as well. Local Transportation ******************** There will be arranged a special buss from Sofia to Borovets and back as follows: Sofia-Borovets: 18:00, August 19, Hotel "Kedar" (in the campus of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences) Borovets-Sofia: August 24 (after the lunch from the conference place) If you inform us in advance about the precise arrival time at Sofia Airport or at Sofia Railway/Buss Station, we will provide the transfer to Hotel "Kedar" to connect the conference buss to Borovets. The above local transportation is free of extra payments. PLEASE CONTACT DIRECTLY "LALOV HOLIDAYS" TRAVEL AGENCY IF YOU NEED A PERSONAL TRANSFER FROM SOFIA AIRPORT TO THE CONFERENCE PLACE. e-mail: lalov_holidays@usa.net Social Program ************** The social program includes welcome party, conference dinner, and excursion to the circus of Moussala. The cabin lift will be used to get up to the altitude of 2369 m. Then, if the weather allows, a climbing tour to the pick of Moussala (2925 m) will be proposed for all of you who would like to look around from the highest point of the Balkans. The view is really splendid. The price of the social program is included in the conference fee. Additional local events will be offered to the accompanying persons. Travel and Accommodation Form (also availvable at http://parmac1.bas.bg/nma02/accomodation.html) ******************************** Name: ............................................................... Arrival date/place: ................... Departure date: ............. Flight no.: ........................... Flight no.: ................. I would like to book a place(s) in the conference buss from Sofia to Borovets: Yes (No) I would like to be accommodated in: single room: Yes (No) double room: Yes (No) Please let us know if you need our cooperation for the arrangement of additional accommodation in Sofia or/and Borovets. Payment of the conference fee: Receipt for $ ............. transfer to the Conference bank account is enclosed.