ICM98-CL29 (98/07/02): Scientific ICM'98 Program, Short Communication and Poster Sessions, ...
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INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF MATHEMATICIANS
Berlin, Germany, August 18 - 27, 1998
29th Circular Letter
Subject: ICM98-CL29: Scientific ICM'98 Program,
Short Communication and Poster Sessions,
Ad-Hoc Presentations and Sessions,
New Features of the ICM'98-Server
Dear colleague:
Below please find information concerning the scientific program
at ICM'98.
1. LATE ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS
First, I would like to apologize for the delay in presenting the
scientific program on the ICM Server (a feature many colleagues have
already asked for). This is due to the fact that there were good
reasons to process quite a number of contributed abstracts in spite of
their late submission dates. Some speakers, e.g., had to wait for
affirmative answers to their requests for third party grants before
they could register for ICM'98. This was, in particular, often the case
for mathematicians from Eastern Europe and developing countries. Thus,
the Local Scientific Committee has decided to process submissions that
arrived much later than May 1, our (original) deadline.
2. NUMBER OF PRESENTATIONS AT ICM'98
The number of submissions was large. In addition to the 21 plenary and
164 invited lectures you will have the opportunity to choose from at
least 1171 contributed talks and poster presentations at ICM'98. No
doubt, every participant will find something in his range of interest
during any period of time during the Congress.
3. EXTENDED PARTICIPANT INFORMATION ON THE WEB
SCHEDULE OF YOUR PRESENTATION, CHAIRPERSON DUTIES
I am happy to announce that, starting today, every participant can
find the title of his/her presentation, the abstract of the presentation,
and the sessions he/she chairs together with his/her personal data via
the ICM homepage at the URL: http://elib.zib.de/ICM98. To this end, just
* click on `participants' in the right upper corner of the ICM logo;
* find your name in the list of participants;
* click on your name;
* click on `search'.
You will then see your personal data sheet. Please, check the dates of
your presentation and your chairperson duties, respectively. If you
detect an error, please report it immediately via e-mail to Stephan
Hartmann (hartmann@math.tu-berlin.de) for correction. By clicking
on "abstract" in the title line of a lecture you can also access
the abstract of the presentation.
Note that rescheduling is (almost) infeasible, so please don't try
to negotiate about this with Stephan.
Of course, you can find this way information about the lectures
and duties of all other participants.
4. COMPLETE SCIENTIFIC ICM'98 PROGRAM
Starting July 10, the complete program of ICM'98
will be accessible under `scientific' at the left bottom
on the ICM homepage. You will be able to look at the program
from different points of view.
5. SCHEDULED PRESENTATIONS, ABSTRACTS IN THE PRINTED ABSTRACT BOOK
Short Communication and Poster Abstracts authored by Ordinary ICM'98
Members (registered participants who have paid the registration fee)
and received by the middle of June have been reviewed and scheduled by
the Local Scientific Committee. Those abstracts received before June 1
will appear in the printed abstract volumes, abstracts received later
will be published electronically.
The Local Scientific Committee has stopped handling submissions in the
meantime. For those who still would like to speak at ICM'98 we make the
special offer of ad-hoc presentations described below.
6. AD-HOC PRESENTATIONS AT ICM'98
There will be AD-HOC SESSIONS of short communications or poster
presentations in which spontaneous or late contributions may be
presented. Registered participants can now submit title and abstract
of a short communication or poster according to the same rules as
indicated in the 2nd announcement (which can also be found in the
ICM'98 server). We prefer abstract submission by using the electronic
form at
http://www.mathematik.uni-bielefeld.de/icm98/
Submission by e-mail to U. Rehmann (rehmann@Mathematik.Uni-Bielefeld.DE)
is the second best option.
Alternatively, it is also possible to announce ad-hoc presentations
during ICM'98. In this case, title and abstract must be delivered
to the congress office before 15:00 of the day preceding the
presentation.
The program of the sessions composed of ad-hoc talks will be posted
at the ICM information desks and also in the ICM Daily Newsletter.
After the conference, the abstracts of talks and posters presented
in ad-hoc-sessions will be included into the electronic version of
the abstract volume.
7. INFORMAL MATHEMATICAL SEMINARS ON SITE
During the Congress it will also be possible to organize INFORMAL
MATHEMATICAL SEMINARS ON SITE. Ordinary Members who wish to organize
such spontaneous seminars are asked to make all arrangements among
themselves and to request a room either in advance (via e-mail to
moehring@math.tu-berlin.de), or during ICM'98 from the congress office
or from the Local Arrangements Chair Rolf Moehring. Such seminars may
take place during the afternoons. If the congress office is notified
before 15:00 the previous day, an announcement of the seminar can be
included in the daily newsletter to be distributed to all participants
on the following day.
8. PRINTED PROGRAM
Note that we are not going to distribute printed ICM'98 programs by
mail. Program information, see 3. and 4. above, can be found in the
ICM'98 server. Every ICM'98 participant will recieve a printed
copy of the program at on-site registration as part of the
"congress kit".
Best Regards
Martin Groetschel
President of the
ICM'98 Organizing Committee
P.S. Stimulated by the current football (soccer) world championship
a group of football enthusiasts at TU Berlin, Zentralblatt, and ZIB
is offering a very special "footloose tour":
Soccer game for ICM'98 participants
Date: Friday August 21, 1998
Hours: 15.00 - 18.00
Persons interested are asked to register, either via e-mail to
Wolfgang Dalitz (dalitz@zib.de) or during the Congress at the
booth of the Zentralblatt fuer Mathematik. The form of the game(s)
will depend on the number of interested persons. The game organizers
will stay in contact with the football players who have registered
for this activity.
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