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BEST 18: Boise Extravaganza in Set Theory

27-29 March 2009
Boise ID, U.S.A.

BOISE EXTRAVAGANZA IN SET THEORY (BEST)

                 Announcement 3: Call for papers, Lodging Deadlines.


The 18-th annual meeting of BEST will be hosted at Boise State University 
during the weekend of March 27 (Friday) - March 29 (Sunday), 2009

It is organized by Liljana Babinkostova, Andres Caicedo, Stefan Geschke, 
Richard Ketchersid and Marion Scheepers.

Contributed and invited talks will be held on Friday, Saturday and Sunday 
at the Department of Mathematics, Boise State University. The four invited 
speakers are:

Steve Jackson (University of North Texas)
Ljubisa Kocinac (University of Nis, Republic of Serbia)
Assaf Rinot (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
Grigor Sargsyan (University of California, Berkeley)


Please consult the conference webpage at URL

             http://math.boisestate.edu/~best/best18

There are three remaining important deadlines regarding the conference.

CRITICAL DEADLINE: LODGING: The Hampton Inn & Suites is providing rooms at 
a reduced rate for BEST participants. To take advantage of the reduced 
rate, reservations must be made online by MARCH 12. Please visit the 
conference web site to obtain the link to the Hampton Inn's online 
reservation site for BEST.

Anyone interested in participating should contact the organizers as soon 
as possible by sending an email to

     best@math.boisestate.edu

DEADLINE 2: Abstracts: Atlas Conferences, Inc. is providing abstract 
services for BEST 18. The deadline for submitting an abstract for invited 
or contributed talk is MARCH 25. Links are available at the BEST 18 web 
site.

DEADLINE 3: Call for papers: The organizers will be editors for a volume 
in the Contemporary Mathematics series. Research papers on topics related 
to Set Theory and its Applications will be considered for publication in 
this volume. All papers will go through a thorough referee process. Former 
and current participants of the BEST conferences or their collaborators 
are especially encouraged to consider submitting a research paper. Anyone 
interested in submitting a paper should contact Marion Scheepers as soon 
as possible at marion@math.boisestate.edu with this information. 
Subsequently information regarding preparation of papers will be sent to 
contributing authors by Contemporary Mathematics. The deadline for 
submitting a paper is JULY 21.

On Saturday, March 28, Billy and Kris Hudson will host a social gathering 
at their home. All participants are cordially invited to ths social event. 
Kindly inform Billy at e-mail address billyhudson@boisestate.edu of plans 
to attend. More information is available at the conference web site.

The conference is supported by a grant from the National Science 
Foundation. Abstract services are provided by Atlas Conferences, Inc. 
Contemporary Mathematics is published by the American Mathematical 
Society. Reduced lodging rate is provided by The Hampton Inn & Suites. 
Support from these entities is gratefully acknowledged.