25-28 June 2008
Valencia, Spain
*Seventh Iberoamerican Conference on*
*Topology and its Applications *
*CITA 2008*
25-28 June 2008, Valencia, Spain*
*http://cita.webs.upv.es
FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT
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The Seventh Iberoamerican Conference on Topology and its Applications
will take place in Valencia (Spain) from 25 to 28 June, 2008 at
/Universidad Politecnica de Valencia. /
Valencia is a beautiful Mediterranean city which enjoys a mild temperate
climate. It is the third largest city in Spain after Madrid and
Barcelona (for more information about Valencia visit
http://www.turisvalencia.es/index.aspx?idioma=EN).
The aim of this conference to encourage the cooperation between
topologists from iberoamerican countries. The participation of
researchers from other countries is warmly encouraged.
The programme will include three main speakers, five invited speakers
and short communications.
*MAIN SPEAKERS:*
*Gerald Beer *(California State University, U.S.A.)
*Fernando Hernndez-Hernndez* (Universidad Michoacana de San
Nicols de Hidalgo, Mexico)
*Jorge Galindo* (Universitat Jaume I, Spain)
*INVITED SPEAKERS:*
*Antonio Fernndez Carrin* (Universidad de Sevilla, Spain)
*Michael Hrus(k* (Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mexico)
*Miguel ngel Snchez-Granero* (Universidad de Almera, Spain)
*ngel Tamariz-Mascarua* (Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico,
Mexico)
*Jos Valero* (Universidad Miguel Hernndez, Spain)
*CONTRIBUTED TALKS* (15 minutes + 5 minutes discussion) distributed in 5
special sessions:
* *Set-Theoretical Topology* (Salvador Garca Ferreira and Jorge
Picado, organizers)
* *General Topology and Function Spaces* (Giuseppe Di Maio and
Javier Gutierrez, organizers)
* *Topological Algebra and Topological Dynamics* (Francisco Balibrea
and Mikhail Tkachenko, organizers)
* *Asymmetric Topology and Applied Topology* (Valentin Gregori,
Oscar Valero and Almanzor Sapena, organizers)
* *Topology on Function Spaces* (Luis Garca-Raffi and Enrique
Snchez Prez, organizers)
*/Topology and its Applications/* will publish a special issue including
a selection of the papers (after a referee process) presented during the
conference. The high standards of the journal will be applied.
The official languages are Portuguese, Spanish and English.
*REGISTRATION**
*
The registration to CITA 2008 is now open. The conference fee is
*150 euros* (before 15 April 2008)
*180 euros* (after 15 April 2008)
The registration fee includes the coffee breaks, material for the
conference, conference excursion and conference dinner. The payment
should be made by bank transfer (see the details in the web page
http://cita.webs.upv.es).
The *deadline* for registration is *15 May* *2008.*
*CALL FOR PAPERS*
The abstract submision for CITA 2008 is open. You are warmly encouraged
to submit an abstract of no more than 3 pages to the conference. The
*deadline* for submitting abstracts is *21 December 2007*.
*ACCOMODATION**
*
The organizing committee of CITA 2008 recommend the paticipants to stay
at *"Hotel Solvasa Valencia"* (****).
The hotel is about 25 minutes walking distance to the Universidad
Politecnica de Valencia and also near the the port and the beach (5-10
minutes walking). There is also a close bus stop where you can catch the
bus to the university.
We have obtained a special price for participants of CITA 2008.
90,95 euros (single room including breakfast)
96,30 euros (double room including breakfast)
Valencia is becoming a very important city in Europe because it
organizes a lot of important events. In fact, next year some boat races
previous to the 33rd America's Cup will be celebrated so obtaining a
good price for accommodation is not easy. Therefore, *we recommend the
participants to book the accommodation as soon as possible*. The
organizing committee has obtained *a limited number of rooms* with this
special price *only during 4 or 5 months**.* After that date we cannot
assure that this will be the price.
More detailed information will be provided later and will be available
at the home page of the Conference at http://cita.webs.upv.es
We look forward to see you in Valencia
*SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE*
Salvador Garca-Ferreira, Salvador Romaguera, Manuel Sanchis,
Mikhail Tkachenko
*ORGANIZING COMMITTEE*
C. Alegre, F. Castro, J. Marn, J. Rodrguez-Lpez (chairman), T.
Pedraza, M. J. Prez-Penalver, J. M. Snchez-lvarez, P. Tirado
*E-mail*: cita@mat.upv.es