9-12 September 2008
Please circulate. Apologies for multiple copies []<>[]<>[]<>[]<>[]<>[]<>[]<>[]<>[]<>[]<>[]<>[]<>[]<>[]<>[]<>[]<> CALL FOR PARTICIPATION AiML-2008 ADVANCES in MODAL LOGIC 9-12 September 2008, LORIA, Nancy, France http://aiml08.loria.fr --- REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN --- Advances in Modal Logic is an initiative aimed at presenting an up-to-date picture of the state of the art in modal logic and its many applications. The initiative consists of a conference series together with volumes based on the conferences. AiML-2008 is the seventh conference in the series. REGISTRATION Registration to AiML is now open at: http://aiml08.loria.fr/registration.php INVITED SPEAKERS Invited speakers at AiML-2008 will include the following: - Mai Gehrke, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen http://www.math.ru.nl/~mgehrke/ Using duality theory to export methods from modal logic - Guido Governatori, The University of Queensland http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~guido/ Labelled modal tableaux - Agi Kurucz, King's College London http://www.dcs.kcl.ac.uk/staff/kuag/ Axiomatising many-dimensional modal logics - Lawrence Moss, Indiana University http://www.indiana.edu/~iulg/moss/ Relational syllogistic logics, and other connections between modal logic and natural logic - Michael Zakharyaschev, Birkbeck College http://www.dcs.bbk.ac.uk/~michael/ Topology, connectedness, and modal logi Further information available at: http://aiml08.loria.fr/invited.php ACCEPTED PAPERS Complete list of accepted papers and abstracts is now available at: http://aiml08.loria.fr/accepted.php PROGRAMME COMMITTEE Alessandro Artale (Free University of Bolzano, Italy) Philippe Balbiani (IRIT, Toulouse, France) Alexandru Baltag (University of Oxford, UK) Guram Bezhanishvili (New Mexico State University, USA) Patrick Blackburn (LORIA, France) Stephane Demri (CNRS, Cachan, France) Melvin Fitting (City University of New York, USA) Guido Governatori (University of Queensland, Australia) Silvio Ghilardi (University of Milano, Italy) Valentin Goranko (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa) Rajeev Gore (The Australian National University, Australia) Andreas Herzig (IRIT, Toulouse, France) Ian Hodkinson (Imperial College London, UK) Ramon Jansana (University of Barcelona, Spain) Alexander Kurz (University of Leicester, UK) Carsten Lutz (Dresden University of Technology, Germany) Edwin Mares (Victoria University of Wellington) Larry Moss (Indiana University, USA) Dirk Pattinson (Imperial College London, UK) Mark Reynolds (University of Western Australia, Australia) Ildiko Sain (Hungarian Academy of Sciences) Ulrike Sattler (University of Manchester, UK) Renate Schmidt (University of Manchester, UK) Jerry Seligman (University of Auckland, New Zealand) Valentin Shehtman (Moscow State University, Russia) Nobu-Yuki Suzuki (Shizuoka University, Japan) Yde Venema (ILLC, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) Heinrich Wansing (Dresden University of Technology, Germany) Frank Wolter (University of Liverpool, UK) Michael Zakharyaschev (Birkbeck College, London, UK) PROGRAMME CO-CHAIRS Carlos Areces LORIA, Nancy carlos.areces(at)loria.fr Rob Goldblatt Victoria University of Wellington rob.goldblatt(at)mcs.vuw.ac.nz LOCAL ORGANIZER Patrick Blackburn LORIA, Nancy patrick.blackburn(at)loria.fr IMPORTANT DATES Submission deadline: 31 March 2008 Acceptance notification: 31 May 2008 Final version of full papers due: 30 June 2008 Conference: 9-12 September 2008 CONFERENCE LOCATION Advances in Modal Logic 2008 will be held at LORIA (Laboratoire Lorrain de Recherche en Informatique et ses Applications) in Nancy, in the Lorraine, in the east of France. FURTHER INFORMATION Information about AiML-2008 will be available at the conference website: http://aiml08.loria.fr E-mail enquiries should be directed to the local organizer or the program co-chairs. Information about AiML itself can be obtained at http://www.aiml.net