22-26 Feb 2010
Salvador, Brazil
Apologies for the short notice. I guess this is not a terribly convenient
week for most people but perhaps some people interested will have a
mid-semester break.
Best wishes,
Charles
SET THEORY AND GENERAL TOPOLOGY WEEK
22-26 February 2010
Federal University of Bahia (UFBA)
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Hosted by Universidade Federal da Bahia (Federal University of Bahia),
this week will be held at Institute of Mathematics/UFBA, Campus Ondina, Salvador.
It is a satellite event of the Summer Programme of the Institute of Mathematics
and it aims to provide (for a general audience) a picture of research topics in
Set Theory and Set Theoretic Topology. There will be five principal speakers:
Ofelia Teresa Alas (University of Sao Paulo)
Joao Paulo Cirineu de Jesus (UFBA)
Lucia Renato Junqueira (University of Sao Paulo)
Charles Morgan (University College London and CMAF, University of Lisbon)
Samuel Gomes da Silva (UFBA)
There is no registration fee !
If you'd like to participate (or even give a talk), please contact the organizer,
Samuel Gomes da Silva:
samuel@ufba.br
More details are available on the web-page:
www.veraomat.ufba.br/Palestras.htm (in Portuguese, sorry !)
Salvador - "Brazil's capital of happiness" - is one of the most important cities
of Brazilian's Northeast, with a nice, warm and easygoing population. During
summer, beaches and street parties (like Carnival) ensure lots of fun for everyone.
(Hotels can be hard to book during summer; if you intend to come, feel free to
contact us for advice.)
Direct flights from Europe are available with Condor (via Frankfurt),
Air Europa (via Madrid) (both twice weekly0 and with
TAP Air Portugal (via Lisbon) daily.