14-18 Aug 2017
Nashville TN, U.S.A.
=================================================================================== BLAST 2017 (In Memoriam Bjarni Jónsson) First Announcement August 14?18, 2017 Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN SCOPE. This year's installment of the BLAST conference series will take place on the campus of Vanderbilt University from August 14 to August 18, 2017. It honors the life of Bjarni Jónsson. The BLAST Conference Series circulates among different universities and focuses on Boolean Algebras, Lattices, Algebraic Logic, Quantum Logic, Universal Algebra, Set Theory, Set-theoretic Topology and Point-free Topology. Earlier installments of the series have been organized at the University of Denver (2008), New Mexico State University (2009), University of Colorado, Boulder (2010), University of Kansas (2011), Chapman University (2013), New Mexico State University (2015), and University of North Texas (2015). The central BLAST web page can be found here: http://math.colorado.edu/blast/ <http://math.colorado.edu/blast/>. BLAST 2017 is supported by the National Science Foundation, the Shanks Endowment, Vanderbilt University and the Consortium for Order in Algebra and Logic. The scientific program will include nine invited lectures, three tutorials and 20-minute contributed talks. Note: On August 21st, the first total solar eclipse in the U.S. in 99 years will sweep across the country. Nashville is the largest U.S. city in the path of the eclipse. Visitors from across the globe will converge to Nashville to watch the day turning to night for a period of about two minutes, as the moon completely covers the sun. The schedule of the University, as well as the high demand for hotel space in connection with the eclipse, has prevented us from extending the conference beyond August 18. CONFIRMED INVITED SPEAKERS Libor Barto (Charles University) Guram Bezhanisvili (New Mexico State University) Andrei Bulatov (Simon Fraser University) Natasha Dobrinen (University of Denver) Ralph Freese (University of Hawaii) Nick Galatos (University of Denver) José Gil-Férez (Vanderbilt University) Peter Mayr (University of Colorado at Boulder) J. B. Nation (University of Hawaii) CONFIRMED TUTORIAL SPEAKERS Peter Jipsen (Chapman University) Dima Sinapova (University of Illinois at Chicago) Ross Willard (University of Waterloo) ORGANIZING/PROGRAM COMMITTEE José Gil-Férez (Vanderbilt University) Peter Jipsen (Chapman University) Keith Kearnes (University of Colorado at Boulder) Ralph McKenzie (Vanderbilt University; Chair) Stephen Simpson (Vanderbilt University) Constantine Tsinakis (Vanderbilt University) Matt Valeriote (McMaster University). REGISTRATION INFORMATION Please use the conference website to register for the conference. There will be a registration fee of $85, which will be used to defray some of the conference expenses (such as coffee breaks). There will also be a banquet fee of $35 (for those who wish to attend the banquet). Registration information and payment details of the preceding fees can be found at the conference web site. SUPPORT REQUESTS There will be limited funds to support the participation of graduate students and junior researchers. Requests for funding should be submitted as part of the registration process. ABSTRACT SUBMISSION In addition to the invited talks and tutorial presentations, there will be 20-minute contributed presentations. The submission of abstracts for all three categories of talks will be facilitated by the EasyChair conference system. Information on the submission procedures, as well as a link to the EasyChair system, can be found at the conference web site. IMPORTANT DATES May 31, 2017: Abstract submission deadline June 8, 2017: Conference support request deadline July 15, 2017: Notification to authors August 14-18, 2017: Conference August 17, 2017: Banquet ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BLAST 2017 web site: http://my.vanderbilt.edu/blast2017/ <http://my.vanderbilt.edu/blast2017/> Use this site for local information, including hotel accommodations, for travel information and registration, and for submitting a request for financial support. Any queries for the Program/Organizing Committee should be sent to blast2017@vanderbilt.edu <mailto:blast2017@vanderbilt.edu>. -- [LOGIC] mailing list http://www.dvmlg.de/mailingliste.html Archive: http://www.illc.uva.nl/LogicList/ provided by a collaboration of the DVMLG, the Maths Departments in Bonn and Hamburg, and the ILLC at the Universiteit van Amsterdam