RECENT ADVANCES IN
PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS AND APPLICATIONS
A Conference in Honor of Peter D.Lax and Louis Nirenberg
on their 70th Birthday
June 10-14, 1996 - Venice, Italy
Organizing Committee:
R. Spigler (U. of Lecce, Chairman), A. Leaci (Lecce), M. Pitteri (Padova),
F. Sartoretto (Venice), and S. Venakides (Duke).
Scientific Committee:
V. Boffi (Rome), A. Chorin (Berkeley), E. Gonzalez (Padova),
C. D. Pagani (Milan).
Invited Speakers
- D. McLaughlin (Courant-NYU) & C. D. Levermore (Arizona and IAS)
- C. Cercignani (Politecnico Milan) & P. L. Lions ( Paris IX)
- A. J. Chorin (Berkeley) & A. J. Majda (Courant-NYU and Princeton)
- G. Da Prato (SNS Pisa) & U. Mosco (Rome)
- E. De Giorgi (SNS Pisa) & G. C. Papanicolaou (Stanford)
- P. A. Deift (Courant-NYU) & J. M. Sanz-Serna (Valladolid)
- G. Gallavotti (Rome) & E. Tadmor (Tel Aviv)
- S. Klainerman (Princeton) & S. Venakides (Duke)
All the invited speakers have already accepted.
Place:
Ateneo Veneto,Campo San Fantin 1897, San Marco 30124 Venice, Italy.
Date:
June 10-14, 1996
Fee:
Before March 31, 1996: 220 US $ (including banking costs) or the equivalent in Italian Lire;
After March 31, 1996: 260 US $ or the Italian Lire equivalent.
To pay your fee, make a bank tranfer or mail a check to Renato Spigler, Dipartimento di Metodi e Modelli
Matematici per le Scienze Applicate, Universita di Padova, Via Velzoni 7,
35131 Padova, Italy, payable to the "Venice Institute", checking account n. - 47.28.38H - at the bank Cassa di Risparmio di Padova e Rovigo, Agency n. 7, Via Belzoni 1, 35131 Padova, Italy ("bank coordinates", if needed, are ABI= 6225, CAB
= 12107). Please, add the banking cost (about 6 US$).
Sponsors:
Universities of Lecce, Padova, Venice,
Courant Institute, NYU and Duke University; Italian CNR, DOE,
NSF, ONR; AMS, SIAM, SIMAI; UNESCO; Cultural Office of the Mayor of Venice;
Regione del Veneto, Banca Popolare Veneta,
Azienda Turismo Venezia.
FORMAT OF THE CONFERENCE:
Invited Lectures:
- Monday, June 10 and Tuesday, June 11, 1996: four one-hour
lectures each day;
- Wednesday, June 12, 1996: no invited lectures;
- Thursday, June 13 and Friday,June 14, 1996: four one-hour
lectures each day.
Contributed Lectures:
A number of 25 minute long lectures will be accomodated in
two Parallel Sessions on Monday, Tuesday,
Thursday, and Friday and if necessary on part of Wednesday.
If you would like to present one of these lectures, please send
a 1-2 page long abstract before March 31, 1996 to:
Professor Renato Spigler
c/o Dipartimento di Metodi e Modelli Matematici
Universita di Padova'
Via Belzoni, 7
35131 Padova
(Italy)
e-mail: spigler@kutta.dmsa.unipd.it
fax : 0039-49-8275.995
phone: 0039-49-8275.914; 8275.900, 8275.901
Special Dinner:
Wednesday night, June 12, 1996
Hotel Reservations:
Prospective participants are encouraged to contact:
Venezia Congressi
Campiello Gambara, Accademia
Dorsoduro 1056
30123 Venezia
(Italy)
fax: 0039-41-5238.995
phone: 0039-41-5228.400
With a modest fee, Venezia Congressi can accomodate people in a
wide choice of Hotels in downtown Venice. When contacting Venezia
Congressi, preferably by fax, one could speed up the whole reservation
process by specifying information such as arrival and departure dates,
hotel class (e.g. in number of stars), number of people per room,
desired location in town (e.g. close to the conference site which is very
close to the San Marco Square, downtown or not, etc.),
maximum price, or any special requirements.
June is in the TOURIST SEASON of Venice.
Making your HOTEL RESERVATIONS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE is very important.
Automatic Information Through email:
This information as
well as eventual updatings can be obtained by
sending email to:
venice96@ulam.dmsa.unipd.it.
Companion Conference
A companion conference, also dedicated to P.D. Lax and L. Nirenberg,
will be held in Florence, Italy, between June 3 and 7, 1996. Please
contact the Courant Institute-NYU for more information, or send a
message to: florence@cims.nyu.edu.
Info last updated on Mar. 8, 1996