FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT


LIST OF SPEAKERS
Vladimir ARNOLD (Paris, Steklov )
Enrico BOMBIERI (I.A.S.)
Alain CONNES (College de France)
Charles FEFFERMAN (Princeton)
Phillip GRIFFITHS (I.A.S.)
Michael GROMOV (I.H.E.S.)
Maxim KONTSEVITCH (I.H.E.S.)
Elliot LIEB (Princeton)
Dusa McDUFF (Stony Brook)
David MUMFORD (Brown)
Michel TALAGRAND (Paris)
Karen UHLENBECK (Austin)
David VOGAN (M.I.T.)

ORGANIZING AND SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Silvana Abeasis, Velleda Baldoni, Giulia Maria Piacentini Cattaneo, 
Elena Prestini, Carla Rossi, Elisabetta Strickland, Gabriella Tarantello 
(Dept. of Math. University of Roma "Tor Vergata")

COMMITTEE of the Centro Linceo Interdisciplinare "Beniamino Segre"
Enrico Arbarello, Giovanni Jona Lasinio

LOCATION
The Conference will be held at the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, 
Via della Lungara no. 230, Roma.

PURPOSE
The aim of the conference is to present a wide spectrum of trends 
of current research that might serve as guideline for future 
developments.

WEB PAGE OF THE CONFERENCE
All the information regarding the Conference is available on the 
Web page:
		http://www.mat.uniroma2.it/~math2000

IN CASE YOU CAN NOT USE THE WEB PAGE, read the following:

FORMAT
The Conference will consist of thirteen invited talks (starting on the 
morning of May 27th and ending at lunchtime on the 29th) 
distributed as follows:
Thursday 27 May: two in the morning and three in the afternoon;
Friday 28 May: three in the morning and two in the afternoon;
Saturday 29 May: three in the morning.
A tentative scientific programme will be available before the end of
March 1999.
People interested in attending the Conference are requested to 
return the Preliminary Registration Form as soon as possible and 
not later than December 15, 1998 to the Conference Secretariat at 
the e-mail: math2000@mat.uniroma2.it

ACCOMMODATION
A specialized Agency will take care of the hotel reservations. It will
be possible to book rooms in hotels of different categories and in 
any case in the area of the meeting place.
May  is  a  very pleasant, but also  very  busy  period to visit Rome. 
Therefore we recommend you to indicate your intention in using 
the Agency in the enclosed Preliminary Registration Form.

Alternatively you can directly reserve a room consulting the 
following Web address: http://www.venere.it. This Web address 
contains an Italian Hotels list with relevant information. Type 
ROMA for the choice of the CITY and click on the side of RATING to 
choose the hotels according to the number of stars you want.

Moreover in the Second Announcement we will list the name of the 
Hotels in convention at special rates with our University.

DEADLINES
December 15, 1998	Preliminary Registration Form
January  15, 1999	Second Announcement
February 28, 1999	Hotel Reservation Form
March 31, 1999    	Tentative Scientific Programme
April 30, 1999    	Final Announcement and Programme

USEFUL WEB ADDRESSES
http://www.alitalia.it/       		(flights)
http://www.fs-on-line.com/    	(trains)
http://www.venere.it/         	(hotels)
http://www.hotels.it/         	(hotels)
http://www.comune.roma.it/   	(information on Rome)

CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT
Liu' Catena
E-mail: math2000@mat.uniroma2.it
Fax: +39.6.2023507


SPONSORS
Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
Universita' degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"
Scuola Nornale Superiore
Istituto per le Applicazioni del Calcolo "M. Picone" (C.N.R.)
Progetto di ricerca MURST (ex 40%) Geometria algebrica
Progetto di ricerca MURST (ex 40%) Analisi funzionale
Banca di Roma
Museo Nazionale di Castel Sant'Angelo
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PRELIMINARY REGISTRATION FORM
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International Conference
MATHEMATICS TOWARDS THE THIRD MILLENNIUM

Roma, May 27-28-29, 1999
Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
Centro Linceo Interdisciplinare "Beniamino Segre"



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You may use  REPLY to send the form, or you can send a message to 
the Conference Secretariat:
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In case you want to be inserted in the List of Participants, only 
your Name and Country will appear in the list.

This form must be returned no later than December 15,  IN THIS CASE YOU
WILL RECEIVE THE SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT