Second Announcement

Contents

1. Workshop in Trondheim
   1. Program
   2. Accommodation
   3. Food
   4. Transportation
   5. E-mail
2. Transportation from Trondheim to Geiranger
3. Coming directly to Geiranger
4. The conference in Geiranger, ICRA VIII
   1. The program
   2. Accommodation in Geiranger
5. Leaving Geiranger
6. Registration
7. Committees
8. Sponsors
9. Further Information

This document is also available as a Postscript file.

As announced in Cocoyoc, Mexico August 1994, the next meeting in the series Representations of Algebras and Related Topics will be held in Norway, July 29-th to August 10-th, 1996.

1. Workshop in Trondheim

The arrival date for the workshop in Trondheim is July 29-th and departure date is August 4-th, 1996. The Workshop on Representations of Algebras and Related Topics will take place at the Dragvoll campus of Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim from July 30-th to August 3-rd, 1996 (no lectures in the afternoon August 3-rd).

1.1 Program

The program for the workshop is given below, where all speakers will give a series of three lectures of one hour each. The actual program with a complete schedule will be announced later.

• Klaus Bongartz (Universität Wuppertal, Germany)
  Some geometric aspects of representation theory
• William Crawley-Boevey (University of Leeds, England)
  Infinite dimensional modules in representation theory
• Dieter Happel (Tech. Universität Chemnitz, Germany)
  Quasitilted algebras
• Helmut Lenzing (Universität-GH Paderborn, Germany)
  Auslander's work on artin algebras
• Brian J. Parshall (University of Virginia, USA)
  Algebraic groups and finite dimensional algebras
• Jeremy Rickard (University of Bristol, England)
  Some recent advances in modular representation theory
• Yuji Yoshino (Kyoto University, Japan)
  Auslander's work on Cohen-Macaulay modules and recent developments

1.2 Accommodation

There are three types of accommodation available in Trondheim. Firstly, there are the two hotels Britannia and Norrøna.

Secondly, there are single rooms (U1) and some double rooms (U2) in three university houses, primarily for students without meals. The rates are 100 per night in a single room and 75 per person per night in a double room without any meals. There is a fully equipped kitchen in each university house, laundry machine and drier. We have only a very limited number of these rooms.

The possibility for staying in some student dormitories turned out not to be a good solution so we have dropped this option.

As you may remember, we asked you to send in your preferred accommodation before January 20-th, 1996. Those of you who have done this and asked for a single room in Hotel Norrøna, double or single room in Britannia Hotel will get your preferred accommodation. Those of you who have asked for a double room in Hotel Norrøna and a room in a university house may not get your number one preference.

The preferences of all others will be meet as far as is possible. We have also reserved additional rooms of various types and price levels in Trondheim.

1.3 Food

As the hotel accommodation includes breakfast, expenses for breakfast need only to be taken into account for people staying in the university houses. The lunch for July 30-th to August 2-nd will be at the university campus at Dragvoll and it is covered by the registration fee. The dinner will not be organized by us.

The service is included at all the restaurants so no tip is needed. However, it is customary to round up to nearest ten.

1.4 Transportation

Your first problem is getting to Trondheim.

• From the airport: The airport is located 35 km east of Trondheim, which has frequent flight connection to the international airports in Oslo, Bergen and Stavanger. From the airport there is special airport shuttle bus to Trondheim which correpsonds with each arriving flight (the fare is 45 NOK). You enter the bus just outside the terminal building. The shuttle bus will cross (see map below) Bakke bridge, stop at Royal Garden Hotel, Central Station, then continue to the intersection between Dronningens gate (street) and Søndre gate (street) announced as Britannia Hotel, where you should get off. Then it is approximately 75 meters to Britannia Hotel and approximately 340 meters to Hotel Norrøna.
• By train: Traveling by train within Norway gives an excellent opportunity for sightseeing. The ride from Oslo to Trondheim takes about 6 hours and 45 minutes.
• By boat: An interesting alternative way to come to Trondheim is to travel by a coastal boat from Bergen (or most cities north of Bergen), a journey of approximately 30 hours along the rugged Norwegian coastline. In the tourist season this has to be reserved well in advance, since it is very popular. Please contact your travel agent or Flyspesialisten here in Trondheim for further details.

For further information on different ways to come to Trondheim, we refer you to the travel agent for the conference. The address, telephone number, telefax and E-mail is the following:

The transportation from the hotels to the university and back again is covered by the registration fee and is organized by us. The university houses are within a short walking distance from the Dragvoll campus. There is no need for transportation downtown Trondheim, since the downtown area is very small.

1.5 E-mail

At the Dragvoll campus a computer lab is reserved from which you can telnet your university computer.

2. Transportation from Trondheim to Geiranger

We are arranging the transportation from Trondheim to Geiranger by a boat ride along the coast and a bus ride from the coast through some mountainous and very scenic area to Geiranger. The transportation costs are included in the registration fee. We will go by boat from Trondheim 09.30 in the morning to Kristiansund, and then by bus to Geiranger. The boat trip will take approximately 3 hours and the bus ride will take approximately 4 hours. The boat will be a catamaran boat going at a speed of approximately 60 km/h. The most interesting part is probably the bus ride and we will stop at scenic spots along the way.

3. Coming directly to Geiranger

For those of you going directly to Geiranger on Sunday August 4-th there are at least the following seven possibilities:

• Take a bus from Oslo to Geiranger leaving Oslo 10.00 and arriving in Langvatn 17.00. Leaving Langvatn 17.15 and arriving at Union Hotel in Geiranger 17.55. The fare is approximately 250,- NOK.
• Fly to Molde and then take a bus to Geiranger. On Sunday there are two buses going to Geiranger. They are leaving from the bus station in Molde 14.20 and 16.25, and they arrive in Geiranger 18.05 and 20.25, respectively. The airport bus is at the bus station in Molde approximately 30 minutes after the your flight has landed. The total bus fare to Geiranger will be approximately 170,- NOK.
• Fly to Ålesund (Vigra airport) and then take a bus to Geiranger. On Sunday there is one bus going to Geiranger. It is leaving Ålesund bus station 13.15 and it arrives in Geiranger 20.25 (with a 3 hour and 20 minutes layover along the way). The airport bus is at the bus station in Å lesund 40 minutes after your flight has landed. The total bus fare to Geiranger will be approximately 150,- NOK.
• Take the train from Oslo starting 09.00 and arriving 15.33 in Å ndalsnes. Then take a bus from Åndalsnes starting 17.05 and arriving in Geiranger 20.20. The bus ride is approximately 3 hours and it will go through some very scenic parts of Norway. The total fare will approximately be 650,- NOK.
• Take the night train from Oslo to Trondheim starting in Oslo on Saturday 23.00 and arriving in Trondheim 07.25. Then join our organized transportation to Geiranger leaving Trondheim 09.00. The train fare is approximately 580,- NOK and you will pay approximately 500,- NOK for the organized transportation from Trondheim to Geiranger.
• Rent a car and drive to Geiranger.
• Finally possibility we mention is to join our organized transportation from Trondheim to Geiranger somewhere close to Kristiansund/Åndalsnes. Please contact us for further details.

4. The conference in Geiranger, ICRA VIII

The arrival date for the conference in Geiranger is August 4-th and departure date is August 10-th, 1996. The conference will take place at Union Hotel in Geiranger from August 5-th to August 9-th, 1996. The hotel is situated at the Geiranger fjord. Many people would probably say that if you were left to see only one fjord in Norway, the Geiranger fjord is the one to see and maybe worth the visit all by itself.

4.1 The program

The program for the conference will be decided by the program committee on the basis of abstracts received by the Secretary of ICRA VIII. The deadline for submitting abstracts is June 15-th, 1996.

We plan to compile the abstracts in one LaTeX document, so we ask you to use the format we have prepared. To get further information on how to get it and how to use it please see the WWW-pages for ICRA VIII with address

under Konferanse/Conference or contact us via E-mail. GO TO TOP

4.2 Accommodation in Geiranger

Those of you who have sent us your preferred accommodation will get highest priority in the allocation of rooms.

In Geiranger we can offer two types of accommodation. Firstly, we have Union Hotel.

If Union Hotel is filled up we also have a backup hotel, which is 300 meters away from Union hotel.

Secondly, we have reserved 7 cabins, 2 with three double room (V6) and 5 with 2 double rooms (V4) primarily for students. Totally they have 32 beds in 16 rooms about 500 meters away from Union Hotel. The rates are 110,- NOK and 150,- NOK per person per night in a double, respectively. The cabins are of high standard with refrigerator, stove and utensils. You need to bring sheets, pillow case and quilt cover, unless you choose to rent it for about 50-80 NOK (per set, not per day). No meals are included, but it is possible to buy meals at Union Hotel, 90,- NOK for lunch, 200,- NOK for dinner.

5. Leaving Geiranger

For leaving Geiranger on Saturday August 10-th there are at least the following five possibilities:

• If a sufficient number of people is interested we will charter a bus (or buses) to go from Geiranger to Oslo. This bus ride will approximately take 7 hours, and the fare will approximately be 250,- NOK.
• Take a bus from Geiranger leaving 10.00, change at Langvatn and arriving in Oslo 18.00. The total fare is approximately 250,- NOK.
• Take a bus from Union Hotel 07.20 or 12.45 arriving at Molde bus station 12.25 and 17.45, respectively. One hour before each flight there is a airport bus.
• Take a bus from Union Hotel 07.20 or 12.45 arriving at Ålesund bus station 10.45 and 16.30, respectively. One hour before each flight there is a airport bus.
• Take a bus from Geiranger 13.00 arriving in Åndalsnes 16.10. Continuing with a train departing 16.24 and arriving in Oslo 22.29 or Trondheim 22.50. The total fare is approximately 600,- NOK to Oslo and 520,- NOK to Trondheim.

We have reserved a number of hotel rooms in Cecil Hotel in Oslo from Saturday August 10-th to Sunday August 11-th. So please tell us if you are interested in having one of these rooms. The rates are 680,- NOK or 620,- NOK for a double room (340-310 NOK per person) and 460,- NOK for a single room. The hotel is situated down town Oslo very close to the Norwegian parliament.

6. Registration

The deadline for registering with normal registration fee is April 15-th 1996 (For later registration, add 25%). Please use the attached form or register using the form supplied by the WWW-pages for ICRA VIII (address: http://www.matstat.unit.no (under Konferanse/Conference). Go to Registration Form. The registration is also available as a Postscript file.

The registration fee will totally be

* For people in these categories who want to join us on the boat and bus trip to Geiranger, add 500,- NOK.

Reduced rates apply to Ph.D.-students and participants from the following countries: Argentina, Brazil, China, Cuba, Hungary, Mexico, Poland, Russia, Ukraine. Also others in economical difficult situation can get a reduced registration fee upon request. The registration fee should be paid with the registration in Norwegian kroner to the following bank account at the address below.

The registration fee will amongst other things partially cover expenses for lunch for 4 days in Trondheim, coffee, tea and snack, transportation in Trondheim and transportation from Trondheim to Geiranger.

7. Committees

The members of the advisory committee for ICRA VIII are: R. Bautista (UNAM, Mexico), S. Brenner (Liverpool, England), M. C. R. Butler (Liverpool, England), V. Dlab (Ottawa, Canada), Y. Drozd (Kiev, Ukraine), I. Reiten (Chairman, Trondheim, Norway), C. M. Ringel (Bielefeld, Germany), A. Roiter (Kiev, Ukraine), H. Tachikawa (Ashikaga, Japan).

The members of the program committee for ICRA VIII are: W. Crawley-Boevey (Leeds, England), J. A. de la Pe~na (UNAM, Mexico), E. Green (Virginia, USA), D. Happel (Chemnitz, Germany), H. Lenzing (Paderborn, Germany), A. Skowronski (Torun, Poland), S. O. Smalø (Chairman, Trondheim, Norway).

The local organizing committee is: I. Reiten, I. H. Slungård, S. O. Smalø, Ø. Solberg.

8. Sponsors

The workshop in Trondheim and the conference in Geiranger are sponsored by the Research Council of Norway, American Scandinavian Foundation, Norwegian University of Science and Technology and Union Hotel, Geiranger.

9. Further information

The exchange rate of one US dollar against Norwegian kroner is approximately 6,50 NOK. A more updated exchange rate can be found on the WWW-pages given below under Tourist Information.

The average temperature in Trondheim during the workshop and in Geiranger during the conference are 14.1 and 14.5 degrees Celsius, respectively. The average precipitation for Trondheim and Geiranger in August are 78 millimeter and 90 millimeter, respectively. A weather forecast for Norway and some weather information from some villages close to Trondheim is available on the WWW-pages under Tourist Information.

The voltage in Norway is 220V.

If you are interested in further information, please contact us by using one of the following possibilities:

We hope that you will come to Trondheim and Geiranger, and we look forward to seeing you.

Yours sincerely,

The Local Organizing Committee