Update Plenary Speakers at EWM 2009 General Meeting

We are pleased to announce list, not jet complete, of the plenary speakers at the 14th general meeting of EWM.

The 2009 European Mathematical Society Lecturer will be Ingrid Daubechies, Professor of Princeton University, and she will give some of her EMS lectures at the EWM meeting in Novi Sad.

Jelena Kovačević, Carnegie Mellon University, Marta Sanz-Sole, Barcelona University, Reidun Twarok, University of York, Tatiana Suslina, St. Petersburg State University, Brigitte Vallee, CNRS, has also agreed to give a plenary lecture at the meeting.

The complete list of invited speakers and the scientific programme will be planned in collaboration with the Scientific Committee, consisting of twelve internationally leading women mathematicians, which has been recently established jointly by the European Mathematical Society (EMS) and EWM.

From the President of EMS

We have the great privilege to publish the letter of support from the President of the European Mathematical Society (EMS), Prof. Ari Laptev, to the 14th general meeting of European Women in Mathematics, which will take place at the University of Novi Sad, Serbia, during August 2009.

Letter of support (270KB)

Introducing Novi Sad

The 14th general meeting of EWM will take place in Novi Sad, Serbia, during August 25-28, 2009. We are looking forward to welcome you in our beautiful town. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Novi Sad is the capital of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, its economic, cultural, scientific, educational, health and administrative center with nearly 200.000 inhabitants. The city is situated on the left bank of the Danube River in South Backa, in northern part of Serbia.

Many interesting facts and information can be found in Novi Sad.pdf (968KB). Beside the city history, this leaflet presents the city center, together with many churches and buildings. You can also find out more on cultural life of Novi Sad, its green areas, on Petrovaradin Fortress, Sremski Karlovci and the National park Fruska gora. At the end there are special sections “Arriving to Novi Sad” and “Useful information” which will help you in planning your trip to our town.

Links on Novi Sad:

Official presentation of the city of Novi Sad
City of Novi Sad Official Tourist Presentation
Hotels in Novi Sad
Novi Sad on Wikipedia

Scientific Committee of the 14th general meeting of EWM

Scientific Committee, consisting of twelve leading women mathematicians, has been established jointly by the European Mathematical Society (EMS) and EWM. The membership of the committee is as follows:

Viviane Baladi (Paris, France)
Eva Bayer Fluckiger (Lausanne, Switzerland)
Christine Bernardi (Paris, France)
Christine Bessenrodt (Hannover, Germany)
Antonella Grassi (U Penn, USA)
Ursula Hamenstaedt (Bonn, Germany)
Dusa McDuff (Stony Brook, USA)
Ragni Piene (Oslo, Norway)
Vera Sos (Budapest, Hungary)
Ulrike Tillmann (Oxford, UK), chair
Nina Uraltseva (St. Petersburg, Russia)
Michele Vergne (Paris, France)

The committee’s remit is to provide advice to the EMS and EWM on scientific questions involving women and mathematics, such as suggesting scientific topics and speakers for the biennial EWM
meetings. Its members are currently being asked for advice about the next EWM general meeting, which will be held in Novi Sad in August 2009, and the 3rd Nordic summer school (June 2009).

With best wishes,
Sylvie Paycha (Chair, EMS Committee for Women and Mathematics)
Frances Kirwan (Convenor, EWM)

Organizing Committee of the 14th general meeting of EWM

Members of the Organizing Committee:

Jelena Aleksic (Novi Sad, Serbia)
Laura Ciobanu (Fribourg, Switzerland)
Jasmina Jocic (Novi Sad, Serbia)
Ruth Kellerhals (Fribourg, Switzerland)
Frances Kirwan (Oxford, UK)
Sylvie Paycha (Aubiere Cedex, France)
Mirjana Penic (Novi Sad, Serbia)
Dusanka Perisic (Novi Sad, Serbia)
Sanja Rapajic (Novi Sad, Serbia)
Caroline Series (Warwick, UK)
Tsou Sheung Tsun (Oxford, UK)
Zorica Uzelac (Novi Sad, Serbia)
Gordana Vlahovic (Novi Sad, Serbia)
Helena Zarin (Novi Sad, Serbia)

First Announcement

The 14th general meeting of European Women in Mathematics (EWM) will take place in Novi Sad, Serbia during August 25-28, 2009. You are warmly invited to participate in the conference.

For more than 20 years EWM has organized biennial conferences which are open to members as well as non-members of EWM. The most recent, the 13th general meeting, took place in September 2007, at the University of Cambridge, UK, gathering more than 100 women mathematicians from various fields of research.

In August of next year, the 14th general meeting of EWM will be held at the Department of Mathematics and Informatics, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad. The 2009 European Mathematical Society lecturer will be Professor Ingrid Daubechies, of Princeton University, and she will give some of her EMS lectures at the EWM meeting in Novi Sad.

Located on the Danube River, Novi Sad is the urban center of northern Serbia, its second largest city and the capital of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. Novi Sad is a hospitable town; we hope that you will enjoy its open-hearted welcome.

In order to organize the meeting successfully, we would be very grateful if you could let us know in advance the following information:
1. Whether you will
(a) very likely or
(b) possibly
participate in the conference.
2. Whether you would like to join our conference mailing list; the members of the mailing list will be given regular information about the meeting.
3. Whether you would like to participate but would need financial support.

We are currently applying for some financial support for the meeting. However financial support for participants will be very limited and will in any case not cover more than partial living expenses during the meeting. Travel expenses will be left for participants’ home institutions.

Other relevant information on the 14th general meeting of EWM can also be found at http://womenandmath.wordpress.com/.

Please reply to us as soon as possible at ewm2009@im.ns.ac.yu.

Looking forward to hearing from you,

Frances Kirwan (Oxford, UK)
Convenor of EWM
Dušanka Perišić (Novi Sad, Serbia)
On behalf of the local organizing committee

(PDF version of the first announcement can be downloaded here … )