Combinatorics 2006

A meeting in celebration of Pavol Hell's 60th birthday

May 1 through May 5, 2006

Schedule (updated April 28)

Organizers: Gary MacGillivray, Gena Hahn, Peter Horak, Jing Huang, Ladislav Stacho

Meeting hosted by the Department of Mathematics and Statistics,University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada

Invited 45 min survey talks:

Brian Alspach	Alexander Rosa
Derek G. Corneil	Moshe Rosenfeld
Herbert Fleischner	Gert Sabidussi
David G. Kirkpatrick	Norbert Sauer
Bojan Mohar	Jayme L. Szwarcfiter
Jaroslav Nesetril	Gabor Tardos
Fred S. Roberts	Xuding Zhu

Invited 30 min research talks:

Richard Anstee, Joergen Bang-Jensen, Richard Brewster, Tom Brown, Andrei Bulatov, Francesc Comellas, Tomas Feder, Luisa Gargano, John Gimbel, Luis Goddyn, Arvind Gupta, Gregory Gutin, Gena Hahn, Irith Ben-Arroyo Hartman, Winfried Hochstaettler, Peter Horak, Jing Huang, Veselin Jungic, Shabnam Kavousian, Sula Klein, Daniel Kral, Jan Kratochvil, Benoit Larose, Cynthia Loten, Gary MacGillivray, Eric Mendelson, Juan Montellano, Reza Naserasr, Loana Tito Nogueira, Joseph G. Peters, Fabio Protti, Ivo Rosenberg, Ladislav Stacho, Claude Tardif, Mark Yamashita

All of the available speaking slots have now been assigned.

Program: Please click here for the schedule (updated April 28).

Excursions:

On Wednesday afternoon, May 3, we have organized a whale watching excursion. The deadline of April 15 has passed, but a limited number of spaces may become available. For alternate activities, consider taking a trip to Butchart Gardens or the Royal BC Museum.

After the conference, on Saturday, May 6, we will organize an excursion to a location on Vancouver Island. Options include winery tours in the Cowichan Valley, or a trip to a beach on the wild west coast. The estimated price is $50 CDN.

Special Issue of Discrete Mathematics:

The deadline for submitting manuscripts for the special issue of Discrete Mathematics honoring Pavol Hell on his 60th birthday is August 31, 2006. Papers may be submitted either to Peter Horak at horak@u.washington.edu or Ladislav Stacho at lstacho@sfu.ca. The topic of the manuscript does not have to coincide with the conference presentation. Moreover, submission is not limited to participants of the meeting. All papers will be thoroughly refereed, and acceptance will follow standards of Discrete Mathematics.

Registration:

The conference registration fee is $175 CDN. We are only able to handle Money Orders or Cheques in Canadian funds drawn on a Canadian bank and made payable to the University of Victoria. Unfortunately, we are unable to accept credit card payments.

Registrations can be sent to:

Jing Huang

Department of Mathematics and Statistics

University of Victoria

PO Box 3045 STN CSC

Victoria BC, Canada V8W 3P4

The conference registration fee can also be paid at the conference, during registration.

Travel and Accommodation:

Both the Laurel Point Inn and the Harbour Towers are fully booked. Anyone who needs suggestions for accommodations should contact Gary MacGillivray, or look at the Tourism Victoria website or VancouverIsland.com.

Information on busses within Greater Victoria is available from BC Transit.

How to get to Victoria

From off of Vancouver Island, some options for travel to Victoria include bus (from Vancouver - it goes on the ferry), BC Ferries (Vancouver - Victoria = Tswassen - Swartz Bay), Washington State Ferries (Sidney - Anacortes), Black Ball Ferries (Port Angeles - Victoria), Victoria Clipper (catamaran from Seattle to Victoria), seaplanes from Vancouver (Harbour Air and West Coast Air) and Seattle (Kenmore Air), Helijet (helicopter from Vancouver, Seattle, and other locations), and any airline that flies to Victoria International Airport.

How to get to your hotel/downtown

If you plan to arrive by car, you can find driving directions how to get to the hotel here.

If you plan to arrive in Victoria by air, the AKAL Airport Shuttle (www.akalairporter.travel.bc.ca) provides a shuttle service from the airport to downtown hotels every hour during the day and after every flight arrival at night. The ticket booth is located right outside the arrival area. The regular fare is approximately $13 CAD. For further information contact AKAL Airport Shuttle at (250) 386-2525.

A taxi from the airport to downtown costs approximately $50 CAD.

You can rent a car at Budget Rent-A-Car of Victoria Ltd. (www.budgetvictoria.com. Their offices are located in the airport arrival hall and at 757 Douglas St.. For more information contact Budget at phone (250) 953-5300, fax (250) 953-5250, or e-mail reserve@budgetvictoria.com. Other rental car companies at both Victoria Airport and downtown include Avis, Hertz, and National.