9TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DIFFERENTIAL
GEOMETRY AND ITS APPLICATIONS
August 30 – September 3, 2004
Prague, Czech Republic
organized by the Charles University in Prague
in cooperation with other czech universities and institutes
http://www.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~dgac/
THIRD ANNOUNCEMENT
DESCRIPTION
This will be the 9th meeting in a series organized by Czech
universities every three years since 1980. Finally, 240 participants from 35
countries are registered (see the list of
participants).
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
The scientific program consists of invited plenary lectures (50 min) and
of invited lectures (45 min), short communications (15–25 min) and poster
sessions in each of three sections:
A.
Riemannian Geometry and submanifolds – chairman O. Kowalski
B. Geometric Structures – chairman J. Slovak
C.
Variational Analysis and Geometric Methods in Physics – chairman D. Krupka
A tentative
(almost definitive) program is available.
The program may be subject to change.
Poster
sessions will be held in each section. Participants who have a poster are
asked to prepare their contributions on max. 4 pages of A4 (or letter) format
of printed matter.
PROCEEDINGS
Participants are invited to submit their contribution to the conference
Proceedings that will be subject of a regular peer review procedure. The
Proceedings will be published after the conference in printed and electronic
(within the EMIS Electronic Library of the European Mathematical Society)
versions. All submitted papers should be in TeX.
PAYMENTS
Those of
you, who have chosen the option “payment in cash” will be asked to pay during
the Conference (in Czech crowns or euro are accepted). Credit cards are not
accepted by the organizers. You can, of course, pay for the hotel accomodation
by a credit card, but a notably higher price.
CONTACT PERSONS
Registration,
abstracts:
Petr
Somberg
phone: +420 221 913 398
fax: +420 222 323 394
e-mail: dgac@karlin.mff.cuni.cz,
somberg@karlin.mff.cuni.cz.
Financial
matters, support applications, accomodation:
Lukas Krump
phone: +420 221 913 204
fax: +420 222 323 394
e-mail: krump@karlin.mff.cuni.cz.
IMPORTANT
In case of any change from your part, especially if you cannot participate at the conference or if you change the arrival or departure date, let us know as soon as possible, please.
In case of any serious problem, you can call:
Hotel Krystal reception (+ 420) 220 563 411,
conference office in the hotel Krystal (open from Sunday, August 29 noon): (+ 420) 220 563 411 + extension 3413,
Lukas Krump’s mobile phone: (+420) 602 363 141.
Accomodation,
transport, meals, services,…
Rooming list of participants
lodged in the Hotel Krystal and Kajetanka dormitories.
The
organizing committee would like to ask you for a cooperation concerning the
accomodation during the conference. The objectives are:
·
we
received much more registrations then originally supposed and we decided to
accept all of you who confirmed your participation by June 30 (240 participants
instead of supposed 200),
·
many
of participants intend to come with family members (about 60 accompanying
persons), this is 300 persons alltogether,
·
many
participants chose accomodation in single rooms in the Hotel Krystal,
·
the
Hotel Krystal has a limited capacity 130 rooms, which can be used as double or
single rooms, and a few appartements for families.
That is why
we have to move some of the participants to the students’ dormitories
Kajetanka. These dormitories have a large capacity of “cells” consisting of a
double and a single room and a shower+WC. This is one of good dormitories in
Prague with breakfast served in the dining room. Participants lodged at the
Kajetanka dormitory have to travel daily to and from the hotel Krystal (25
minutes by public transport, 250 CZK (7.50 euro) a weekly ticket). The price of
6 overnight stays+breakfasts in Kajetanka is 1200 CZK (36 euro) per person.
The
decision key of moving participants to the dormitories Kajetanka is:
1. All
participants who asked for an accomodation in the dormitories, will get it.
2. All
VIP’s (main speakers, members of the JDGA editorial board, organizing committee
and some others – see list) are in the Hotel Krystal.
3. Most
participants with family members are in the Hotel Krystal (excluding those who
asked the dormitories).
4. Some of
the participants, who asked originally a hotel, are lodged in the dormitories
and averted by e-mail. Please, check your status on the rooming list.
We ask
everybody to check his or her name on the rooming
list and in the case you feel that our decision (allocating you to the
dormitories) was not appropriate, please don’t hesitate to contact us, we can
still make small changes. In the case that we get more available rooms in the
hotel Krystal before the conference (someone cancels his/her participation),
moved participants will be able to move back to the hotel Krystal.
Those of
you who have already sent the accomodation fee and now you will be lodged in a
cheaper room than supposed (in the dormitories instead of the hotel), will get
your money back upon arrival to Prague.
Thank you
for your understanding and cooperation.
All the conference program is held and the most participants are lodged in the Hotel Krystal. Address: Jose Martiho 2, Praha 6. A *** accomodation in double and single rooms. See photo.
The hotel
is located in the north-west part of Prague (Prague 6), near to the the
Evropska avenue, which is a main street connecting the city with the airport of
Prague. See map.
Nearest
public transport is the tram stop “Nad Dzbanem” (pronounced nud-jbaanem), with
tramlines 20 and 26. The hotel is 300 meters from the tram stop, in direction
towards the city center.
Transport
from the airport to the hotel Krystal:
By
airport-taxi: the journey takes approx. 10 minutes, price approx. 380 CZK. The
taxi stand is directly in front of the airport exit. This is not a normal
city-taxi, but a special service with fixed prices.
Highly
recommended mean of transport: In the front of the exit from the Prague airport
you find minibuses (limited number), which can bring you to any address between
the airport and the center of Prague. This concerns also the Hotel Krystal and
the dormitories Kajetanka. The most economic use is 3-4 persons with luggage -
in such a case the price is 360 CZK for all. For 5-8 persons the price is 720
CZK - but be sure that you can bring all the luggage with you. The prices are
defintely fixed.
By public
transport: from the airport, take the bus 119 (bus stop is 50 meters in front
of the airport exit, buses run daily from 4 a.m. to midnight, every 10 minutes
during the day and every 20 minutes from 4 to 8 a.m. and from 8 p.m. to
midnight) to the stop Divoka Sarka (7 stops), here change to tram line 20 or 26
and go two stops to Nad Dzbanem – all the journey takes 20–25 minutes.
Transport
from the main railway station (Praha–Hlavni nadrazi) to the hotel Krystal:
Take metro
C to Muzeum (1 stop), change to metro A to Dejvicka (5 stops), change to tram
20 or 26 to Nad Dzbanem (whole journey 30-35 minutes). Or take a taxi.
Transport
from the railway station Nadrazi Holesovice to the hotel Krystal:
Take metro
C to Muzeum (4 stops), change to metro A to Dejvicka (5 stops), change to tram
20 or 26 to Nad Dzbanem (whole journey 35-40 minutes). Or take a taxi.
From
whatever direction you arrive, it is recommended not to pass through the city
center. Rather try to take the western by-pass of Prague (look for direction
Chomutov, route Nr. 7) and leave it into the Evropska street following the exit
“Centrum”. The hotel is approx. 4km from this exit, on your right hand. Just
follow the names of tram stops, on the crossing next to the stop “Nad Dzbanem”
turn right to the Jose Martiho street and to the left to the hotel. Parking is
possible on a street in front of the hotel (free of charge) or in a protected
parking lot of the hotel (100 CZK per night).
You are
kindly asked to registrate upon arrival. The conference registration desk will
be next to the hotel reception during the whole of Sunday, August 29.
Some participants
are lodged in the students’ dormitories Kajetanka. Address: Radimova 12, Praha
6. Accomodation is in “cells” consisting of a double room, a single room, a
shower and a WC (i.e., common for three persons). Breakfast is served in the
dormitory dining room. See photo.
The
dormitory is located on a nice place in Prague 6, approx. 3km from the hotel
Krystal by direct line. See map.
Nearest
public transport is the bus stop “Kajetanka” with bus lines 108, 174, 180. (On
weekends, there is no service on lines 108 and 180.)
Transport
from the airport to the dormitories Kajetanka:
Take the
bus 179 (bus stop is 50 meters in front of the airport exit, bus 179 runs
approximately every 30 minutes from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. on weekends, and every
20-30 minutes on weekdays) to the stop Vypich (15 stops), here change to the
bus 174 and go two stops to Kajetanka – all the journey takes 30–35 minutes. Or
take an airport-taxi or a minibus.
Transport from the main railway station (Praha–Hlavni nadrazi) to the
dormitories Kajetanka:
Take metro
C to Muzeum (1 stop), change to metro A to Hradcanska (4 stops), change to bus
174 to Kajetanka (3 stops) (whole journey 30-35 minutes). Or take a taxi.
Transport from the railway station Nadrazi Holesovice to the
dormitories Kajetanka:
Take metro
C to Muzeum (4 stops), change to metro A to Hradcanska (4 stops), change to bus
174 to Kajetanka (3 stops) (whole journey 35-40 minutes). Or take a taxi.
Transport between Kajetanka and hotel Krystal:
Take bus
108 or 174 to Hradcanska, change to tram 20 or 26 to Nad Dzbanem. Or take bus
180 to Kafkova/Dejvicka, change to tram 20 or 26 to Nad Dzbanem. The journey
takes 25–30 minutes, both buses and trams run every 5 minutes in the morning on
weekdays.
Or, if you
like to move your body and have a city map, take a 3km walk through a nice part
of the town (streets Radimova, Stamicova, Veleslavinska, Evropska).
You are
kindly asked to registrate upon arrival. The conference registration desk will
be next to the dormitories reception (a few stairs to the left) during the
whole of Sunday, August 29.
Without
doubts, you will enjoy not only the conference program and the steamboat trip,
but also your own discovering the “City of hunderd towers”. Here are some tips
for you to move effectively and safely through Prague.
From
hotel Krystal to the city center: take tram 20 or 26 to Dejvicka, change to the metro A and go to
Malostranska, Staromestska, Mustek or Muzeum stations, which all lie in the
historical center. Or take tram 20 directly to the area of Mala Strana (Lesser
Town) – the best is the stop Malostranske namesti, or tram 26 to the area of
Stare Mesto (Old Town) – stop Namesti Republiky.
From
Kajetanka to the city center: take any of the buses to Hradcanska or Kafkova/Dejvicka and change to
the metro A or tram and go on as described in the previous paragraph. Or walk
from Kajetanka to the Belohorska street to the tram stop Drinopol and take tram
22 or 23 to reach the Prague Castle – stop Prazsky Hrad.
Prague has
a very effective, cheap and safe system of public transport. Most metro, tram
and bus lines run from 4 a.m. to midnight, in a good frequency: metro every 2–4
minutes, in the evenings every 10 minutes, tramways and important buses every 8–10
minutes, in the evenings every 20 minutes. There is a system of night trams and
buses (different lines than the daily lines), which run in 30-minutes frequency
every night. On weekends, most lines run in a longer frequency, some don’t run
at all (e.g. bus 108, 180 near to Kajetanka!). You don’t need to be afraid of
night travelling, the Prague public transport is not less safe than any other
part of the town.
There is
also a funicular (Ujezd–Petrin), which is a part of the public transport system
and runs through the nice Petrin hill up to the lookout tower.
Network
maps are on most stops or available at information offices (e.g., at the
airport). Exact schedules are displayed on every bus or tram stop.
However,
there are a few things you should know to avoid getting lost. The tramway system has a
disadvantage, namely often closures due to reconstructions of tramway lines. In
any moment, there are at least three places in Prague where a tramway line is
closed. During the first days of DGA conference (to August 31), tramline 26
(and others) is diverted in some parts of its path (fortunately not in the
hotel Krystal – Dejvicka – Hradcanska area), so please check current situation
on the place, if you want to take a trip to the city center. From September 1,
these lines run normally.
You can
also take a taxi, but… the Prague taxis have a bad reputation. We are very sorry for that, but
the taxi drivers do not hesitate to ask for an exaggerated amount, especially
if you are a foreigner. There is an official maximal price: 22 CZK per
kilometer plus 30 CZK per entering the taxi. Therefore a typical journey hotel
Krystal – Staromestske namesti (center of the Old Town), which is not more than
10km, should cost about 300 CZK. Don’t hesitate to negotiate the price before
entering the taxi, check if the driver switches on the taxameter, and ask for
the receipt when paying, otherwise you could be asked to pay much more.
Public transport tickets:
You can use
either single tickets, price is 12 CZK (when bought at a machine or at a desk)
or 15 CZK (when bought at a bus driver) and it alows you to travel freely
through the whole network of Prague public transport (zone 0 – the city
including airport) within 60 minutes (or 90 minutes in the evenings and nights
(8 p.m to 5 a.m.) and during weekends), with unlimited number of line changes.
There are
also “non-transfer tickets”: cost 8 CZK (or 9 CZK at a bus driver), you are
allowed to travel only 15 minutes without changing line.
We
recommend you (especially to all who are lodged in Kajetanka dormitory) to
purchase a 7-days ticket, which costs 250 CZK and allows you to travel freely
through the whole network within 7 days (168 hours) from the first validation
of the ticket.
All these
types of tickets can be purchased in machines, some newspaper stands, hotel
Krystal reception, and in information desks of the Prague Public Transport
Company. One of these desks is in the airport hall, next to the “Arrivals”
exit, it provides all information about Prague public transport, opening hours
are 7 a.m. – 10 p.m. daily.
Ticket
machines accept only coins, no banknotes (but they give change), and they are
located in all metro stations and at the airport, and on some tram and bus
stops.
Current
information about Prague public transport can be found at www.dpp.cz (in Czech, English and German).
The
official currency of the Czech Republic is ceska koruna (czech crown, CZK, or Kč), divided into 100 haler’s (h). The
exchange rate is aprox. 1 EURO = 32 CZK, 1 US$ = 26 CZK. There is a plenty of
exchange offices in the city center (and at the airport), you can try looking
around for the best exchange rate. The best way is to ask how much you get for
e.g. 100 euro, the net amount you get needs not to be what you see on the
display. Small exchange offices usually give a better exchange rate than large
banks or hotel desks.
Never
exchange your money with an unknown person on the street!
There will
be also a possibility to exchange small amounts (up to 50 euro) at the
conference office during the conference.
In some
shops, euros are accepted, but still exceptionally.
Credit
cards are widely accepted, ATM’s are widespread.
The Czech
currency has banknotes 5000, 2000, 1000, 500, 200, 100, 50 CZK, and you can
still exceptionally see the 20 CZK note. Coins are 50, 20, 10, 5, 2, 1 CZK, and
50h. The smallest coins 20h and 10h went out of use last year.
Breakfast
will be served in the dining rooms of your accomodation place (Hotel Krystal
and Kajetanka dormitories).
Lunch and
dinner are served in the Hotel Krystal for all participants and accompanying
persons who wish to eat with them. Because of a limited capacity of the dining
room, both lunch and dinner will be served in two groups:
first group
are participants in section A – lunch 12.15–13.15, dinner 18.30–19.30,
second
group are participants in sections B+C – lunch 13.15–14.15, dinner 19.30–20.30.
You are kindly asked to cooperate with us and to
respect times of meals of your group. Individual changes are of course
possible, but in a reasonable measure.
Accompanyning
persons who wish to eat lunch or dinner with the participants will be charged
200 CZK (6 euro) per meal. This wish must be announced by 9AM of the
appropriate day.
There is no
common organised dinner on the arrival day (Sunday, August 29). However, the
hotel restaurant is open and you can have a dinner on your own expenses.
Wednesday
afternoon, September 1, is free. You can make your individual trip through
Prague (believe us, it is much better to walk on your own than spend hours in a
guided tour with a large group of tourists).
Wednesday
evening, everybody is invited to a steamboat trip on the river Vltava. The trip
includes a river cruise on the steamboat “Vysehrad” through the city, a toast,
a dinner and a live dixie-land music. The trip starts at 19.00, the end is
planned to 22.00. Exact information will be given at the conference.
The trip is
free for all participants of the conference. Accompanying persons are invited
to the trip for a fee 600 CZK (20 euro) per person, 450 CZK (15 euro) children
up to 15.
You can
learn more about the steamboat on the webpage www.paroplavba.cz
(click on Fleet, then on Vysehrad).
There will
be a computer room with free internet access next to conference lecture halls.
Please note that the number of computers will be limited and they will be
devoted mainly for checking your home e-mail. It is upon your courtesy not to
block computers to other participants by unnecessary internet browsing.
However, there will be also possibility to connect your laptops to the internet
in the computer room (free), and in the hotel rooms (on your own expenses).
Detailed information will be provided upon arrival.
In the
hotel there is also a paid internet access (ask at the reception).
The hotel
provides also photocopy services.
You can use
phones in your hotel room, or at the hotel (dormitory) reception, or phone
cells next to the reception and throughout the city – they work mostly with
phone cards sold at news stands.
The Czech
Republic has passed to a new phone numbering system, so that now all phone
numbers (both fixed and mobile phones) have exactly nine digits, there are
no area prefixes and no number begins with a zero. Therefore, for any call
within the Czech Republic, local, long-distance or to a mobile network, you
dial exactly nine digits. When calling abroad, dial 00 + the international
prefix of your country. The international prefix of the Czech Republic is
(+420). Mobile networks are widespread and you can choose from three mobile
operators: Eurotel, Oskar, T-mobile.