Newcastle upon Tyne 10-13 April 2006

The 58th British Mathematical Colloquium (BMC) is being organised at the University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, where it will be held from Monday, 10 April to Thursday, 13 April, 2006. Programme book (pdf version) If you would like to be added to the BMC mailing list, please enter your email address below: Upon submission, you will receive an email at this address with further details on the conference.       BMC 2006 will be preceded by a postgraduate conference. For more information see http://www.students.ncl.ac.uk/jonathan.longrigg/bmc/.   There will also be a North British Functional Analysis meeting before the start of the BMC with featured speaker John McCarthy (Washington University, St Louis, USA). For details visit http://www.amsta.leeds.ac.uk/nbfas.     BMC 2006 is supported in part by The London Mathematical Society The Edinburgh Mathematical Society and Newcastle University.     The organising committee for BMC 2006 includes Michael Dritschel, Andrew Duncan, Maxine Lennon, Zinaida Lykova, Graham Niblo, Jonathan Partington, Alina Vdovina and Michael White.				Plenary speakers: Nigel Higson   (Penn State, USA) Victor Kac   (MIT, USA) Alexander Kirillov   (Pennsylvania, USA) Preda Mihailescu   (Göttingen, Germany)   Morning speakers: Roger Bielawski   (Edinburgh) Gordon Blower   (Lancaster) Mihalis Dafermos   (Cambridge) Michael Farber   (Durham) Gero Friesecke   (Warwick) Jim Howie   (Heriot-Watt) Graham Niblo   (Southampton) Jonathan Partington   (Leeds) Charles Read   (Leeds) Manfred Schocker   (Swansea) Anthony Scholl   (Cambridge) Eugene Shargorodsky   (King's College London) Chris Smyth   (Edinburgh) Nicole Snashall   (Leicester)   Special Session on Analysis and Geometry on Groups: Paul Baum   (Penn State, USA) Alain Valette   (Neuchâtel, Switzerland) Andrzej Zuk   (CNRS, Paris, France)   Special Session on Operator Theory: Wolfgang Arendt   (University of Ulm, Germany) Miroslav Englis   (Czech Academy of Sciences) Joel Shapiro   (Michigan State University, USA)   Public Lecture by: David Acheson   (Oxford)   Splinter groups: Algebraic topology Arithmetic algebraic geometry Differential equations Geometry and topology Group theory and its applications History of Mathematics Hyberbolic geometry Logic Operator algebras Operator theory Random matrices and operators Semigroups and monoids Suggestions for further splinter groups are welcome!
Some useful information for planning your trip: Getting to the meeting Accommodation Train travel timetables Train tickets Use this to buy train tickets in advance at reduced fares. If your address is outside of the UK, they will make the tickets available for you to collect at the station. There is also a link for buying Eurostar tickets here for travel from Brussels, Lille and Paris to London by train. Low cost airlines: A number of budget airlines fly into Newcastle from throughout Europe, including EasyJet, Ryan Air and SN Brussels Airlines. Newcastle airport Car rentals: Avis, Europcar, Hertz, National Car Rental all operate out of Newcastle airport. Driving directions City centre map and another map which also shows the names of the University Buildings Information on restaurants and pubs: Restaurants Pubs Some restaurant and pub reviews Weather: Climate information for Newcastle Weather forcast for Newcastle				Specifically for participants from outside the UK: Visa information Electricity: The electrical current is 220/240 volts (coming into line with the rest of Europe at 230 volts), 50 cycles/sec alternating current (AC). Wall outlets take three-pin plugs, and shaver sockets take two round, oversize prongs. If you plan on bringing a laptop, you will probably only need to change the plug on your power supply to use it here. Currency conversion rates Tourist information: Tourist attractions Northumberland visitors guide Hadrian's wall Detailed historical information on the northeast of England Archaeological information on Northumberland and County Durham