Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Memorial University of Newfoundland

August 29 – September 3, 2002

Organizing Committee:

Y. Bahturin (Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada, and Moscow State University, Russia), A. Giambruno (University of Palermo, Italy), A. Regev (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel), M. Zaicev (Moscow State University, Russia)

The Program:

The program will include about 10 - 15 one-hour lectures, about 10 half-hour talks and a number of shorter communications on various aspects of algebras with polynomial identities, with an emphasis on combinatorial methods in PI-theory. This workshop is a continuation of the series of conferences/workshops held in Palermo, Italy (1992), Trento, Italy (1997), Rehovot, Israel (2000), and Pantelleria, Italy (2001).

The end of August – beginning of September is still summer in St. John’s. Sightseeing tours will be planned, including a tour of the Bird’s Sanctuary in Cape St. Mary’s.

Registration fee - $50 CAD. Limited support will be available for graduate students.

If you are interested in attending the workshop, you may contact us as follows:

International Workshop

Department of Mathematics and Statistics,

Memorial University of Newfoundland,

St. John’s, NF A1C 5S7

Phone: 1-(709)-737-8783/8917

Fax: 1-(709)-737-3010

E-mail: mathstat@math.mun.ca

Please indicate if you plan to give a talk and its title. The registration form and additional information will be available on the Workshop’s Web site in the near future, which will be also be linked from Memorial University’s Department of Mathematics and Statistics’ Web site: www.math.mun.ca