ICM98-CL22 (98/01/17): Second Announcement/Registration/Server redesign
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E-mail information service of the
INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF MATHEMATICIANS
Berlin, Germany, August 18 - 27, 1998
22nd Circular Letter
Subject: ICM98-CL22: Second Announcement/Registration/Server redesign
Dear colleague:
Here are some news from the ICM'98 E-mail information service about
the Second Announcement, the ICM'98 registration procedure, and the
redesign of the ICM'98 server:
1. SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT
The Second Announcement of ICM'98 has been printed last week. Shipping
has started on Monday. The Second Announcement will be mailed to all
those who have provided mailing addresses.
The Second Announcement contains up-to-date information about ICM'98.
Nevertheless, some details, for instance about the social program (e.
g., the footloose tours) or the scientific program (e. g., the list and
schedule of the Invited Speakers), are not fully available yet. The
ICM'98 E-mail information service will distribute such and all
additional information about ICM'98 as soon as possible.
For those who want to retrieve the Second Announcement electronically,
Postscript and LaTeX versions of the Second Announcement can be obtained
from the WWW with URL:
http://elib.zib.de/ICM98/Second_Announcement
or by anonymous ftp from elib.zib.de in the subdirectory
pub/IMU/HTML/ICM98/Second_Announcement. The files of interest are
scndannc.ps Announcement Postscript DIN A4
us_scnda.ps Postscript US-paper
scndannc.tex LaTeX (no maps)
reg-form.ps Registration Form Postscript DIN A4
us_regf.ps Postscript US-paper
wordregf.doc MS-Word 6.0
Note that the above versions of the Second Announcement differ
somewhat from the printed version, e.g., some pictures are
missing.
2. REGISTRATION
Registration for ICM'98 is possible from now on. You can register by
filling out the registration form in the Second Announcement. But it is
also possible to register and submit abstracts for ICM'98 presentations
(short communications, contributions to poster sessions, invited and
plenary addresses) via WWW! Just call the URL
http://elib.zib.de/ICM98
and click on "register" or "abstracts". We strongly encourage
electronic registration and abstract submission!
DAVID G. KUBAYI (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South
Africa) has been declared the "registration champion" by the ICM'98 WWW
team. He somehow got hold of the new registration form while the WWW
team of ICM'98 was still experimenting with the form and the design. And
he registered immediately - even before the Organizing Committee new
about the existence of the registration page. Congratulations David!
You will get an ICM'98 bear, one of the beautiful ICM'98 souvenirs, as
a present at on-site registration in Berlin.
PLEASE NOTE: Registration, hotel reservation, and the handling of fees
is carried out by DER CONGRESS, a professional congress organization
company. When you register, or book a room, or request tickets, etc.
you will obtain an "official" confirmation message by ordinary mail
from DER CONGRESS. Abstracts are handled by U. Rehmann (Bielefeld)
who will acknowledge submission.
3. SERVER REDESIGN
The ICM'98 server (http://elib.zib.de/ICM98) has been redisigned
completely. The new version of the server basically follows the
structure of the Second Announcement. The server will undergo
further changes in the next months to reflect the progress of
the organization.
If you click on "info" or on the center of the logo on the new
homepage, or if you call: http://elib.zib.de/ICM98/info.html
you will find that our information is now grouped into three
main categories (plus two additional sections):
- General Information
- Detailed Information
- Information Regarding the Organization of ICM'98
In "General Information" you will find all items that you probably
hope to find quickly,
+ important addresses
+ the registration form
+ the Second Announcement (and also the First Announcement)
+ instructions on how to submit to
o short communications and poster sessions
o VideoMath Festival
o Session on Mathematical Software
+ the list of prospective participants
+ a complete list of deadlines
The new category "Detailed Information" on the server is structured
along the lines of the printed version of the Second Announcement
in order to facilitate your navigation in both documents. However, the
subsections on the the server will soon contain significantly more
up-to-date information than the corresponding items in the Second
Announcement.
Finally, the section "Information Regarding the Organization of ICM'98"
will give some "Meta-Information" about the various Committees and
Institutions involved in the preparation of the Congress as well as some
items on the historical development of ICM'98.
We hope that the new structure will help you to quickly find the
information you are looking for, from now on till the end of
ICM'98, August 18-27, in Berlin.
Sincerely
Martin Groetschel
President of the
ICM'98 Organizing Committee
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This is a message from the ICM'98 e-mail server distributing information
about ICM'98 and the International Mathematical Union to all persons who
have electronically preregistered for the INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF
MATHEMATICIANS 1998 IN BERLIN. More information about ICM'98 can be found
on the ICM'98 WWW-server. Its master site in Berlin has the URL:
http://elib.zib.de/ICM98
To subscribe to this e-mail service and to obtain the Second Announcement
of ICM'98, fill out the request form on the ICM'98 server. Alternatively,
send an empty e-mail to icm98@zib.de with `Second Announcement' in the
`SUBJECT' line to receive an e-mail form.
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