SLC 61

THE 61st SÉMINAIRE LOTHARINGIEN DE COMBINATOIRE

(Wien, Erlangen, Marne-la-Vallée)

Dedicated to the Memory of Pierre Leroux (1942-2008)

will take place at the

Grande Hotel da Curia

Curia

3780-541 Anadia (Portugal)

Tel.: (+351) 231 515 720, Fax.: (+351) 231 515 317

from Sunday, September 21, 2008 (evening) to Wednesday September 24, 2008 (full day).

Participants are expected to arrive for the dinner on Sunday and leave after breakfast on Thursday.

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME

The main speakers of this session will be:

Anders Björner (KTH, Stockholm) "Three Topics in Topological Combinatorics"

and

Ron King (University of Southampton) "Schur Functions and Characters of Lie Algebras and Superalgebras"

There will be time for a limited number of talks by participants (about 25 minutes each talk). However, at this point, there is no space left in the programme for contributed talks because of the large number of proposed talks. New proposals for contributed talks will have to be put on a waiting list.

ACCOMMODATION

Participants will stay in the Grande Hotel da Curia in double rooms or in single rooms. The indicative rates are the following:

from Sunday to Wednesday

on a double occupancy basis per person and per day: 68,50 Euro (board and lodging);
on a single occupancy basis per day: 92,50 Euro (board and lodging);

Wednesday to Thursday

on a double occupancy basis per person: 56,50 Euro (dinner on Wednesday, breakfast on Thursday and lodging);
on a single occupancy basis: 80,50 Euro (dinner on Wednesday, breakfast on Thursday and lodging).

HOW TO GET THERE?

If you come by car, you must take Autoestrada A1. You take the exit in Mealhada and reach Curia on the EN1/IC2. Here is a map.
You can reach Curia by train from Porto - Campanhã railway station, or from Lisboa - Gare do Oriente railway station. If you come from Porto, you can take a fast train (Alfa Pendular or Intercidades) to Aveiro (about 35 minutes) and then a regional train to Curia (about 25 minutes). To see the conections consult www.cp.pt. If you come from Lisboa-Gare do Oriente, you take a fast train (Alfa Pendular or Intercidades) to Coimbra-B (less than 2 hours). From there you take a regional train to Curia (about 25 minutes). See www.cp.pt. The Grande Hotel da Curia is 15 minutes walking distance from Curia railway station. See the local map (Estação Ferroviária - Railway station). There are also regional trains from Porto-Campanhã to Curia. There are some regional trains connecting Lisboa-Gare do Oriente to Coimbra-B but it will take more than 3 hours.
There are also daily coaches connecting the three cities (Lisboa-Coimbra-Porto). The coach stations are not located in the airports so you must take a taxi or use the public transportation system to reach them. To find information on time-tables consult the Rede-expressos web site (unfortunately only in portuguese). From Coimbra you follow the instructions above for arriving by train.
The closest airport is Francisco Sá Carneiro in Porto. From there you take the Metro to Campanhã railway station (about 33 minutes). From there you follow the instructions above for arriving by train. If you fly into Lisboa airport, either you may take a taxi (about 15 minutes and less than 10 Euro), or bus number 5 (only on working days) or number 44 (1,40 Euro), or the Aeroshuttle (3 Euro) to Gare do Oriente railway station. The tickets may be purchased from the driver as you board the bus. From there you follow the instructions above for arriving by train. Here is a link to the website of the Portuguese airports.