INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME COMMITTEE

Chairman:   A. Jamiolkowski  (Torun)

S.Albeverio (Bonn),  A.Bohm (Austin TX),  M.Blaszak (Poznan),  O.Bogoyavlenskii (Kingston),  H.-D.Doebner (Clausthal),  B.Fuchssteiner (Paderborn),  J.Kijowski (Warsaw),  G.Marmo (Naples),  J.E.Marsden (Pasadena),  O.Melsheimer (Marburg),  M.Ohya (Tokyo),  H.Roemer (Freiburg),  J.J.Slawianowski (Warsaw),  J.Sniatycki (Calgary),  R.F.Streater (London)

LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Head:   M. Michalski

D.Chruscinski,  J.Hirsch,  J.Jurkowski,  R.Mrugala,  M.Wisniewski

GENERAL TOPICS

Geometric and control-theoretic methods in physics, nonlinear phenomena, statistical physics, quantum probability and measurement, information thermodynamics, QED, relativity and gravitation

SPECIAL SESSION TOPICS

Sub-Riemannian geometry, Goursat structures, nonholonomic control systems, Legendre submanisfolds, Jacobi and Liouville structures, contact mappings, dimension reduction, wavefronts and caustics, n-trailer systems, etc.

INVITED SPEAKERS (CONFIRMED)

L.Bates (Calgary),  M.Blaszak (Poznan),  F.Cantrijn (Ghent),  M.De-Leon (Madrid),  H.-D.Doebner (Clausthal),  E.Gutkin (Los Angeles),  J.Kijowski (Warsaw),  J.Koiller (Rio de Janeiro),  K.Konno (Tokyo),  G.Marmo (Napoli),  O.Melsheimer (Marburg),  W.Respondek (Rouen),  H.Roemer (Freiburg),  W.Seiler (Mannheim),  J.J.Slawianowski (Warsaw),  J.Sniatycki (Calgary),  R.F.Streater (London)

PLACE AND TIME

The Symposium will be held at the  Institute of Physics,  Nicholas Copernicus University,  Torun, Poland,  beginning Tuesday, June 5, and ending Saturday, June 9, 2001. The annual meeting of the Editorial Board of the  Reports on Mathematical Physics  will take place during the conference.

THE PROGRAMME

The programme comprises 45-minute invited lectures, 20-minute oral presentations, and poster sessions. The Organizing Committee reserves the right to select contributions for oral presentation.

FEE AND ACCOMMODATION

The Symposium fee covering materials, lunch tickets, social programme and the Proceedings is US $120 for participants plus $60 for accompanying persons ($180 plus $90 after May 5). There is no conference fee for ROMP Editorial Board members. For lodging information consult the registration form.

PROCEEDINGS

The Proceedings will be published as a special issue of ROMP. Materials (preferably in TeX) should be submitted by September 1, 2001.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE

The deadline for the  registration  is May 15, 2001. Please, check the tentative  list of already registered participants.