[VFN] 2nd Announcement: Eighth Viennese Workshop on Optimal Control ...

************************************************************** ***** Second Announcement and Reminder for Registration ***** ************************************************************** ***** Eighth Viennese Workshop on Optimal Control, ***** ***** Dynamic Games and Nonlinear Dynamics: ***** ***** Theory and Applications in Economics and OR/MS ***** ***** Vienna , May 14-16, 2003 ***** ***** ws2003.bwl(a)univie.ac.at ***** ***** http://www.bwl.univie.ac.at/bwl/prod/EVENTS/ws2003 ***** ************************************************************** Unlike in the previous workshops this time we have not asked for preregistration (because this information was not really necessary) but have set a rather late deadline for registration and abstract submission. A consequence was, that so far not very many people have officially registered but in E-mails and at conferences people keep asking us, when the next announcement w.r.t the "Eighth Viennese Workshop …" will be. So here it is. Additional Information to the Call for Papers is: ************************************************************** 1. We now have officially decided upon the TRAVEL AGENCY for HOTEL RESERVATIONS and tours: Imperial Tours Conference Department Dr. Karl Lueger Ring 8 A-1014 Vienna, Austria Tel.: (+43-1) 5356970 Fax: (+43-1) 53411202 office(a)imperial-tours.com http://www.imperial-tours.com The link for booking hotels is: http://www.imperial-tours.com/englisch/e_anmeldung- optimalcontrol2003.html We recommend you to book early, since May is the best and busiest tourist months in Vienna, because · it has the best weather for sightseeing (stable and not too hot) · the Austrian Federal Theatres and Operas are still open (they close in summer) · the Vienna Festival takes place (May 9 - June 15, 2003) If you book late you might end up in expensive hotels or in those not close to the center. ************************************************************** 2. We will have several excellent INVITED SPEAKERS which are being organized at the moment. Some have already confirmed that they will give a (semi-)plenary presentation: -> Richard Day, University of Southern California, USA - Recursive Programs and Games -> Ulrich Rieder, Ulm, Germany - Stochastic Control -> Evgenii Mishchenko, Steklov Institute, Russia - Historical Development of Optimal Control -> Erik Mosekilde, Technical University of Denmark - Chaotic synchronization in living systems Several others are just now being asked but have not confirmed yet: Benhabib, Lux, Scheinkman, etc. ************************************************************** 3. There is a number of RELATED CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS before and after the "Eighth Viennese Workshop …" which might be of interest for you: Workshop on "Complexity" Aix en Provence, organized by Christope Deissenberg and Gustav Feichtinger May 8-11, 2003 http://zai.ini.unizh.ch/complexity2003/ 8th WORKSHOP ON ECONOMICS AND HETEROGENEOUS INTERACTING AGENTS (WEHIA) Institute for World Economics, Kiel, Germany May 29-31, 2003 http://www.bwl.uni-kiel.de/vwlinstitute/gwrp/wehia/index.htm XV IMGTA, a meeting on Game Theory Urbino, Italy, organized by Gian Italo Bischi, July 9-12, 2003 http://www.econ.uniurb.it/imgta/ ************************************************************** 4. REFUND POLICY: A few people have asked about the procedure whereby payment of EURO 190 is expected before people know if their abstract is accepted. Clearly, the E190 will be fully refunded if the abstract is not accepted. Also, potential contributors should know that it is the tradition of our workshops that we try to have as many top presentations as possible, but that we also want to give younger researchers (and those who want to talk about unfinished work in process) a chance to get feedback from the audience. Thus, although refereed, contributions will usually only be rejected if they clearly do not fall within the scope of the workshop of if it is clear from the abstract, that it is nonsense. Papers will usually not be rejected because of lack of space. ************************************************************** 5. REMINDER: Please note that the DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION is approaching: December 31, 2002 Also note, that compared with the previous workshops we have chosen a very late deadline, and that therefore this deadline is absolutely STRICT. Abstracts, for which the registration fee has not been paid by then will not be considered any further. Links for general information, registration, and payment are: http://www.bwl.univie.ac.at/bwl/prod/EVENTS/ws2003/ http://orgwww.bwl.univie.ac.at/ws2003/registration.htf http://www.bwl.univie.ac.at/bwl/prod/EVENTS/ws2003/Creditcard.pdf ************************************************************** 6. Request for cooperation - SPECIAL SESSIONS: In case you wish to organize a session on a special topic you are very welcome to suggest this to us. In this case, send us an E-Mail about your suggestion of session topic and papers to be included. All contributions to be included in this session should be submitted as usual: http://orgwww.bwl.univie.ac.at/ws2003/registration.htf ************************************************************** Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions concerning the workshop. Please contact us via email at the address ws2003.bwl(a)univie.ac.at if possible. Only if you have NO access to electronic mail please contact Prof. Richard F. Hartl Chair of Production and Operations Management University of Vienna / BWZ Bruennerstr. 72 A-1210 Vienna, Austria Fax. +43 - 1 - 4277 - 38094 by surface mail or fax. We look forward to the meet you in Vienna. The organizers Gustav Feichtinger and Richard F. Hartl