12th ILAS Conference in Regina, Sask.

[Shaun Fallat]

		ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS - ILAS 2005
		
	The 12th International Linear Algebra Society Conference
	Regina Inn and Conference Centre
	Regina, Sask. CANADA
	June 26-29, 2005


Registration is now available for the 12th International Linear 
Algebra Society Conference, which is to be held at the

	Regina Inn and Conference Centre
	Regina, Sask. CANADA
	June 26-29, 2005

We encourage you to participate and present a paper at this conference

The conference website is

		http://www.math.uregina.ca/~ilas2005

which includes information on registration, accommodations, current conference
program, travel information, local attractions, and lots more...

The official contact email for questions or concerns not easily found or 
addressed on the conference website is

		ilas2005 at math.uregina.ca

[ Please be prepared for a slight delay in receiving a reply from this email ]
[ depending on volume. ]

REGISTRATION/ABSTRACT SUBMISSION:

	Online registration and abstract submission if available from the 
	main conference website.

ACCOMMODATION:
	
	Information for booking your accommodation at the conference hotel
	(Regina Inn) is available on the conference website (both online
	and by phone). 
	
CONFERENCE PROGRAM:

	Invited Plenary Speakers: 
		
		Avi Berman, Technion, Israel
		Jim Demmel, University of California Berkeley, USA
		Dragomir Djokovic, University of Waterloo, Canada
		Anne Greenbaum, University of Washington, USA
		Olga Holtz, University of California Berkeley, USA
		Ilse Ipsen, North Carolina State University, USA
		Charles Johnson, College of William and Mary, USA
		Peter Lax, Courant Institute, USA
		Adrian Lewis, Cornell University, USA
		Ren-Cang Li, University of Kentucky, USA
		Raphael Loewy, Technion, Israel
		Joao Queiro, University of Coimbra, Portugal
		Peter Rowlinson, University of Stirling, Scotland
		Bryan Shader, University of Wyoming, USA
		Christiane Tretter, Universitat Bremen, Germany
		Pei Yuan Wu, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
		Xingzhi Zhan, East China Normal University, China

	Special Lectures:
	
		The LAMA Lecture: Chi Kwong Li, 
				  College of William and Mary, USA

		ILAS Education Lecture: Anna Sierpinska, 
					Concordia University, Canada

		The Hans Schneider prize speaker --- TBA

		The LAA Lecture ---  Orly Alter, University of Texas at Austin, 
				     USA 
		
		Keynote Banquet Speaker: Chandler Davis, 
					 University of Toronto, Canada 

	Minisymposia:
		
		* Spectral Properties of Families of Matrices Described 
		  by Patterns or Graphs, organized by Leslie Hogben 
		  
		* Isospectral and Structure Preserving Transformations, 
		  organized by Graham Gladwell and Peter Lancaster 
		  
		* Education Issues in Linear Algebra, organized by Jane Day
		
		* Preserver Problems, organized by Chi-Kwong Li and Peter Semrl


In addition, Linear Algebra and its Applications is pleased to announce a 
special issue devoted to papers presented at the 12th ILAS Conference. For
more information on this special issue go to the main conference website.


We look forward to seeing you in Regina in 2005 (our provincial centennial 
year).

Local Organizers:
	S. Fallat
	D. Farenick
	C.-H. Guo
	S. Kirkland  


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Dr. Shaun Fallat                               
Dept. Mathematics and Statistics    
University of Regina      
Regina, SK CANADA S4S 0A2                             
(306) 585-4107 (office)    
(306) 585-4020 (fax)                           
sfallat at math.uregina.ca                        
http://www.math.uregina.ca/~sfallat           
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