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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><b style=""><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman";" lang="FR">Second Canada-France
Congress 2008<br>
June 1-5, 2008, Montreal, Quebec</span></b></p>
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style="font-family: "Times New Roman";" lang="FR"><a
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href="http://www.canada-france.math.ca">www.canada-france.math.ca</a></span><b
style=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";" lang="FR"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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The following organizations:<br>
<a href="http://www.caims.ca/">Canadian Applied and Industrial
Mathematics Society</a> (CAIMS), <a href="http://www.cms.math.ca">Canadian
Mathematical Society</a> (CMS), <a
href="http://www.crm.umontreal.ca/en/index.shtml">Centre de recherches
mathématiques</a> (CRM), <a href="http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/">Fields
Institute</a>, <a
href="http://www.math.uqam.ca/ism/index_en.html?intro_en.html">Institut
des sciences mathématiques</a> (ISM), <a
href="http://www.mitacs.ca/index.htm">Mathematics of Information
Technology & Complex Systems</a> (MITACS), <a
href="http://www.pims.math.ca/">Pacific Institute for the Mathematical
Sciences</a> (PIMS), <a href="http://smai.emath.fr/">Société de
Mathématiques Appliquées & Industrielles</a> (SMAI), <a
href="http://smf.emath.fr/">Société Mathématique de France</a> (SMF), <a
href="http://www.uqam.ca/">Université du Québec à Montréal</a> (UQAM)<br>
invite the mathematical community to attend the Second Congress
Canada-France 2008 from
Sunday, June 1
to Thursday, June 5. With twenty-eight <a
href="http://www.cms.math.ca/Events/summer08/sessions_scientific">scientific
sessions</a>, eighteen <a
href="http://www.cms.math.ca/Events/summer08/abs/by_session_plenary_prize">plenary
and prize lectures</a>, a <a
href="http://www.cms.math.ca/Events/summer08/abs/by_session_plenary_prize">public
lecture</a>, several <a
href="http://www.cms.math.ca/Events/summer08/workshops">workshops</a>
and <a href="http://www.cms.math.ca/Events/summer08/minisymposia">mini-symposia</a>,
and a <a href="http://www.cms.math.ca/Events/summer08/sessions_poster">poster
session</a>, this conference has much to offer.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">All
events will take place at the <a href="http://www.math.uqam.ca/">Université
du Québec
à Montréal</a>.<br>
</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><br>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
Welcome Reception is held on Sunday, June 1 at 19:30 at UQAM, Pavillon
Sherbrooke, located at 200, rue Sherbrooke Ouest. Admission to this
event is included
in the registration fees.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
Banquet takes place on Tuesday, June 3; it will be preceded by a
Reception and
Student Award Ceremony. Admission to the Reception is included in the
registration fees; tickets for the banquet are available at $60 each.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a
href="http://www.cms.math.ca/Events/summer08/registration">Early Bird
Registration</a> – Deadline: April 1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">To
qualify for the discounted Early Bird registration fee, the
registration form
and payment have to be received by the deadline. After this date, the
registration fees increase by approximately 30%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a
href="http://www.cms.math.ca/Events/summer08/accommodation">Accommodation</a>
–
Deadline: April 16 (Residences), April 30 (Four Points Sheraton,
Holiday Inn Midtown)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">We
have secured discounted rates at the Four Points Sheraton, the UQAM
Residences and the Holiday Inn Midtown.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><b style=""><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Due to the </span></b><st1:City><st1:place><b
style=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Montreal</span></b></st1:place></st1:City><b
style=""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">
Grand Prix taking place immediately after the Congress and the
preliminary
activities linked to it, affordable accommodation is limited to the
venues
covered by our group contract. We strongly recommend completing your
hotel
reservations as early as possible, as hotel rates outside the reserved
block
will be much more expensive (at least double).<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a
href="http://www.cms.math.ca/Events/summer08/student_subsidy">Student
Subsidies</a>
- We strongly encourage the participation of students at the
Canada-France
Congress. Towards this, we are allocating significant funds to help
defray the
cost of poster preparation, travel and accommodation for graduate
students and
post-doctoral fellows. See the event web site for more details.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">We
look forward to welcoming you in </span><st1:City><st1:place><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Montreal</span></st1:place></st1:City><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">!<br>
</span></p>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Gertrud Jeewanjee
Meetings Coordinator
Canadian Mathematical Society
Tel: 613-562-5800, ext. 3480
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