Second Announcement
International Conference on
Ordered Algebraic Structures
and Related Areas
6-10 July, 1998, Nanjing, P.R.China

OAS '98 will be held at the Center for Chinese and American Studies, at Nanjing University, Nanjing, P. R. China. Here are some relevant dates:

1 March, 1998deadline for registration
1 May, 1998dealine for submitting abstracts
6-10 July, 1998the conference
11-18 July, 1998tours
Nanjing is one of the biggest cities in China, with a population of about 3,000,000. The city is known in China as the "Metropolis of Ten Dynasties". At the bottom of this page are more links to web pages about Nanjing.

Two other algebra conferences will be held in summer 1998, in Beijing and in Lanzhou. You may want to bookmark the web homepage for all three conferences.

Objectives

This conference will highlight significant recent developments in ordered algebraic structures and related areas. The aims of the conference are to bring together researchers working in these areas, and provide a forum for the participants to meet and jointly explore unsolved problems of common interest in an informal atmosphere. The following areas will be emphasized:
ordered groups and infinite permutation groups; other ordered algebraic structures (including semilattices, lattices, ordered sets, ordered semigroups, ordered rings and ordered modules etc.); and semigroups, groups, and universal algebra.
Researchers in neighboring areas whose interests fit the general aims of the conference are encouraged to participate.

Program

The scientific program of the conference will consist of plenary hour lectures, and special sessions of 30-minute contributed talks. Participants who wish to speak at the conference should submit an abstract of the talk (in general, 30 minutes) by May 1,1998. Selected papers presented in the conference will be published in the Conference Proceedings after being refereed. A CURRENT LIST OF PARTICIPANTS is available.

Abstracts

If you are giving a talk, you may submit your abstract on paper or over the internet. We actually would prefer that you submit your abstract over the internet, since this lets us skip the paper-to-electronic step of the processing. Ordinary text and most forms of TeX will work, though LaTeX is preferred. Atlas Mathematical Conference Abstracts is handling the abstracts for us. They have created a web page for submitting abstracts and also a web page for viewing abstracts that have already been submitted.

If you are submitting your abstract on paper, it must be The abstract must be submitted on one page of an A4 size sheet of paper. There should be a 5cm margin on the top and 3cm margin on the bottom, left and right so that the text is contained within a 15cm x 22cm area. It should contain title, author's name, affiliation, e-mail address, keywords, AMS Subject Codes and the abstract itself. Mail it to Dao-Rong Ton at the address given below.

Scientific Organizing Committee

W.C.Holland (Chairman, BGSU, USA), P.Conrad (Lawrence, USA), K.Denecke (Potsdam, Germany), M.Giraudet (Paris, France), A.C.Kim (Pusan, S. Korea), V.Kopytov (Novosibirsk, Russia), N.Y.Medvedev (Altai, Russia), I.Rival (Ottawa, Canada), K.P.Shum (Hong Kong, China), Dao-Rong Ton (Nanjing, China), C.Tsinakis (Nashville, USA).
Local organizers:
Dao-Rong Ton (Hohai University, Nanjing), Minxie Jiang (Hohai University, Nanjing), Kaiyao He (Nanjing Forestry University).
For more information and any questions e-mail to dao-rong@public1.ptt.js.cn or contact by regular mail to the following address:
Dao-Rong Ton
29-305
3 Xikang Road
Nanjing, 210024
P. R. China

Accommodation and Meals

The local organizers offer accommodation in the Center for Chinese and American Studies in double airconditioned rooms with private shower and WC. The price of one bed in a shared room is US$10/person/night. You can also book the whole room for US$20 per night.

Common Chinese breakfasts, lunches, and suppers are planned in the Center for Chinese and American Studies. One breakfast, lunch, and supper together cost US$10.

Transportation

Conference participants arriving at Shanghai Hongchao Airport are advised to take the bus from the airport to Nanjing. The bus runs three times (13:00, 15:00, and 17:00) every day and takes about four hours from the airport to Nanjing. The bus fare is around US$ 10.

If you arrive at Beijing, we advise you to fly from Beijing to Nanjing. There are 6 flights from Beijing to Nanjing evevry day. The final flight is 18:50. If you arrive at Hong Kong, you can take direct flight from Hong Kong to Nanjing.

We will meet and assist you at the Shanghai Hongchao Airport and the Nanjing Louke Airport on July 5, 1998. Please send us the relevant information on the accompanying travel and tour information form before June 15, 1998.

There are various taxis in Chinese cities. The driver should charge you by a meter. If the driver does not start a meter, ask him or her to do so.

Registration

The registration fee is US$ 100. It covers the conference reception, a copy of abstracts, refreshments, Chinese dinner party, banquet and tourism in Nanjing. The fee for an accompanying person is US$ 50. There is no financial support for participants. You may pay the registration fee when you arrive in Nanjing. However, you should send in the registration information by March 1, 1998.

You can send the information electronically. Just click here to go to a registration form. It will work with most web browsers (e.g., most versions of Lynx, Netscape, Explorer, etc.). ... If our registration form does not work with your browser, you can instead try our low-tech version.

Tentative schedule

On July 5 you will complete your registration day. You pay the registration fee, accommodation and meals expenses, and get a conference bag, abstract booklet and other conference documents at the registration desk July 5. The OAS'98 Conference Organizers cannot accept credit cards or cheques. The China currency is RMB Yuan (Renminbi Yuan). The exchange rate for Feb.22,1998 was US$1(cash) = 8.09 RMB Yuan. We can help you get a high rate. The conference will consist of plenary sessions and special sessions. English is the official language at the conference.

Time, Date July 6 July 7 Julu 8 July 9 July 10
8:30-9:30 Opening Ceremony Plenary Plenary Plenary Plenary
9:30-9:50 Break Break Break Break Break
9:50-11:50 Plenary Plenary Plenary Plenary Plenary
12:00 Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch
14:00-15:30 Special Sessions Sightseeing Special Sessions Sightseeing Special Sessions
15:30-15:50 Break   Break   Break
15:50-17:20 Special Sessions   Special Sessions   Special Sessions
18:00 Dinner Banquet Dinner Chinese dinner party Dinner
      Beijing Opera    

Tours

After the conference we will arrange tours from July 11 to July 18. There will be only one tour route. (This differs from the first announcement.) It is:
Nanjing - Mount Huangshan (7.11-13) - Xian (7.14-15) - Beijing (7.16-18).
The tour fee is about US$ 350 per person ( including hotel, meals, transportation and gate tickets ). If you join the tour, we advise you to leave China from Beijing. Click here for a more detailed description of the tour. Please indicate on our travel and tour information form whether you intend to take the tour.

More Nanjing links

Here are a few links about Nanjing that may interest you:

Version of 19 March 1998. Any questions or comments about the format of this web page should be directed to the webmaster. However, any questions about the content of the page -- i.e., about the conference -- should be directed to dao-rong@public1.ptt.js.cn.