ALaNT 4 – Joint Conferences on Algebra, Logic and Number Theory (2016, Czech Republic)

11th Polish, Slovak and Czech Conference on Number Theory and 18th Colloquiumfest on Algebra and Logic will be held June 13 – June 17, 2016, Czech Republic — June 12 is arrival day — in Telč, a very nice town in Bohemian-Moravian Highlands, near Jihlava. The most significant sight is the town square, a unique complex of long urban plaza with well-conserved Renaissance and Baroque houses with high gables and arcades; all of this has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1992.

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Telč - Main squareTelč - the castle

Organized by

Masaryk University
University of Ostrava

Programme Committee

Przemysław Koprowski (University of Silesia)
Radan Kučera (Masaryk University)
Franz-Viktor Kuhlmann (University of Silesia, University of Saskatchewan)
Ladislav Mišík (University of Ostrava)
Štefan Porubský (Institute of Computer Science Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic)

Organizing Committee

Michal Bulant (Masaryk University)
Lukáš Novotný (University of Ostrava)
Jan Šustek (University of Ostrava)

Conference venue

The lectures are planned in the University Centre Telč.

Registration and payment

After the registration, the payment should be done via Masaryk University Shopping Center (where you will be asked to provide your personal information again), see below.
You can pay for more participants with one payment; in such a case please specify in the comment who you are paying for.
You will be able to pay by credit (or debit) card only; should you have any problems paying the fee this way, please contact the organizers.

Accommodation

The accommodation will be in Hotel Antoň (300m through the park from the university centre).

In the following list of possibilities the active links will lead you directly to the appropriate payment method:

  • single room (the price covers accommodation, all meals, banquet, and the conference fee)
    • full payment (after April 18) — 11550 CZK (approximately 428€, depending on the exchange rate)
  • double room (the price covers accommodation, all meals, banquet, and the conference fee)
    • full payment (after April 18) — 9350 CZK (approximately 347€, depending on the exchange rate)
  • accompanying person in double room (the price covers accommodation, all meals, and banquet)
    • full payment (after April 18) — 6050 CZK (approximately 225€, depending on the exchange rate)

Travel

  • By car

    The GPS coordinates of the hotel are 49°11'12.16“N, 15°26'53.81“E. The hotel has its own parking place, the number of parking berths is limited, but probably sufficient for all participants.

  • By bus

    (all the following bus connections are valid for Sunday, June 12, 2016. )

    The participants of the conference can ask to be picked up by the organizers in Jihlava, a city whose distance from Telč is about 40km.

    • Bus connection Prague - Jihlava
      There is a regular bus connection from Prague to Jihlava by RegioJet (this is a new name of Student Agency, which is the most comfortable bus company in the Czech Republic; don’t be confused by its name). The departures from Prague, Florenc start at 5:30 and ends at 19:30 in the regular period of 2 hours (see https://jizdenky.studentagency.cz/). It takes 1 hour 35 minutes.

      To go from the Václav Havel Airport Prague to Florenc you can use public transport (to go by bus and then by underground) or a taxi (which is much more expensive possibility, of course).

    • Bus connection Jihlava - Telč
      There is a regional bus connection (of a lower standard) going from Jihlava (bus station) to Telč, the departures are at 9:00, 12:30, 13:05, 15:40, 17:40, 18:33, and 20:08. It takes from 37 minutes to one hour, depending on the route.
    • Bus connection Vienna - Brno
      There is a bus connection from Vienna International Airport to Brno (bus station) by RegioJet (formerly called Student Agency), the departures are at 6:00, 9:55, 10:40, 12:45, 14:40, 16:40, 18:40, 20:40, 21:40, and 23:25 (see https://jizdenky.studentagency.cz/). It takes approximately 2 hours 30 minutes.
    • Bus connection Brno - Telč
      There is a bus connection by RegioJet (formerly called Student Agency) going from Brno (bus station Grand Hotel - near to the main railway station) to Telč, departures at 9:00, 12:00 and 17:00 (see https://jizdenky.studentagency.cz/). Other bus connections from Brno (the main bus station Zvonařka) to Telč by other bus operators depart at 9:00, 11:30, 16:30, 18:15, and 19:30 (by Tourbus, by Trado-bus, and by Jihotrans). It takes less than 2 hours.
    • Bus connection Prague - Telč
      There is a regional bus connection (of a lower standard) going from Prague (bus station Florenc) to Telč, the departures are at 11:00, 16:00, and 18:10. It takes approximately 2 hours 40 minutes.
  • Train connections

    Even though there is a railway station in Telč, the connections by train go via Kostelec u Jihlavy and are quite slow.

Talks

The lecture room is equipped with 2 data-projectors and 2 small whiteboards. The programme starts Monday morning and ends Friday before noon.

  • Invited talk takes 45 minutes.
  • Standard talk takes 20 minutes (if you want more time, please write it into the comment section of the registration form or send an email to ntc@osu.cz).

Abstracts

The speakers are asked to submit abstracts of their talks in English. We would appreciate sending in the abstract as a TeX-file by e-mail to ntc@osu.cz.

Proceedings

The papers from the conference might be published — after review — in Communications in Mathematics, which is reviewed in Mathematical Reviews and Zentralblatt and is the member of De Gruyter Open and starting with the coming issue (1/2016) Communications in Mathematics have been included in Scopus.

Deadlines

April 18, 2016     registration and payment of conference costs (after that 10% extra fee)
April 30, 2016     submitting an abstract of talk (TeX-file by e-mail to ntc@osu.cz)
May 15, 2016     informing about travel plans (by e-mail to ntc@osu.cz