The 1999 UAB-GIT International Conference
on Differential Equations and Mathematical Physics
Birmingham, Alabama
March 16-20, 1999

Program

Topics will include the analysis of multiparticle Schrödinger operators, stability of matter, relativity theory, geometric analysis, fluid dynamics, spectral and scattering theory including inverse problems, as well as related topics. 

Speakers & Special Sessions

A list of plenary speakers and special sessions topics (with the organizer in parentheses) follows: 

Plenary Speakers

• S.Y.A. Chang, Princeton & UCLA 
• D. Christodoulou, Princeton 
• E. Lieb, Princeton 
• A.I. Nachman, Rochester 
• S.P. Novikov, Steklov Institute 
• R.L. Pego, Maryland 
• T. Sideris, UCSB 
• B. Simon, Cal Tech 
• J. Smoller, Ann Arbor 
• J. Yngvason, Vienna 

Special Sessions

• General Relativity (G. Galloway, Miami) 
• Integrable Systems (F. Gesztesy, Missouri) 
• PDEs in Geometry (Y. Li, Rutgers) 
• Quantum Mechanics (H. Siedentop, Regensburg) 
• Inverse Problems (J. Sylvester, Seattle) 
• Additional Sessions

History

The conference was held five times at UAB starting in 1981. Since 1992 the conference is a joint venture with our colleagues at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, with the site of the conference alternating between Birmingham and Atlanta where it took place twice. 

Accommodations

A number of rooms have been blocked at the following three hotels located within walking distance: 

Best Western at the Medical Center
800 11th Avenue South 
Birmingham, AL 35205 
Tel:  (205) 933-1900; 1-800-528-1234 
FAX: (205) 933-8476
$49.95 + Tax 
Reservation Deadline: Jan. 15, 1999

Parliament Medical Ctr Hotel & Suites
(formerly Ramada Inn & Suites)
420 20th Street South, 
Birmingham, AL 35233 
Tel: (205) 322-7000; 1-800-851-7030
FAX: (205) 322-3046
Kings and Doubles: $55 + Tax 
Suites $95 + Tax 
Reservation Deadline: Jan. 23, 1999
Call on arrival for complimentary shuttle service from the Birmingham Airport
IMPORTANT: This hotel has left  the Ramada Inn Franchise and changed its name to Parliament Medical Center Hotel & Suites.  Please do not make reservations through  the Ramada Inn (e.g. via web site) but use the telephone and/or fax numbers given above.

Pickwick Hotel & Suites
1023 20th Street South 
Five Points South 
Birmingham, AL 35205 
Tel: (205) 933-9555; 1-800-255-7304 
FAX: (205) 933-6918
$75 + Tax 
Reservation Deadline: Feb. 22, 1999
Call on arrival for complimentary shuttle service from the Birmingham Airport 
(M-F 6:00 am - 10:00 pm)

Social Activities

• There will be a reception with heavy hors d'oeuvres (including wine and beer) on Wednesday, March 17, in the lobby of the Alys Robinson Stephens Center. Preceding the reception, Delores Hodgens and Samuel Howard, Artists In-Residence at UAB, will perform a duo piano recital.  On the program, works by Schubert, Rachmaninoff, and Ravel.  There is an extra fee of $20 for the reception. 
• There will be a southern style BBQ on Friday, March 19. 
• There will be informal gatherings with complimentary local beer, crackers and cheese, on the evenings of March 15, 16, 18, 20.

Contact

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Organizing Committee

• Eric Carlen (GIT) 
• Yulia Karpeshina (UAB) 
• Roger Lewis (UAB) 
• Marius Nkashama (UAB) 
• Rudi Weikard (UAB) 
• Gilbert Weinstein (UAB)