JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH
BOGOLIUBOV LABORATORY OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS

International Workshop and School
Quantum Gravity and Superstrings

Dubna, Russia, June 18 - June 28, 2001


Supported by BMBF (Germany),  INTAS,  RFBR (Russia),  UNESCO,
Heisenberg-Landau Program, Bogoliubov-Infeld Program

Second Bulletin

The third International Workshop "Quantum Gravity and Superstrings" will be organized at Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics on June 18 - 24, 2001. Parallel to, from June 18 till June 28, will be held the International School on Noncomutative Geometry and Field Theory. The  Workshop will follow immediately after the IXth International Conference "Supersymmetry and Unification of Fundamental Interactions", June 11 - 17.
 
 

Topics:

  • Noncommutative geometry and field theory
  • M-theory and strings
  • Extra dimensions and branes
  • Integrable models in quantum gravity and gauge theories

International Advisory Committee:

    V. deAlfaro (Torino University, Torino)

    L. Alvarez-Gaume (CERN, Geneva)

    V. Kadyshevsky (JINR, Dubna)

    V. Kazakov (ENS, Paris)

    O. Lechtenfeld (Hannover University, Hannover)

    D. Luest (Humboldt University, Berlin)

    D. Maison (Max Planck Physics Institute, Munich)

    A. Morozov (ITEPh, Moscow) 

    H. Nicolai (AEI, Potsdam, Germany)

    V. Rubakov (INR, Moscow)

    J. Wess (Max Planck Physics Institute, Munich) --coordinator of the School

Local Organizing Committee:

    A. T. Filippov (Chairman) 

    D. Blaschke

    D.V. Fursaev 

    A.P. Isaev

    V.V. Nesterenko 

    V. K. Novikova (Secretary) [novikova@cv.jinr.ru]

    S. Z. Pakuliak 

    I.G.  Pirozhenko (Scientific Secretary) [pirozhen@thsun1.jinr.ru]

    A.S. Sorin 

    V.I. Zhuravlev

All the correspondence should be directed to:

Prof. A.T.Filippov
Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics
Joint Institute of Nuclear Research
141980 Dubna, Moscow region, Russia

E-mail: qgr@thsun1.jinr.ru

Phones: 7(09621)65737
Fax: 7(09621)65084

 

                                      Attendance at the Workshop

Attendance will be by invitations only. The total number of the Workshop participants is expected to be 50. The program will include one-hour lectures, 30 minutes invited talks, and short communications. Publication of the Workshop Proceedings is not planned.

Deadline for application is May 15, 2001 (see application form below).

Arrival of the participants at Dubna is expected to be on Sunday, June 17, and departure -- on Sunday, June 24, 2001.
 

                       Registration Fee for Participation in the Workshop


Registration fee is $300 for the participants and $200 for the accompanying persons. It covers car transportation from Sheremetyevo airport to Dubna and back, hotel accommodation (7 days, breakfast included), welcome party, social events, coffee, banquet, snacks. Registration fee should be paid during registration in cash only.
 

                                       Attendance at the School


Postgraduate students and PhD students are expected to be participants of the school. The recommendation of an Advisory Committee Member or Supervisor is desirable. The total number of the School participants is expected to be 40. The program will include one-hour lectures and short communications of students. The participants of the School will have an opportunity to attend sessions of the Workshop. Deadline for application is May 15, 2001.

Arrival of the School participants at Dubna is expected to be on Sunday, June 17, and departure -- on Thursday, June 28, 2001.
 

                            Registration Fee for Participation in the School


Registration Fee for the Participation in the School is $350. It covers car transportation from Sheremetyevo airport to Dubna and back, hotel accommodation (double room, 11 days, breakfast included), welcome party, social events, banquet, coffee, snacks. Registration fee should be paid during registration in cash only.

The Organizing Committee has a limited fund for providing a financial support for the School participants (as a rule, it covers only local expenses in Dubna). Deadline for a financial support application is May 15, 2001.
 

                                             Visa Information


For arranging visas, participants are kindly requested to send as soon as possible Mrs. V.K. Novikova(Secretary) by either E-mail: novikova@cv.jinr.ru or Fax: 7 09621 65599 or 7 09621 65891 the following information

      * Full name
      * Date of birth
      * Citizenship
      * Sex
      * Position
      * Institutional mailing address
      * Passport number
      * Expiration date
      * City where you intend to get your visa in Russian Consulate (if not in your native country a fax
      copy of your resident permit should also be sent to Mrs. V.K. Novikova)
      * Places to visit in Russia
      * Arrival and departure dates
      * Your Fax and phone numbers, E-mail address.
      * A fax copy of the passport first page with a photo
      * Accompaning persons (under 16), full name, date of birth

PLEASE CHECK: Visa should be valid both for Moscow and Dubna.
 
 

                                     Travel Information


The Organizing Committee will arrange transportation to Dubna for the participants arriving at Moscow International airport -- Sheremetyevo. Those wishing to be met at the airport should inform the Secretary by either fax (7 09621 65599 or 7 09621 65891) or E-mai (novikova@cv.jinr.ru) not later than three working days before arrival of their flight number, date and time.

Other participants can reach Dubna by train from Moscow railway station -- Savelovskaya. Trains and buses leave the station approximately every two hours according to the time-table which will be sent to the participants later. Train tickets can be bought in the booking office inside the building, bus tickets are available in the bus.
 

                                         Conference Site


Dubna is a small and quiet town well known as an international scientific center for basic studies of nuclei and elementary particles. It is situated 120km north of Moscow on the picturesque banks of the great Russian river Volga. Its surroundings offer peaceful rural scenery which, though having no famous monuments, keeps memories of the past. A 2-2.5 hours trip brings you to Moscow, the capital of Russia; to Sergiev Posad, Russian Orthodox centre with its 500-year-old Trinity Monastery; to Fedoskino, centre of the traditional Russian lacquer box craft; to a little town Klin with its memorial museum of the great Russian composer P.I. Tchaikovsky, and to many other places of interest on the ancient Russian territory.

CLIMATE: The weather in Dubna at the end of June is mostly sunny with an average temperature of about 20--22 degrees centigrade. It might be cool and humid with occasional rain showers.
 

                                            Cultural Program


The excursion to Moscow or to Sergiev Posad or a boat trip down the Volga river are expected to be arranged.
 
 

                                                    Currency


Money can be exchanged at Moscow (Sheremetyevo) airport (24 hours service) or at all major banks in Moscow or Dubna (until 4p.m., Monday to Friday, with a break for lunch).

Personal and Traveller's checks, as well as Credit Cards, are not usually accepted, only at some banks in Moscow.
 
 

                                                    Summary


If you are going to participate in the Workshop or School, please, be sure to:

* Send an application form (deadline May 15)

* Send a visa information to Secretary
Mrs. Novikova right away (deadline May 15)

* Make your flight reservation (see Travel Information)

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                                                                          Deadline for application:  May 15, 2001
 

                                  REGISTRATION FORM

                INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP AND SCHOOL

                                Quantum Gravity and Superstrings  Dubna, Russia, June 18 -- June 28, 2001
 

     Family Name:
     First Name:
     Middle Name:

     Title (Prof/Dr/Mr/Mrs): Male/Female:
     Institute: Position:

     Mailing address:

     Phone (office):
     Fax:
     E-Mail:

     Accompanying Person(s):

     I would like to participate in
     Workshop
     School

     and to present a talk with the title:
 

    Abstract
    (about 1/2 page)
 

This Form should be sent (before May 15, 2001) by E-mail to the address:  qgr@thsun1.jinr.ru