Graph Theory 2004: a conference in memory of Claude Berge

Paris, July 5-9, 2004

Paris, 1990 © Adrian Bondy

A conference dedicated to the memory of

Claude Berge

will be held July 5 - 9, 2004, in Paris at the Couvent des Cordeliers a campus of the Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris 6. The main focus of the conference is graph theory, with particular emphasis on the topics to which Claude Berge contributed.

The scientific program will comprise plenary lectures, contributed talks and poster sessions.

PLENARY LECTURES These will be expository lectures addressed to a broad mathematical audience. The plenary speakers will be

Maria Chudnovsky
Vašek Chvátal
Gerard Cornuéjols
András Frank
Pavol Hell
László Lovász
Jaroslav Nešetril
Paul Seymour
Carsten Thomassen
Bjarne Toft

CONTRIBUTED TALKS There will be several parallel sessions consisting of 25-minute contributed talks.

POSTER SESSIONS Because of space and time constraints, the number of contributed talks will necessarily be limited. Poster sessions will be organised to accommodate others wishing to present their work.

The deadline for proposals of contributed talks and posters has been extended to March 15, 2004. Proposals should be made on the preregistration form. All submissions will be reviewed, and notification will be sent out by May 5, 2004. It is planned to publish the plenary lectures and contributed talks in a conference proceedings.

REGISTRATION The registration fee is 160 euros if received by June 5, 2004, and 200 euros afterwards. It will cover conference materials and the conference banquet. Please click here for preregistration (registration fee not required) and here for registration. We encourage you to preregister as early as possible in order to aid our planning.

FINANCIAL SUPPORT We hope to have a limited number of grants available for graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and other participants with special needs, to partially cover registration fees and/or local expenses. If you are in one of these categories and require such support, please indicate this on the preregistration form, preferably not later than January 31, 2004.

GENERAL INFORMATION Please click here for practical information (travel, maps, accommodation) and here for the social program and information about Paris.

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Jean-Claude Bermond, André Bouchet, Paul Camion, Victor Chepoi, Bruno Courcelle, Charles Delorme, Pierre Duchet, Shalom Eliahou, Hubert de Fraysseix, Michel Habib, Yahya Ould Hamidoune, Alexandre Laugier, Wenceslas Fernandez de La Vega, Jean-François Maurras, Charles Payan, Alain Plagne, Alain Quilliot, André Raspaud, Irena Rusu, András Sebö, Dominique Sotteau, Henri Thuillier.

ORGANISING COMMITTEE Adrian Bondy, Jean Fonlupt, Jean-Luc Fouquet, Jean-Claude Fournier, Michel Las Vergnas, Jorge Ramírez Alfonsín.

This conference will be an opportunity to celebrate the life and work of Claude Berge. We hope that you will join us at this event. For further information, please contact us at gt04@math.jussieu.fr