FPSAC 2013, Paris
First call for participation
Registration, accommodation, and financial support details

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                            FPSAC'13

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           25th Annual International Conference on
        Formal Power Series and Algebraic Combinatorics
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                       June 24-28, 2013
                 Université Paris 7 (Diderot)
                        Paris, France
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         http://www.liafa.univ-paris-diderot.fr/fpsac13

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Topics
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All aspects of combinatorics and their relations with other parts of
mathematics, physics, computer science and biology.

Conference program
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Invited lectures, contributed presentations, poster session, problem
session, and software demonstrations. As usual there will be no
parallel sessions.

Official languages
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The official languages of the conference are English and French.

Location
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The conference will take place in Université Paris Diderot (Paris 7)
downtown Paris in the 13th arrondissement.

Invited Speakers
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 Olivier Bernardi (Brandeis University, USA)
 Mireille Bousquet-Mélou (CNRS & Université Bordeaux I, France)
 Patricia Hersh (NCSU, USA)
 Bernhard Keller (Université Paris Diderot, France)
 Svante Linusson (KTH, Sweden)
 Grigori Olshanski (Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia)
 Eric Rains (Caltech, USA)
 Francisco Santos (Universidad de Cantabria, Spain)
 Andrea Sportiello (CNRS & Université Paris Nord, Paris)

Registration
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The participation to the conference is subject to registration fees.
Registration is open until the beginning of the conference. However,
consider the opportunity to register before April 15, 2013 to obtain the
early registration discount. Visit the conference website for details on
the registration prices and procedure.

Accommodation
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Various accommodation possibilities are suggested on the conference website.
A limited number of rooms has been blocked in different hotels until
mid-March. Due to the high-level of reservations in June in Paris, you are
recommended to book accommodation as early as possible.

Participant support
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Limited funds are available for partial support of participants; in
particular for students, junior scientists, and mathematicians from
under-represented groups. All requests should be sent by March 15, 2013.
Visit the conference website for details on funding applications.
Note that partial support can also be requested from the first two related
combinatorics conferences to be held in the same period.

Related combinatorics conferences
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 Sage-Combinat Days: Paris, June 17-21, 2013.
 Permutation Patterns 2013: Paris, July 1-5, 2013.
 Words, Codes and Algebraic Combinatorics: Cetraro, Italy, July 1-5, 2013
  (in honour of Christophe Reutenauer's 60th birthday)

Further information
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All important information concerning FPSAC'13 can be found on the
conference website at  http://www.liafa.univ-paris-diderot.fr/fpsac13/
More details will be given in future announcements. Please direct
further questions to fpsac13@liafa.univ-paris-diderot.fr

Program Committee
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Chairs
 Alain Goupil (UQTR, Canada)
 Gilles Schaeffer (CNRS & Ecole Polytechnique, France)
Members
 Alin Bostan (INRIA, France)
 Petter Bränden (KTH, Sweden)
 Frédéric Chapoton (CNRS & Université Lyon I, France)
 Jan de Gier (University of Melbourne, Australia)
 Jim Haglund (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
 Christophe Hohlweg (UQAM, Canada)
 Luc Lapointe (Universidad de Talca, Chile)
 Peter McNamara (Bucknell University, USA)
 Jean-Christophe Novelli (Université de Marne la Vallee, France)
 Soichi Okada (Nagoya University, Japan)
 Dominique Poulalhon (École Polytechnique, France)
 Andrew Rechnitzer (UBC, Canada)
 Vic Reiner (University of Minnesota, USA)
 Mercedes Rosas (Universidad de Sevila, Spain)
 Anne Schilling (UC Davis, USA)
 Michael Schlosser (Universität Wien, Austria)
 Piotr Sniady (Uniwersytet Wroclawski, Poland)
 Einar Steingrimsson (University of Strathclyde, UK)
 Bridget Tenner (DePaul University, USA)
 Volkmar Welker (Universität Marburg, Germany)
 Paul Zinn-Justin (CNRS & Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France)

Organizing Committee
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Chair
 Sylvie Corteel (CNRS & Université Paris Diderot, France)
Members
 Marie Albenque (CNRS & Ecole Polytechnique, France)
 Guillaume Chapuy (CNRS & Université Paris Diderot, France)
 Enrica Duchi (Université Paris Diderot, France)
 Alain Goupil (UQTR, Canada)
 Jeremy Lovejoy (CNRS & Université Paris Diderot, France)
 Roberto Mantaci (Université Paris Diderot, France)
 Anne Micheli (Université Paris Diderot, France)
 Marni Mishna (SFU, Canada)
 Vincent Pilaud (CNRS & Ecole Polytechnique, France)
 Marc Skandera (LeHigh University, USA)