Sponsored by:
The Russian Foundation for Basic Research Grant № 02-01-10049,
Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics,
The Russian Ministry for Education,
INTAS, Grant № 01-MO-186

Moscow Aviation Institute
Steklov Institute of Mathematics
Moscow Mathematical Society
Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics

Third Announcement

International Conference 
on 
Differential and Functional Differential 
Equations 

Moscow, Russia, August 11-17, 2002

Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI) with the cooperation of Steklov Institute of Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow Mathematical Society, and Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics is organizing the International Conference on Differential and Functional Differential Equations, August 11-17, 2002. The scientific program will consist of  invited 45-minute lectures, 30-minute lectures and 20-minute communications. This conference is a satellite conference of International Congress of Mathematicians in Beijing ICM-2002. In the frames of the conference the celebration of 80-th birthday of Professor M.I.Vishik will be made. The conference will be devoted to classical topics of the theory of differential equations and different kinds of nonlocal interactions: 

bifurcations, ordinary differential equations in a complex domain, analytic aspects of dynamical systems, spectral theory, partial differential equations in functional spaces, linear and nonlinear problems of mathematical physics, semigroups of operators, asymptotic methods, singularly perturbed systems, attractors of evolution equations, boundary value problems and nonlocal problems, functional differential equations and applications. 

Program Committee: 
D.V.Anosov (Chairman), H.Amann, W.Balser, A.A.Bolibruch, V.M.Buchstaber, S.K.Godunov, V.A.Il’in, W.Jäger, I.T.Kiguradze, L.D.Kudryavtsev, S.B.Kuksin, A.D.Myshkis, S.M.Nikol’skii, O.A.Oleinik , J.Palis, J.P.Ramis, K.Schneider, I.V.Skrypnik, A.L.Skubachevskii (Vice Chairman), A.Tesei. 

Organizing Committee: 
V.G.Veretennikov (Chairman), A.V.Del’tsova, I.A.Galiullin, A.N.Gerashchenko, T.F.Golyshev, P.L.Gurevich, E.P.Ivanova, A.K.Kalliopin, V.I.Kolosov, A.V.Kopylov, P.S.Krasil’nikov, E.B.Kuznetsov, A.B.Muravnik, V.V.Podiapolski, L.E.Rossovskii, A.M.Selitsky, R.V.Shamin, A.L.Skubachevskii (Vice Chairman), M.Teuchert, I.B.Yurov, A.B.Zhizhchenko (Vice Chairman).

List of 45-minute Invited Lecturers: 
H.Amann, N.S.Bakhvalov, W.Balser, N.A.Bobylev, A.A.Bolibruch, V.M.Buchstaber, V.F.Butuzov, S.Yu.Dobrohotov, Yu.A.Dubinskii, S.K.Godunov,  V.A.Il’in, Yu.S.Il’yashenko, W.Jäger, I.T.Kiguradze, H.Kimura, V.A.Kondrat’ev, L.D.Kudryavtsev, S.B.Kuksin, D.Lutz, B.Malgrange, J.Mather, S.P.Novikov, Yu.S.Osipov, S.I.Pohozaev, J.Qing, R.Schäfke, G.Schmidt, K.Schneider, A.G.Sergeev, A.A.Shkalikov, I.V.Skrypnik, V.A.Solonnikov, A.Tesei,  L.Veron, H.O.Walther, J.Wu, V.M.Zakalyukin, V.G.Zvyagin.
 
Official Languages: Russian and English.

Registration: The registration fee for participants is equivalent to $95 and should be paid in roubles upon arrival. The registration fee covers expenses on abstracts and program publishing, and mailing expenses. The registration fee for accompanying persons is $30. 
Upon arrival to Moscow you are kindly requested to come to the Registration Office, where the program booklets and the Books of Abstracts are to be distributed among the participants. On August 11 the Registration Office will operate from 1:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m., and on August 12 - from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. in Building № 5 of MAI (Volokolamskoe shosse, 4), room 107a.

Transportation: The Organizing Committee will book minibuses to pick up foreign participants arriving to the Moscow International Airport Sheremetyevo-2. These buses will depart from the airport each 2-3 hours on August 10, 11. It is desirable to inform us about your flight number, airline, and arrival time in advance.
Foreign participants coming by train are kindly asked to let us know the date and time of their arrival, the terminal they arrive to, train and carriage numbers. The Organizing Committee will pick them up at the railway station.
One can get around Moscow by metro, bus, trolley-bus, tram or fixed-route taxi.
Metro: The Moscow Metro is a convenient transportation system connecting almost all parts of Moscow. The current subway fare is 5 roubles per ride. In order to pass there, one should buy a card at a special window (there are such windows at each station). Moscow Aviation Institute can be reached from ‘Sokol’ metro station (the green line).
Trolley-buses and taxis: One can get to Moscow Aviation Institute from ‘Sokol’ station by trolley-bus № 12 or 70. Instead of trolley-bus (4 roubles per ride) you can take fixed-route taxi with the same route number (10 roubles per ride). The transportation stop closest to the Registration Office is the next one (called ‘Gidroproyekt’) after ‘Sokol’ station. Then one should walk ahead about 100 m to the gates of MAI. Directions to the Registration Office and to concrete locations of Conference sessions will be available there.
All foreign participants will be provided with maps of Moscow and schemes of the Moscow Metro prior to the Opening Ceremony at the Registration Office.

Opening Ceremony and Reception: The Opening Ceremony will take place on August 12, 2002, at 2:00 p.m. at ‘President Hall’, in the building of Presidium of the Academy of Sciences (Leninskii prospect, 32a). The Reception will take place on August 12, 2002, at 6:00 p.m.  at ‘Fountain Hall’, in the same building. All the participants will be taken by buses from the Registration Office in MAI to the building of Presidium.
Invitations to the Opening Ceremony and the Reception will be distributed only during the registration in MAI. Unregistered participants will not be able to attend the Opening Ceremony and the Reception.

Coffee-breaks: Coffee-breaks will be organized for participants during morning and evening sessions.

Accommodation: Arrangements have been made for reservation at the hotel ‘Universitetskaya’ (with bath and lavatory in each apartment) and at the Institute hotel ‘Profilaktorii’ (bath and lavatory are shared among two neighboring rooms). The prices are $30-40 for a single room and $50-60 for a double room per night at ‘Universitetskaya’. A double room and a triple room at ‘Profilaktorii’ are $10-15 per night. Those participants who would like to share a room should let the Organizing Committee know the names of their supposed room-mates.
	Downtown of Moscow can be reached from MAI within 15-30 minutes. The Organizing Committee will arrange free transportation of the participants from the hotel ‘Universitetskaya’ to the Institute and back by bus. 
	The participants are kindly asked to confirm their choice of accommodation by e-mail.

Food service: There are many canteens and snack-bars at the campus and in the neighborhood of the Institute. Lunch or dinner costs about $3-6. The above prices for meals and accommodation may change till August, 2002. 

Currency exchange: There are a lot of exchange offices everywhere in Moscow, where you can exchange US dollars and Euro (the current rate is about 31,5 roubles per $1). Many of them belonging to large banks exchange also other currency. Traveler’s checks (VISA, Thomas Cook, American Express) and credit cards (VISA, Euro Card/Master Card) are acceptable in large banks of Moscow.

Weather: August is usually warm in Moscow. The average temperature is 19-21°C (66-70°F). Accordingly, light and casual clothing is appropriate.

Health and Accident Insurance: The registration fee does not include insurance for the participants against accidents, sickness or loss of property. All participants are advised to make necessary arrangements for short-term health and accident insurance before departure for Russia.

Electric Current: The electric current is 220 V, 50 Hz AC in Russia.

Banquet: A Conference Banquet will be organized for the participants and accompanying persons. The price is $30.

Excursions: Please let us know in which excursions you are going to participate (the deadline is July 15, 2002). Your information will influence on the prices of excursions because they depend on the number of persons. There are the following options: 
the Moscow Kremlin ($26-37);
the Moscow Kremlin including the Armoury ($38-52);
tour around Moscow ($10-30);
Tretyakov Gallery ($26);
Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts ($26);
Novodevichiy cloister ($10-30);
tour to Sergiev Posad (also known as Zagorsk; one of the most important religious and historical centers of Russia, about 100 km from Moscow; $31-66);
Vladimir and Bogolyubovo ($34-113).
An excursion to the Museum of Aeronautics and Astronautics in MAI, where one can see copies and samples of many Russian planes and space vehicles (including a copy of the first manned spaceship in human history, “Vostok-1”) is free of charge.

Visa Application: According to the Russian legislation, it must be the Organizing Committee who applies for a visa for the participants of the Conference. Therefore please fill and send us the Registration Form and a copy of your passport at your earliest convenience. These documents will enable us to apply to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia. A scanned copy sent via e-mail is strongly preferred (a hard copy sent via regular mail is also applicable). Copies sent by fax will not be admitted. Your passport is supposed to be valid not less than 3 months from a date of your departure from Russia. Accompanying persons are supposed to provide us with a separate Registration Form and copies of their passports. 
	For citizens of Germany, countries of Asia and Africa only: if a country where you are receiving a visa (a country of your permanent residence) is not the same as the country of your citizenship, you will have to provide the Organizing Committee with a copy of ‘Certificate of Permanent Residence’ (‘Meldezettel’, etc.).
Upon completion of necessary formalities, the visa can be obtained at the nearest consulate of the Russian Federation in your country.

Special Request: All participants of the Conference whose research projects were supported by INTAS grants within the last 5 years (1997-2002) are kindly asked to inform the Organizing Committee about the dates and registration numbers of these projects.

Correspondence: All correspondence should be addressed to:

Professor A.L.Skubachevskii
Moscow State Aviation Institute
Volokolamskoe shosse, 4
Russia, Moscow, A-80, GSP-3, 125993.

Phone: (095) 158-48-44
Fax: (095) 158-29-77
E-mail: k803@mai.ru