1st Announcement

Dear Colleague,
We are organizing the International Conference

By the moment, many experts in the field confirmed their interest in participating in the Conference.

The local Organizing Committee is

Prof. Stefan Samko, Chairman (University of Algarve)
Prof. Victor Kravchenko (University of Algarve)
Prof. José Molarinho Carmo (University of Madeira, Madeira)
Prof. José Castanheira da Costa (University of Madeira, Madeira)
Prof. Rita Vasconcelos (University of Madeira, Madeira)
Prof. António Ferreira dos Santos (Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisboa)
Prof. Francisco Teixeira (Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisboa)
Prof. Amarino B. Lebre (Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisboa)
Prof. Ana Moura Santos (Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisboa)

The International Scientific Programme Committee:

Prof. A. Antonevich (Belarussia)
Prof. A. Boettcher (Germany)
Prof. B. Bojarskii (Poland)
Prof. R. Duduchava (Georgia)
Prof. M. Kaashoek (Netherlands)
Prof. N. Karapetiants (Russia)
Prof. Yu. Karlovich (Mexico)
Prof. V. Kokilashvili (Georgia)
Prof. N. Krupnik (Israel)
Prof. V. Mazya (Sweden)
Prof. V. Rabinovich (Mexico)
Prof. B. Silbermann (Germany)
Prof. I. Simonenko (Russia)
Prof. I. Spitkovsky (USA)
Prof. N. Vasilevskii (Mexico)

The programme of the conference consists of invited lectures (about 60 min.) and 30 min talks given by the other participants. The speakers will be requested to submit an abstract of their talks.

We expect that Proceedings of the Conference will be published.

If you are interested in participating, please fill the enclosed preliminary registration form and return it to us to one of the addresses

The second announcement with further details will be mailed until the end of June 2001. We also intend to create a webpage where all the information about the Conference will appear.

We are looking forward to meeting you at the Madeira Island.