[FOM] BEST 2010 First Announcement

[Andres Caicedo]

BOISE EXTRAVAGANZA IN SET THEORY (BEST)

Announcement 1.


The 19-th annual meeting of BEST will be hosted at Boise State University 
during the weekend of March 27 (Saturday) - March 29 (Monday), 2010

It is organized by Liljana Babinkostova, Andres Caicedo, Billy Hudson, 
Masaru Kada and Marion Scheepers.

Contributed and invited talks will be held on Saturday, Sunday and Monday 
at the Department of Mathematics, Boise State University. The invited 
speakers curently include:

Justin Moore (Cornell University)
Frank Tall (University of Toronto)
Toshimichi Usuba (University of Bonn)

The conference webpage is available at 
http://math.boisestate.edu/~best/best19

There are three important deadlines regarding the conference:

* Lodging: The Hampton Inn & Suites is providing rooms at a reduced rate 
for BEST participants. To take advantage of the reduced rate, reservations 
must be made online by MARCH 12. After March 12 rooms will be available at 
prevailing rates. The URL for the Hampton Inn's online reservation site 
for BEST is listed below; it can also be accessed through the conference 
webpage.
http://hamptoninn.hilton.com/en/hp/groups/personalized/BOIDNHX-BES-20100326/index.jhtml

* Financial support: Limited financial support is available to partially 
offset lodging expenses of up to eight participants, and to partially 
offset lodging plus airfare expenses of up to two participants. Please see 
the conference web site for details on applying for support. The deadline 
for applying for financial support is MARCH 3.

Anyone interested in participating should contact the organizers as soon 
as possible by sending an email to best at math.boisestate.edu

Abstracts: Atlas Conferences, Inc. is providing abstract services for BEST 
19. The deadline for submitting an abstract for invited or contributed 
talk is MARCH 25. You can submit an abstract at URL
http://atlas-conferences.com/cgi-bin/abstract/submit/cazu-01
Links are also available at the BEST 19 website.

The conference is supported by a grant from the National Science 
Foundation. Abstract services are provided by Atlas Conferences, Inc. 
Reduced lodging rate is provided by The Hampton Inn & Suites. Support from 
these entities is gratefully acknowledged.