Second International Workshop
on

Automated Deduction in Geometry

Beijing, China, August 1-3, 1998


Workshop location

The meeting will take place at Chai Tai International Center of Beijing University, located in the scientific village of the capital, where academic institutes, universities, and high-tech firms are gathered.

Arrival

Most major airlines have regular commercial flights to Beijing. Participants are encouraged to book their tickets as early as possible, because the ticket prices vary quite a lot depending on the time of reservation. We may pick you up at the airport if you could inform us of your arrival time and flight number in advance. Otherwise, you may take a taxi to the hotel, which costs about 120 Chinese Yuan (15 US dollars). The addresses of the hotels are given below.

Lodging

We have reserved rooms for participants at

Chai Tai International Center
Beijing University
Beijing 100871, China

Tel.: 86-10-62752218
Fax: 86-10-62564095

The price ranges from 250 to 350 Yuan (about 30 - 40 US dollars) per night. Participants who need better accommodation conditions may stay at

Beijing Friendship Hotel
3 Baishiqiao Road
Beijing 100873, China

Tel.: 86-10-68498888
Fax: 86-10-68498866

which is about two kilometers away from the conference location. A double room at the Friendship Hotel costs 500 - 600 Yuan (about 60 - 75 US dollars) per night.

Excursion and other social program

Beijing offers numerous places of cultural and historical interest for visitors. Not far from the conference site are the Summer Palace and the Winter Palace. In downtown Beijing, there are the Forbidden City and the Temple of Heaven. A tour to the Great Wall in the suburb of Beijing will be organized by the workshop free of charge for registered participants. Interested participants may attend the ASCM conference (August 6-8) and visit Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes located in the ancient silk road, and now the middle of a desert in the northwestern China. For the details, please consult http://www.lzu.edu.cn/landa/dept/comp/ascm98.html.

Registration

Please make registration as early as possible for the convenience of the organization. There is no registration fee for the workshop. The workshop plans to reserve meals for all the participants uniformly (not ordered by each person), which costs about 160 Yuan (about 20 US dollars) per day. You are encouraged to participate this meal service. Please send the following registration form (preferably via email) to xgao@mmrc.iss.ac.cn.

Xiao-Shan Gao
Institute of Systems Science
Academia Sinica
Beijing 100080
People's Republic of China

Fax: 86-10-6256-8364

********************** Registration Form ****************************

* Name:

* Affiliation:

* E-Mail:

* Title of Talk:

* No. of Accompanying Persons:

* Hotel:
    University Hotel (30-40 US dollars) Double or Single
    Friendship Hotel (60-75 US dollars) Double or Single

* Meals:
    Do you want to participate the food service?
    Please specify if you have special meal requirements (vegetarian etc.).

* Arrival Date:
    Flight No. and Time:

* Departure Date:
    Flight No. and Time:

* Do you need an invitation letter to apply for a visa?

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