The Spanish Relativity Meeting (ERE) is an international conference devoted to Relativity and Gravitation and it is supported by the Spanish Society of Gravitation and Relativity (SEGRE) http://www.segre.es/en/congresos.shtml.

Invited speakers
– Alan Rendall (Albert Einstein Institut, Golm, Germany)
– Claes Uggla (Karlstad University, Sweden)
– Gabriel Lopes-Cardoso (IST, Lisbon, Portugal)
– George Ellis (University of Cape Town, South Africa)
– Jörg Frauendiener (Otago University, New Zealand)
– José Edelstein (University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
– Juan Valiente Kroon (Queen Mary, University of London, UK)
– László Szabados (Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary)
– Marc Mars (University of Salamanca, Spain)
– Pau Figueras (University of Cambridge, UK)
– Paul Tod (University of Oxford, UK)
– Pedro Ferreira (University of Oxford, UK)
– Peter Dunsby (University of Cape Town, South Africa)
– Radu Roiban* (Penn State University, USA)
– Vítor Cardoso (IST, Lisbon, Portugal)

*To be confirmed

We remind those interested in submitting an abstract to the conference that the deadline for abstract submission (10th of June) is quickly approaching. Also it is expected that the conference dates will be a busy period in Guimarães as the city is the “European Capital of Culture” in 2012. This makes it advisable to book accommodation well in advance. Finally we would like to ask participants to check regularly the conference website for further information updates.

We look forward to seeing you all in Guimarães,

The Local Organizing Committee (LOC)

Alfonso García-Parrado
Estelita Vaz (Coordinator)
Irene Brito
Filipe Mena
Filipe Moura
M. Piedade Machado-Ramos
Viktor Czinner

The Spanish Relativity Meeting (ERE) is an international conference devoted to Relativity and Gravitation and is supported by the Spanish Society of Gravitation and Relativity (SEGRE) http://www.segre.es/en/congresos.shtml.

In 2012, the meeting will take place at the University of Minho in the town of Guimaraes (world heritage site and European capital of culture in 2012) from 3-7 September 2012.

Participants are encouraged to send their contributions. Contributed talks will be grouped according to their topic and scheduled in parallel sessions in the afternoon. The deadline for conference registration and abstract submission is 10th of June, 2012.

We advise participants to book accommodation well in advance as hotels in Guimaraes are expected to be more crowded than usual due to events of the European capital of culture.

CONFIRMED INVITED SPEAKERS

– Alan Rendall (Albert Einstein Institut, Golm, Germany)
– Claes Uggla (Karlstad University, Sweden)
– George Ellis (University of Cape Town, South Africa)
– Gabriel Lopes-Cardoso (IST, Lisbon, Portugal)
– Joerg Frauendiener (University of Otago, New Zealand)
– José Edelstein (University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
– Juan Valiente Kroon (Queen Mary, University of London, U.K.)
– Laszlo Szabados (Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary)
– Marc Mars (University of Salamanca, Spain)
– Pau Figueras (University of Cambridge, U.K.)
– Paul Tod (University of Oxford, U.K.)
– Pedro Ferreira (University of Oxford, U.K.)
– Peter Dunsby (University of Cape Town, South Africa)
– Vitor Cardoso (IST, Lisbon, Portugal)

EARLY REGISTRATION FEE

– SEGRE members = 250EUR
– Non SEGRE members = 280EUR

The registration fee will cover lunches, refreshments, an abstract booklet, a conference folder and the proceedings volume. The following social events are also covered:

– Welcome cocktail reception.
– Half a day visit tour.
– Conference dinner.

GRANTS

The SEGRE society has a limited number of grants to support some of the younger participants who are in the last years of their Ph.D., specially among those submitting a contribution to the conference. In order to apply for financial support please proceed to the ERE2012 website, “Grants” section.

To find out more, please visit our conference website at http://w3.math.uminho.pt/~ERE2012

We hope to see you all in Guimaraes,

The Local Organizing Committee (LOC)

Alfonso Garcia-Parrado
Estelita Vaz (Coordinator)
Irene Brito
Filipe Mena
Filipe Moura
M. Piedade Machado-Ramos
Viktor Czinner

We are pleased to announce the “Spanish Relativity Meeting in Portugal (ERE2012)”, September 3-7, 2012, at the University of Minho, in Guimarães (world heritage site and European capital of culture in 2012). Information about the program and registration will be included on a second announcement and will appear at http://w3.math.uminho.pt/~ERE2012

The Local Organizing Committee,
Alfonso Garcia-Parrado
Estelita Vaz
Filipe Mena
Filipe Moura
Irene Brito
Piedade Machado Ramos