SECOND ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE GEORGIAN MATHEMATICAL UNION
Second Announcement
The Georgian Mathematical Union organizes the Second Annual Conference on September 15-19, 2011, in Batumi, a Black Sea resort of Georgia. For the information about the city see:
http://www.world66.com/europe/georgia/batumi
Weather (and water!) in September is still warm in Batumi
and one can enjoy a “velvet season” there.
Topics
of the conference:
Detailed information about
participants, conference topics, flights, hotels, visas, etc. can be found at
the Conference web-site:
http://rmi.ge/~gmu/II_Annual_Conference/E_II_Annual.htm
The Conference venue
will be the Batumi Shota Rustaveli
University.
The program of the conference will be sent to participants
at the end of August.
Due to some circumstances, related to the negotiations in order
to reduce the accommodation prices, the deadline for full Conference
Registration has been postponed to July
30. The Organizing Committee is now pleased to offer participants the hotel
reservations at reduced prices.
Visa information: Visa affair is
the easiest part of the travel. Citizens of many countries do not need an
entrance visa for Georgia (citizens of EU countries, USA, Japan, Israel,
Turkey, Canada, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Moldova, Ukraine, etc.). Citizens of some
countries, including citizens of Russia, can obtain a visa while crossing the
border of Georgia at official checkpoints, including all airports of Georgia,
but excluding checkpoint Larsi, between Vladikavkaz (North Osetia) and Stephantsminda (former Kazbegi,
Georgia).
Travel information: Batumi can be
reached both from Tbilisi and from Istanbul by airplane (daily flights in
summer). The airport is very close to the city. Batumi is about 350 km west
from Tbilisi, about 6 hours by train, bus, or car.
Accommodation: Information about hotel accommodation in
Batumi can be found at the conference web-site.
Hotel
reservation will also be possible via the Organizing Committee at reduced
prices at the following hotels:
Hotels in Gonio (Seashore, 8 km.
to the University):
Hotel "Magnolia-1", Hotel "Magnolia-2", Hotel
"Magnolia-3":
PRICES: Special double room - 80 GEL,
Standard
double room - 50 GEL,
Triple
- 50 GEL.
Breakfast is not included in the price and costs 5 GEL.
http://guide-georgia.ge/hotel magnolia in gonio
Hotels in Batumi:
Hotel "Prestige"*** (500 m. to the
University):
PRICES: Standard single room - 100 GEL,
Standard
double room - 100 GEL,
Standard
triple - 130 GEL.
Breakfast is included in the price.
www.hotel-prestige.ge
Hotel "Era Palace"****:
PRICES: Standard single room - 180 GEL,
Breakfast is included in the price.
www.erapalace.com
Hotel "Alik"****:
PRICES: Standard single room - 150 GEL,
Standard
double room - 160 GEL,
Special
double room - 180 GEL,
Standard
triple - 200 GEL.
Breakfast is included in the price.
www.hotelalik.gol.ge
The
exchange rates are of the order of $1 ~ 1.64 GEL, €1 ~ 2,40 GEL, £1 ~ 2.66 GEL, at the moment.
If you prefer to make hotel reservation
via the Organizing Committee, please send us by e-mail Batumi2011@gmail.com before July 5 your accommodation choice - the hotel name and the type of room (single, double, triple, and also
if you would like to share a room with other participants), number
of accompanying persons and exact dates of
arrival and departure.
We will send a
corresponding invoice to you by July 15
with detailed payment information.
We
would like to inform you that there is no conference fee
for accompanying persons but they will need to pay for lunches, Conference
Dinner and excursions.
Participants,
who will arrange their accommodation themselves, can pay the conference fee (50
USD or its equivalent in GEL) in cash upon arrival at the conference site. This
fee includes the Conference Abstracts Book and refreshments during conference
breaks.
Social events: a wide range of social programs including Conference Dinner, city tours and visits to historical places will be available.
IMPORTANT DATES:
July 5, 2011: The deadline for a hotel booking at reduced prices.
July 15, 2011: The deadline for an
abstract submission.
July 30, 2011: The deadline for registration (hotel reservation payments
at reduced prices).
September 15, 2011: The first day of the conference
September 19, 2011: The last day of the conference
We look forward to meet you soon in Batumi.
With our best
regards,
Organizing Committee of the Conference Batumi-2011