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17th "Summer" Topology Conference

Auckland, New Zealand
1-4 July, 2002

Welcome to the homepage for the 17th "Summer" Topology Conference, to be held in Auckland, New Zealand 1-4 July 2002. This will be the next in the Summer Topology Conference Series.

NEWSee here for travel directions to get to the campus.

Invited Speakers

The following mathematicians have accepted invitations:

Special Sessions

The following special sessions will take place:

Contributed Talks

Participants are invited to give contributed talks of 20 minutes.

Submit an abstract

View submitted abstracts

Location

The conference will take place at the City Campus of the University of Auckland, which is on the edge of downtown Auckland.

Click here for a map showing the location of the Mathematics Department.

Click here for travel directions

The opening reception on Sunday 30 June, and all the talks will take place in the Mathematics/Physics building, which is on Princes Street close to the junction with Wellesley Street. The reception will take place in the ground floor foyer, and most talks will be in lecture theatres next to the first floor foyer (North Americans should note that ground floor and first floor are not the same thing here!).

Accommodation

Accommodation has been arranged at Grafton Hall and the Park Towers Hotel. Grafton Hall is approximately 15 minutes' walk from the campus, the Park Towers Hotel less than 10 minutes. Another option would be to stay in other nearby hotels: the closest is the Hyatt Hotel.

Accommodation in Grafton Hall will cost NZ$40 per person per night (single or twin rooms), and in the Park Towers Hotel NZ$90 (single occupancy) or NZ$103.50 (double occupancy) per room per night for double or twin rooms. At today's exchange rate (April 19) of NZ$1 = US$0.448, these rates are approximately US$18 per night, US$40 per night and US$46 per night respectively. For up-to-date rates and other currecies, use this Currency Converter.

Accommodation at Grafton Hall or the Park Towers Hotel may be reserved on the Registration Form. Please note that rooms will not be available at Grafton Hall earlier than 30 June.

Travel

Very often there is a significant asymmetry in the air fares: in many cases it is possible to buy return air tickets from elsewhere to NZ here in NZ at a fraction of the price that you'd pay in your home country. Because of this, we highly recommend checking the airfares with Ms Katie Grealish at STA Trave, at courtenaycentral@statravel.co.nz (using the subject "Top2002"). In some cases this will result in significant savings, although we can guarantee nothing, as buying tickets from this end is not permitted in all cases by the airline policies.

Registration

All fees are in New Zealand dollars and inclusive of GST. For up-to-date currency conversions, use this Currency Converter, provided by The Universal Currency Converter Services

The registration fee for the conference will be NZ$ 335 (approximately US$150 at current exchange rates). This fee includes the opening reception, morning and afternoon teas, conference materials and a copy of the conference proceedings, to be published by Topology Proceedings.

Full time students are eligible to register at the reduced fee of NZ$245 (approx US$110): entitlements are as per the full registration, excluding the conference proceedings.

Single day registrations are also available for NZ$175: this includes morning and afternoon tea and conference materials, and excludes proceedings.

Registration can be made on the Registration Form.

For registration enquiries please contact 

Nikita Ranchhod
Centre for Continuing Education
The University of Auckland
Private Bag 92019, Auckland
New Zealand
Phone: +64 9 3737599 ext 7619
Fax: +64 9 3737419
Email: mt.millet@auckland.ac.nz

Important Dates

Registration Due1 June 2002
Notification of intention to present a paper1 June 2002
Submission of abstract21 June 2002

Activities

The afternoon of Wednesday 3 July will be free for tours and other activities. A wine tour will be arranged, at a cost of NZ$95 per person, visiting some of the region's wineries to sample their products. We can also take reservations for the "Big Three" tour, which visits the main tourist attractions in Auckland (including the Sky Tower and Kelly Tarltons Underwater World and Antarctic Encounter). These tours may be booked on the Registration Form.

We will also be organising trips to the bird sanctuary island of Tiritiri Matangi on the weekends before and after the conference: see here for details.

General comments

Note that the conference is to be held in the Southern Hemisphere where it is winter in July. This means that such winter activities as skiing are at the top of the list of activities. A recent survey of Ski Resorts of the world put New Zealand Ski resorts at the second least expensive. There are other tourist activities available too: a geothermal area with geysers, amazing terraces and boiling mud pools; a volcanic island on the edge of the city; a bird sanctuary island; spectacular beaches; rainforest. Some participants may also be interested in the International Conference on Mathematics Education to be held in Auckland the following week.

On a typical winter's day in Auckland the temperature should reach up to 13 or 14° C, between 55 and 60° F, while at night it may drop to 7 or 8° C, the mid 40's F. Some rain is possible: however, it has not snowed in Auckland since 1976.

For further information on New Zealand, visit http://www.purenz.com.

David McIntyre