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| SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT NOW AVAILABLE |
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FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT The unifying theme of the conference is permutation patterns. The topics addressed will include enumeration questions, excluded pattern questions, study of the involvement order, algorithms for computing with permutation patterns, applications and generalisations of permutation patterns, and others. The keynote speaker will be Herbert Wilf. The registration fee will be $100 NZ for registration by 1 November 2002 , and $150 thereafter. Extended abstracts (at most 6 pages) of papers to be presented at the conference should be sent to the Program Chair by 31 December 2002. To mark the conference a special issue of the Electronic Journal of Combinatorics is planned on the theme of Permutation Patterns. Articles for this issue are sought from researchers whether or not they plan to attend the conference and can be submitted to the editors of the special issue at any time before 31 May 2003. All such submissions will be refereed carefully and only those meeting the high standard of E-JC will be published in the special issue. The conference will be hosted by the Otago Computer Science Theory Group within the Department of Computer Science at the University of Otago. The University, which is the oldest in New Zealand, is in the town of Dunedin which is situated on the coast of the South Island of New Zealand. The surrounding countryside is exceptionally beautiful and in February the weather is generally mild and sunny. Aside from the academic program we plan a full social program that will give participants an opportunity to enjoy the location. Participants will be accommodated in nearby motels and university residences, all within walking distance.
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