Second Latin Congress
on Symmetries in Geometry and Physics

December 13–17, 2010

Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil

“Curitiba – the ecological capital”

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Organizers

• Elizabeth Gasparim
• Eduardo Hoefel
• Dmitry Kaledin
• Marcos Jardim

Contact

You may contact the organising committee via latincongress.symmgeoph@gmail.com.

Minicourses

• Dmitry Orlov: Landau-Ginzburg Models, D-Branes and Mirror Symmetry
• Francesco Mercuri: Critical point theory: What it is and what it is good for
• Tony Pantev: Symplectic invariants from non-commutative Hodge theory

Notes

For a limited time only, inofficial notes taken by one member of the audience are available online for previewing.

Speakers

Please see the schedule and the list of abstracts for details!

• Alcebiades Rigas (Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil)
• Alexander Efimov (Steklov Mathematical Institute, Russia)
• Carlos Durán Fernandez (Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil)
• Christian Okonek (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
• Dmitry Markushevich (Univeristy of Lille, France)
• Henrique Bursztyn (Instituto de Matemática Pura e Aplicada, Brazil)
• Josh Guffin (University of Philadelphia, USA)
• Katrin Wendland (University of Augsburg, Germany)
• Ludmil Katzarkov (University of Miami, USA and University of Vienna, Austria)
• Michael Forger (Universidade Estadual de São Paulo, Brazil)
• Oliver Gray (University of Bristol, UK)
• Soren Galatius (Stanford University, USA)
• Wendy Lowen (University of Antwerp, Belgium)

Small talks

A series of shorter talks by young researchers is being organised by Henrique Sá Earp and Thomas Köppe. Visit the Smalltalk Information Page for more information!

Virtual participants

• James Stasheff
• Andrew Ranicki

Schedule

The schedule of conference talks and events is on a separate page.

Venue

The Congress will be held at the Federal University of Paraná in Curitiba, Brazil.

Related conference and proceedings

We have a preliminary plan to publish lectures from our conference. Check out this related conference on Geometry, Integrability and Quantization.

Practical information

Weather

Durng this season, Curitiba frequently experiences heavy, torrential rainfall.

Currency and money

The currency in Brazil is Brazilian Real (BRL). The excange rates (December 2010) are roughly as follows:

1 USD = 1.72 BRL
1 EUR = 2.25 BRL

Besides the airport, you can exchange money at a mall called "Shopping Italia" (see the map in the link below). There are other places in the same street (Rua Marechal Deodoro) where you can exchange money. The rates at those places are usually better than the ones at the airport.

Most restaurants and stores in Curitiba accept credit cards. Check with your bank about the conditions of using your credit card in Brazil.

Hotel

The hotel is Alta Reggia.

Map: The region of the hotel and the conference site (Praça Santos Andrade) as shown by Google Maps.

As shown in the above map, it is a 15-minute walk from the hotel to the conference site at Praça Santos Andrade. Don't forget your umbrella: December in Curitiba is a warm season with sudden rains.

Transfer from airport to hotel

There are essentially three options.

• By Taxi. The taxi from the airport to the hotel will cost aorund BRL 60.00. You can hire a taxi cab inside the arrivals terminal. Most credit cards are accepted. This is the recommended option if you are arriving after 6pm.
• Airport Executivo. A bus service that costs BRL 8.00, see their website. This is a good option if you don’t mind walking a little. Its bus stop that is closest to the Hotel is called Teatro Guaira (see map). However, you can ask the driver (prior to getting onto the bus) to stop at Rua Comendador Macedo, which is very close to the hotel. See the map for details.
• Aiport Line. BRL 2.20, BRL 1.00 on Sundays. This is a standard urban bus line in Curitiba. Its bus station looks like a tube (see pictures). To catch this bus, you have to look for a tuby bus station like the ones in the above pictures. There is one just in front of the Arrivals Terminal at the Curitiba Airport. You have to stop at the Circulo Militar Tube Station and walk a few blocks to get to the hotel (see the map).