H. Bungartz, Munich
R. Krause, Bonn
S. LeBorne,
Cookeville
C.W. Oosterlee, Amsterdam
P. Vassilevski, Livermore
C. Wieners, Karlsruhe


Abstracts: May 31, 2008: Deadline (1 page, pdf-file)
July 15, 2008: Notification of acceptance

Sessions: All sessions will be held at the conference center of Ruland ´s Thermen- hotel, Bad Herrenalb, Germany - http://www.rulands-thermenhotel.de - .

Conference Location:
Conference center at 4**** hotel Ruland ´s Thermenhotel at Bad Herrenalb, a spa located in the nothern part of Black Forest in southwest Germany. The spas Bad Wildbad and Baden-Baden and the city of Karlsruhe are nearby.
Airports are at Stuttgart (70 km) and at Frankfurt a.M. (170 km).
http://www.rulands-thermenhotel.de http://www.blackforest-tourism.com/, http://www.schwarzwald-tourismus.de

Social programme: Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 22, 2008
trip to Karlsruhe, guided visit of Schloß Karlsruhe (Badisches Landesmu- seum) http://www.landesmuseum.de EURO 20.-
or
a tour to Calw, the birthplace of Hermann Hesse, http://www.calw.de
EURO 10.-
or
• guided hike to Teufelsmühle, hiking shoes and clothing are recommended

The conference will start on Monday October 20, 2008 at 1 p.m. and will end on Thursday, October 23, 2008 at 6 p. m. .
Conference office:
conference@techsim.info



Symposium
Fast Solvers for Large Systems of Equations
in honour of Wolfgang Hackbusch's sixtieth birthday
October 24, 2008
Bad Herrenalb


In connection with the 9th EMG this symposium is held in honour of Wolfgang Hackbusch who celebrates his 60. birthday on October 24, 2008. The symposium will begin at 9 a. m. and end with the birthday receiption at about 5 p.m.

Organisation: S. Sauter, Universität Zürich
G. Wittum, Universität Heidelberg
Invited speakers:
(tentative) R. Bank, University of California, San Diego
D. Braess, Universität Bochum
U. Langer, Universität Linz
S. Müller, MPI Leipzig
S. Sauter, Universität Zürich
U. Trottenberg, Universität Köln
P. Wesseling, TU Delft
H. Yserentant, TU Berlin

Location: Rulands Thermenhotel Bad Herrenalb, same as EMG 2008