The first Joint Meeting of the American Mathematical Society and the Real Sociedad Matemática Española will take place in Seville on June 18-21, 2003. See the conference website (also available en español) for general information about the conference.

There will be (at least) three Special Sessions of possible interest to commutative algebraists:

• Special Session on Commutative Algebra: Geometric, Homological, Combinatorial and Computational Aspects, organized by Alberto Corso (University of Kentucky), Philippe Gimenez (Universidad de Valladolid), and Santiago Zarzuela (Universitat de Barcelona).
• Special Session on Differential Structures and Homological Methods in Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry, organized by Gennady Lyubeznik (University of Minnesota) and Luis Narvaez-Macarro (Universidad de Sevilla).
• Special Session on Ring Theory and Related Topics, organized by Jose Gomez-Torrecillas (University of Granada), Pedro Antonio Guil Asensio (University of Murcia), Sergio R. Lopez-Permouth (Ohio University), and Blas Torrecillas (University of Almeria).

Update: Alberto Corso has posted a website for the Special Session on Commutative Algebra: Geometric, Homological, Combinatorial and Computational Aspects. It includes a tentative list of speakers.