Acireale, Italy (Sicily)

There will be a conference on zero-dimensional schemes and related topics in Acireale, Italy (Sicily), June 6-8, 2002, in honor of Tony Geramita on the occasion of his 60th birthday.
The registration deadline is March 31, 2002 (registration form). Because the talks will begin early on the morning of Thursday, June 6 and the social dinner will be in the evening of Saturday, June 8, you should plan to arrive on Wednesday, June 5 and leave on Sunday, June 9.
More information can be found at the conference web page., including a list of organizers and invited speakers.
Update: The National Science Foundation is supporting participation by graduate students and young researchers based in the US; some of the money may be available for nonUS based graduate students and young researchers. (The total amount of support, however, is extremely limited, so we encourage all applicants to look for additional sources of support.)
If you need such support, please indicate it on the registration form. Since the funding is being administered through the University of Nebraska, please also send an email note to Brian Harbourne (bharbourne@unl.edu), indicating your intention to apply for support.
Also, a poster session has been added to the program. If you are interested in giving a contributed talk or presenting a poster, please indicate it on the registration form.