Author: Graham Leuschke

There will be a conference on Commutative Algebra in Yokohama, Japan, March 17–21 2008. The conference is organized by Shiro Goto, Kei-ichi Watanabe, Koji Nishida, and Kazuhiko Kurano.
The main theme of the conference is the recent trends on commutative algebra, including the following topics.

• Blow-up algebras (Rees algebras of ideals and modules, graded rings associated to ideals, fiber cones of ideals)
• Hilbert functions and Sally modules
• Integral closures of ideals and rings, tight closures, multiplier ideals
• Homological conjectures
• Invariant theory
• Representation theory of local algebras

For more information, please see the conference web site.

Cornell University will host the first Macaulay2 conference, organized by Macaulay2 authors Mike Stillman and Dan Grayson, together with David Eisenbud, March 16-19, 2008.
The meeting will begin with some surveys of recent work on the Boij-Soederberg conjectures, in which Macaulay2 has already played a major role. Starting the second day there will be talks of different kinds. Some will present more research for which Macaulay2 was useful or would likely be useful. Others will present useful algorithms or packages written in Macaulay2; or algorithms that would be useful in a future version of Macaulay2. Not everyone coming will be a Macaulay2 expert, so this would also be an opportunity to learn Macaulay2 or to improve your Macaulay2 skills. There is no registration fee.
For more information, including registration, hotel and travel information, and funding, please see the conference web page.

The Departamento de Algebra of the Universidad de Sevilla, will host a Conference on Commutative, Combinatorial, and Computational Algebra in Memory of Pilar Pisón-Casares. The conference will run February 11-16, 2008.
Invited speakers include:

• Klaus Altmann
• Mats Boij
• Ana Bravo
• Winfried Bruns
• Antonio Campillo
• Marta Casanellas
• Marc Chardin
• Alicia Dickenstein
• David Eisenbud
• Elisa Gorla
• Gert-Martin Greuel
• Sabir Gusein-Zade
• Juergen Herzog
• Takayuki Hibi
• Ilia Itenberg
• Diane Maclagan
• Thomas Markwig
• Juan C. Migliore
• Ezra Miller
• Ignacio Ojeda
• Aron Simis
• Bernd Sturmfels
• Bernard Teissier
• Santiago Zarzuela

For more information, including the Scientific and Organizing Committees, as well as information on registration, accommodation, and the program, please see the conference web site.
Participants who have registered by December 10, 2007, will have the opportunity to present their mathematical work in the form of a poster. Please see the conference web site for more details.

The Universidad de Murcia, Spain, will host a conference “Categorical Methods in Rings and Modules” dedicated to José Luis Gomez Pardo, December 3-6, 2007.
Invited speakers include:

• Pere Ara
• Alberto Facchini
• Kent Fuller
• José Luis Garcia
• Birge Huisgen-Zimmermann
• Pascual Jara
• Sergio López-Permouth
• Consuelo Martinez
• Claudia Menini
• Constantin Nastasescu
• Nguyen Viet Dung
• Fred Van Ostaeyen
• Patrick F. Smith
• Blas Torrecillas
• Emilio Villanueva, and
• Robert Wisbauer

For more information, please see the conference web page.

A specialised workshop on Derived Categories will be held at the CRM Barcelona from November 5 to 14, 2007, within a one-year research programme on current trends in Homotopy Theory, Category Theory, and related disciplines.
The workshop has been planned so as to allow ample time for discussions and interaction with participants, with a few talks each day and open discussion sessions. The participation of young researchers is much encouraged.
To learn more, including organisational inquiries, lodging possibilities, if you are interested in giving a talk or need financial support to participate, or to register for the workshop, please see the workshop web page.

The Fall Central Sectional Meeting of the AMS, held in Chicago, October 5-6, will have a couple of Special Session of interest:

• Noam Horwitz and Irena Peeva will organize a Special Session on Free Resolutions
• Lawrence Ein and Anatoly Libgober will organize a Special Session on Algebraic Geometry

For more information, see the AMS pages for the Sessions.

The 8^th annual KUMUNU meeting will take place September 8-9 in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Confirmed speakers include

• Cătălin Ciupercă, North Dakota State
• Dale Cutkosky, Missouri
• Jeremy Martin, Kansas
• Juan Migliore, Notre Dame
• Irena Peeva, Cornell
• Christel Rotthaus, Michigan State
• Janet Striuli, Nebraska

Some support for travel and lodging will be available. Check the KUMUNU 2007 web page for more information.

The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, will host a Workshop on Combinatorics and Commutative Algebra, August 27-September 1, 2007. This is the second of a two-part workshop; the first part took place in September 2006 at the University of Ioannina, Greece.
The Thessaloniki workshop will feature a series of lectures by Jürgen Herzog and Takayuki Hibi surveying and highlighting recent developments in Commutative Algebra and Combinatorics.
For more information please contact one of the organizers, Apostolos Thoma and Hara Charalambous, or see the workshop web page.

The Institute of Mathematics of the Romanian Academy , Bucharest, and Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Bucharest University, in cooperation with Romanian Mathematical Society and Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Ovidius University of Constanta will organize a Conference on Homological and Combinatorial Aspects in Commutative Algebra, July 5-10, 2007, in Buşteni, Romania.
Confirmed speakers so far include:

• Luchezar Avramov
• Winfried Bruns
• Craig Huneke
• Jürgen Herzog
• Takayuki Hibi
• Craig Huneke
• Mordechai Katzman
• Graham Leuschke
• Gaetana Restuccia
• Tim Römer
• Sean Sather-Wagstaff
• Peter Schenzel
• Aron Simis
• Santiago Zarzuela

For more information please see the conference web page.