SPT2004 - third circular The conference SPT2004 (Symmetry and Perturbation Theory) will take place in Cala Gonone on 30 May - 6 June 2004. See the web site www.sptspt.it for this series of conferences; the conference web page is: http://www.sptspt.it/spt2004.html This third circular is mainly concerned with: - Travel arrangements - Some items on registration and talk proposals - Accommodation Due to the first item, it is also sent to the list of preregistered participants; if you are both on this and the mailing list, you will receive this message twice (sorry about this). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS A number of informations about these can be found in our web page (see the SPT2004 info page). If you need some help with your travel arrangements within Sardinia, please let us know in due time, that is BEFORE MAY 10. This is a serious deadline, as we will have a complicate logistics, and after our plans are made you will have to adapt to the available seats in planned taxi/minibus trips, if any is left. As those of you who have already been in Cala Gonone know, the conference location is relatively far from the standard entry points in Sardinia; the most convenient one is Olbia (port and airport), at about 120 km on the road. Other points could be Alghero, Cagliari, or Arbatax. If you come by car, you find maps on our web page. We suggest that in this case you mention us if you have the possibility of taking some participants (arriving by ferry and no car) with you from Olbia port to Cala Gonone. If you arrive with no car but with the ferry, you will find a connecting bus at Olbia port (probably with direction Lanusei, should be blue with ARST marked on the side, in any case just ask around); this bus will take you to Dorgali. From Dorgali you have another bus, waiting for the first one, which will take you down to Cala Gonone, where you will have to walk about 700 m. to reach the Hotel. If required, we will arrange a taxi/minibus from Dorgali (or even Olbia if you really want) to the hotel. I would like to stress that this can be an interesting option also for people arriving from abroad, as the connection from air to ferry in Roma (Civitavecchia port), Pisa (Livorno port) or Genova is not difficult, and the travel is cheap; moreover, should it be difficult to secure air tickets, think to this option. Most of you will arrive by air. The nearest airport is Olbia; by some arrangements between national and regional governments, national flights to Olbia are mainly operated by the Meridiana company (www.meridiana.it or www.meridiana.com). Other airports are Alghero (in particular, Ryan air flies there) and Cagliari. We will arrange taxi/minibus transfers from Olbia airport to Cala Gonone. As a rule, we will have three or four bus/minibus trips, probably in connection with main flights (from Rome and Milano); if you do not want to wait for the next one, we can arrange a taxi for you. Fares will be announced later on; as of now you find the 2002 ones on the web, to get a rough idea. If you wish, you can also take a bus (Deplanu) from Olbia airport to Nuoro, or go into Olbia city, and from the bus station there take a ARST bus to Dorgali. This also stops on the national road near the junction to the airport. If you arrive late in Olbia (or Alghero, or Cagliari) you might wish to stay there overnight; see a list of hotels on our web page. If you arrive in Alghero or Cagliari, we can also arrange a taxi/minibus from the airport, but it would probably be more convenient to use a fast bus to Nuoro (see infos on our web page; the company operating these buses is Deplanu). From Nuoro you can use a bus to Dorgali, or we can conveniently arrange a taxi/minibus for you. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The list of preregistered participants is now posted on the web. We suggest you preregister as soon as you have decided to take part in the conference, as this is genuinely helpful for our plannings. Note that if you want to propose a talk/poster, there is a deadline at 20 april (same as for hotel registration). It appears this year we have many participants eager to communicate their results. Needless to say, if you do not wait until the deadline, but propose your talk earlier on, this will help the organizers. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Finally, I would like to remind that there is a deadline for hotel registrations at 20 April. After this date rooms will not be retained for the conference, and you will be in competition with regular customers of the hotel. To reserve your room, contact TIVIGEST central offices in Padova (the hotel itself will not open until after the deadline). I also remind that you can extend your stay at our reduced conference rates in the week before the conference (in particular, but not oinly, if you take part in the satellite integrable activity), but not in the week after the conference: in this case no reduction can be granted, as we will be in full tourist season. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Finally, let me remind that the conference fee is payable in cash at the conference itself. However, if you wish to pay it in advance (e.g. if you have research funds to be spent by some fixed earlier date), you can use a bank transfer to our account, see the web page. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Looking forward to meeting you in Cala Gonone Giuseppe Gaeta (on behalf of the organizing committee)