FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT AND
                         CALL FOR PAPERS

              International Symposium on 
              Combinatorial Optimisation 
                        (CO2000)

                    Conference Theme
    Combinatorial Optimisation: Entering A New Century

             A biennial conference to be hosted by 
               The University of Greenwich,
                   London, 12-14 July 2000

Conference Organizers
          Martin Everett, University of Greenwich, U.K.
          Vitaly Strusevich, University of Greenwich, U.K.

International Advisory Committee
          John Beasley, Imperial College, U.K.

          Richard Eglese, Lancaster University, U.K.

          Martine Labbé, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

          Jan Karel Lenstra, Technical University of 
                                         Eindhoven, The Netherlands

         Chris Potts, University of Southampton, U.K.

         Gerhard Woeginger, Technical University of Graz, Austria

Conference Programme
        The following invited speakers will deliver lectures on 
        the current state of the art in Combinatorial Optimisation:

       David Johnson, AT&T, USA

      Chris Potts, University of Southampton, U.K.

      David Shmoys, Cornell University, USA

     Barbara Smith, University of Leeds, U.K.

Papers Contribution
      Contributions are invited in the following and related areas of 
      study:

       Logistics and Routing
       Location Analysis
       Network Optimisation
       Integer Programming
       Polyhedral Combinatorics
       Scheduling

Submission of Abstracts
      One page abstracts should be submitted 
      before February 1, 2000. 
     Abstracts should be in the form of a text or latex file. 
      Abstracts should be sent by e-mail to 

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    Abstracts should contain the names and affiliations 
    of all authors and the title of the paper. 

Important Dates

 February 1, 2000	Deadline for abstract submission
 March 1, 2000	Notification of acceptance
 April 30, 2000	Last date for early registration fees
 July 12, 2000	Conference date

Registration
     Early registration fee is £125 (GBP) - until April 30, 2000
     Late registration fee is £175 (GBP)

    Payment can be by credit card (Visa, Master Card), 
    cheque or eurocheque. Cheques should be in pounds sterling 
    only, made payable to "University of Greenwich". 
    Personal cheques should be drawn on a U.K. bank.

    The fee includes the book of abstracts, 
   the reception and the conference banquet. 

Venue and Accommodation

    The conference will take place in Maritime Greenwich 
    University Campus located in the historic building 
    of the Old Royal Naval College created by Sir 
    Christopher Wren.

    Accommodation has been reserved at 
    University of Greenwich’s Avery Hill Campus. 
    Transportation to the conference venue will be organised. 
    In addition, there are hotel facilities close by.

Conference Web site
    http://cms1.gre.ac.uk/co_2000/ 



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