Conference Highlights

Conference Photo
A conference photo is planned for Monday at 12:00pm. Instructions will be provided at the meeting.

Computer Lab
A conference computer lab will be set-up in the Diefenbaker Room at the hotel, which will consist of 4-5 PC's connected to the internet. We anticipate that this lab will mostly be an email service facility. The hours of the lab are 8:30am -- 6 pm, Sun. - Wed. We have planned to have a printer available.

Book Display/Study Hall
There will be a book display of the usual sort in the Qu'Appelle room at the hotel. In addition this room will double as a study hall. Tables and chairs will be set-up and the hours will be 8:30am -- 6pm, Sun. - Wed.

ILAS Business Meeting
ILAS Business meeting will take place on Sunday at 5:40 pm in the Wascana Ballroom. Agenda and minutes will be distributed at the door.

Student Dinner
ILAS and the CMS are providing a student dinner on Sunday. All students associated with the meeting (presenters and non-presenters) will gather in the hotel lobby at 7 pm to await further instructions.

Minisymposia:

• Spectral Properties of Families of Matrices described by Patterns or Graphs, organized by Leslie Hogben. Click here to view the abstracts and to download slides or preprints based on the talks presented in this minisymposium.
  Confirmed Speakers :
  Francesco Barioli, Carleton University, Canada
  Wayne Barrett, Brigham Young University, U.S.A.
  Pauline van den Driessche, University of Victoria, Canada
  Daniel Hershkowitz, Technion, Israel
  Leslie Hogben, Iowa State University, U.S.A.
  Hein van der Holst, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
  Zhongshan Li, Georgia State University, U.S.A.
  Dale Olesky, University of Victoria, Canada

  PIMS minisymposium on Isospectral and Structure Preserving Transformations, organized by Graham Gladwell and Peter Lancaster

  Confirmed Speakers :

  Paul Binding, University of Calgary, Canada

  K. Driessel, Colorado State University, U.S.A.

  Graham Gladwell, University of Waterloo, Canada

  Peter Gibson, York University, Canada

  Peter Lancaster, University of Calgary, Canada

  Uwe Prells, University of Nottingham, UK.

  O. Rojo, Unversidad Catolica del Notre, Chile

  Education Issues in Linear Algebra, organized by Jane Day

  Confirmed Speakers:

  Luz de Alba, Drake University, U.S.A.

  Guershon Harel, University of California, San Diego, U.S.A.

  Sang-gu Lee, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea

  Preserver Problems, organized by Chi-Kwong Li and Peter Semrl

  Confirmed Speakers :

  Matej Bresar, University of Maribor, Slovenia

  Peter Semrl, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

  Nung-Sing Sze, University of Hong Kong, China

  Tatjana Petek, University of Maribor, Slovenia

  Ahmed Sourour, University of Victoria, Canada

  Canonical Angles Between Subspaces: Theory and Applications, organized by Li Qiu

  Confirmed Speakers :

  Merico Argentati, University of Colorado at Denver, U.S.A.

  Chandler Davis, University of Toronto, Canada

  Ren-Cang Li, University of Kentucky, U.S.A.

  Li Qiu, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China

  Yanxia Zhang, Beijing University of Technology, China

Conference Banquet:

Tuesday, June 28, 2005 at 7:30 pm

Blue Room of the Hotel Saskatchewan Radisson Plaza

Ticket price: $60 (Canadian)

Banquet Speaker: Chandler Davis

Please note the Hotel Saskatchewan is located two blocks west of the conference site (Regina Inn) along Victoria Ave. Maps will be provided in your registration kits. There will be no cash bar service for this banquet (wine will be provided at your tables), but if you wish you are welcome to visit the lounge on the main floor of the Hotel Saskatchewan before the banquet.

Conference Box Luncheon:

ILAS will supply a box lunch on Sunday June 26, which will take place in the Wascana Ballroom (WB) at 12:30 pm. One of the purposes of this luncheon is to recognize and introduce students, postdoctoral fellows, and their advisors. Upon registration students and postdoctoral fellows will be asked to complete a questionnaire and return it to the registration desk by 11am on Sunday. Then at the luncheon Jeff Stuart will introduce the students and postdocs. A group student/postdoc photo is planned during this event.

Conference Program