Symmetry Plus Integrability 2010

The First International Conference on

Integrable Systems and Nonlinear Waves

on the Gulf of Mexico

In Honor of Yuji Kodama's 60th Birthday 

  

June 10-14, 2010

South Padre Travelodge, South Padre Island, Texas

Plenary speakers

Scientific Advisory Committee

Organizing Committee

Themes

Soliton, integrable systems, water waves, optics and photonics, random matrices and integrable systems, integrable systems and number theory, dispersionless integrable systems, higher dimensional integrable systems, discrete integrable systems, Painleve equations

Participants

Conference venue

The conference will take place at South Padre Travelodge in South Padre Island, Texas.






Talks

We have several plenary talks, a limited number of 30 minutes talks, and poster sessions.

Schedule and Program

Start from the morning of June 10, End in the afternoon of June 14.

Arrival: June 9, 2010, Departure: June 15, 2010.

Program (HTML)

Program (pdf file)

Program and Abstract (pdf file)

Application & Registration Fee

Application: Please send the application form to Dr. Maruno if you want to attend the conference.

Deadline of Application: March 31, 2010

Registration Fee: No registration fee for participants who registered by March 31, 2010. All participants must send the application form.

Abstract Submission

Please send the abstract (use the template) to [email protected]

Deadline: Monday, May 3

Banquet & Activities

We will have a banquet in June 11, 2010.

Important Deadlines

Deadline of Application: March 31, 2010

Accommodation

Conference participants are not supposed to pay state hotel tax at the hotels. Please download, fill out, and provide the form Texas Hotel Occupancy Tax Exemption Certificate at the hotel check in. We recommend the following hotels to stay:

South Padre Travelodge
6200 Padre Boulevard, South Padre Island, TX 78597
Phone: +1-866-601-6200 or +1-956-761-4744
Fax: +1-956-761-3144
email: [email protected]

is holding 45 rooms for participants (until May 20, 2010),
at the price of $109.00 + tax per night.

When you call, please mention you will attend "mathematics conference SPI2010".

You can also fax the request of reservation. (Please write that you will attend "mathematics conference SPI2010", the date you want to stay, your name, credit card information, and your email address, etc. You will receive a confirmation number when you reserve your room. )

BEACHSIDE INN (1.2 miles from Travelodge)

4500 Padre Boulevard, South Padre Island, TX 78597

Phone: +1-956-761-4919

Fax: +1-956-761-3924

is holding 7 rooms for participants (until May 20) at the price of $59.95 + tax per night.

Please mention “Kenichi Maruno, Mathematics Conference” to hotel.



There is another hotel, Holiday Inn Express, which is very close to South Padre Travelodge.

Special rate for our conference participants is available.


Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites (1 min. from Travelodge)

6502 Padre Boulevard, South Padre Island, TX 78597

Phone: +1-956-761-8844

$169.00 + tax per night.

Please call and mention that you are in the Mathematics Conference Group.


You can see other hotels in
http://www.kayak.com/hotels

If you have a car, there are a lot of choices.

Dining

Visit Spadre.com

Travel: How to get there

Airport:

Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport(BRO), 25miles, about 40 minutes (we recommend to use this airport.)

Valley International Airport Harlingen(HRL), 40 miles, about 60 minues

Transportation from Brownsville Airport

Wave Buses: The WAVE is the FREE shuttle system serving South Padre Island and Port Isabel. There are a number of convenient WAVE stops in both communities, however, you can also just go near the street and wave when one is approaching! Normal hours are 7am-7pm (extended hours during the summer).The Wave connects to the Rio Gulf Coast Shuttle in Port Isabel near Church's Chicken in the Las Palmas Shopping Center at the intersection of Hwys 48 & 100. This service allows persons to travel directly between South Padre Island and the Port of Brownsville, the Brownsville/ South Padre Island International Airport, and downtown Brownsville's Market Square and the Brownsville Urban BUS system. There is a minimal fee to travel to and from Brownsville. The service operates from 6:15am until 6:35pm everyday EXCEPT Sunday. Rio Transit schedule.

Taxi Services

A Cab 956-761-1111 or 956-761-4937, A Taxi 956-761-1111 or 956-761-4937,

Airport 956-761-1040, BB's Taxi 956-761-7433, JJ's Taxi 956-761-9292,

Padre Cab 956-761-2525


About $60-65 from Brownsville airport to the South Padre.


Airport Shuttle (Valley Transit) 956-423-5467, 1-866-934-6882



For non-U.S. citizens

If you need an invitation letter for getting visa, please ask to Dr. Maruno.

If you enter to the United States under the visa waiver program, you must apply for authorization using ESTA. Please visit ESTA web site.

If you are not citizens in United States, please bring your passport or green card.

(In the airport in this region, the border patrol will check your passport or green card.)

Contact

For scientific information, contact one of the organizers.



Sponsors & Support

We acknowledge the support of the following organizations: