Christopher Field Retirement Symposium Christopher Field has been a member of the Mathematics and Statistics Department at Dalhousie University for 35 years and will be retiring in July of 2005. A Symposium in his honour will be held on August 15, 2005, consisting of invited talks by several of his collaborators and former students. A complete schedule of events is shown here. A Campus Map for Dalhousie University can be found by clicking here Registration takes place in Room 219 (the main office) of the Chase Building (C280 on Campus Map, Dept of Math & Stats) between 8:00am and 9:00am. The workshop itself will be held in Room 217 of the Henry Hicks (formerly A&A) building (C300 on campus map) starting at 9:00 am. The speakers are Debbie Dupuis, HEC Montreal ( Title and abstract ) Marc Genton, Texas A & M University ( Title and abstract ) Michael Newton, University of Wisconsin, Madison ( Title and abstract ) Andrew Roger, Dalhousie University ( Title and abstract ) Elvezio Ronchetti, University of Geneva ( Title and abstract ) Alan Welsh, Australian National University ( Title and abstract ) Registration: Space is limited. If you would like to attend, please contact Joanna Mills Flemming (flemming@mathstat.dal.ca). Some funds are available for student travel and accomodation expenses. Accomodation: A block of rooms is being held at the Cambridge Suites Hotel in Halifax at $150 per night (with breakfast). If you attend this symposium, you may be interesting in staying for the NPCDS Workshop on Spatial/Temporal Modelling for Marine Ecological Systems. For more information about this event visit the website. (More details will be posted as they become available).