A little bit of the history...

The seminar, iniciated by W.Plesniak, started 17 October 1979.

Till October 2005 there were about 620 lectures given by more than 70 mathematicians (specialists in the theory of approximation and other domains) from Polish universities (M.Baran, L.Bialas-Ciez, B.Bieniek, A.Edigarian, K.Grasela, H.Hudzik, Z.Jelonek, A.Janik, M.Jedrzejowski, A.Kaminska, S.Kolodziej, M.Kosek, P.Koziol, W.Kozlowski, Z.Leszczynski, G.Lewicki, M.Lisicka, G.Lysik, M.Mastylo, B.Micherda, J.Musielak, J.Myjak, P.Niemiec, J.Nowak, Pasicki, W.Plesniak, A.Ploski, K.Reczek, K.Rusek, W.Siemaszko, A.Skiba, L.Skrzypek, R.Smarzewski, M.Stachura, M.Stawiska, J.Stochel, J.Sudolski, J.Szczepanski, A.Wierzbicka, A.Wojcik, S.Woronowicz, Z.Wronicz, A.Zabolotny, T.Zajac, A.Zwak) and other countries (Ch.Berg (Kopenhaga), F.Bertellot (Lille), H.-P.Blatt (Eichstatt) P.Boyadzhiyev (Sophia), C.Brezinski (Lille), J.-P.Calvi (Toulouse), U.Cegrell (Uppsala), B.Chalmers (Riverside, Ca) A.-M.Chollet (Lille), G.Coeure (Lille), B.Coupet (Marseille), M.M.Derrennic, J.Gilewicz (Toulon), M.Girnyk (Lvov) P.Goetgheluck (Orsay), A.Goncharov (Ancara) A.Jonsson (Umea), L. Kamoun (Monastyr), M.Klimek (Uppsala), M.Langenbruch (Oldenburg), N.Levenberg, K.Menke (Dortmund), A. Mouse (Lille), V.P.Odynec (St.Petersbourg) M.Passare, M.-C.Pelissier (Toulon) P.Penel (Toulon) V.Rucak (Minsk), A.Russakovskii (Kharkov), J.Schmets (Liege), M.Simkani (Michigan-Flint), H.Stahl (Berlin), M.Stawiska (Chicago), Tamrazov (Kiev), V.Thillez, V.Toryaynov (Doneck), D.Vogt (Wuppertal), H.Wallin (Umea), P.Wingren, V.Zahariuta (Marmara Research Center), A.Zeriahi (Toulouse)).

See also
Conference on Approximation Theory, Kraków, June 3rd-5th, 2004
500th meeting