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 On behalf of the Organizing Committee I have the pleasure to inform you that the next conference from the series
 
 Geometry and Topology of Manifolds
 will take place in Krakow from the 30th June to 5th July at the Mathematical Institute of the Jagiellonian University.
 This conference will be dedicated to:
 
 Lie groupoids and algebroids and their applications in symplectic and Poisson geometryOperator theory and C*-algebrasNoncommutative geometryRational homotopy and applicationsFoliations and applications in Riemannian geometry The conference fee is fixed at 150 Euros. It will cover:
 
 conference materials
 lunches at the faculty canteen
 visit to the University Museum
 conference dinner at a restaurant in the Old Town.
 We have invited the following plenary speakers:
 R.L. Fernandes
 J. Grabowski
 J. Huebschmann
 St. Hurder
 I. Kolar
 A. Mishchenko
 N. Teleman
 G. Thorbergsson
 P. Walczak
 
 For young researchers we  have planned the following mini-courses:
 N. Ciccoli: The Poisson geometry of quantum groups
 N. Teleman: Introduction to the index theorem
 
 You can register on the conference web page
 http://www.im.uj.edu.pl/gtm2008
 Contact:
 
 Official address: robert.wolak(at)im.uj.edu.pl . In  case of any problems with reaching me at the above address please write to robert.wolak(at)gmail.com
 
 Accommodation:
 
 We strongly advice the participants to reserve a hotel room in February.   Some on-line reservation www pages are listed on the conference web page.   The faculty building is about 5 min. on foot from the Old Town, so any   hotel situated in the vicinity of the Old Town would convenient. Below  the list of some hotel not far from the faculty building.
 We have also reserved some rooms in students residences and university hotels at about 28 euros a single and 40 euros a double, subject to the rate exchange fluctuations. If you would like  to reserve one of these rooms please write. However, we will be able to keep the reservation only after receiving the conference fee by the end of April.
 
 The conference fee should be wired to the faculty account
 
 
 Wydzial Matematyki i Informatyki UJ
 PEKAO S.A O/Krakow, ul. Pijarska 1, 31-015 Krakow, Poland
 Swift address: BPHK PL PK
 IBAN: PL 95 1060 0076 0000 3200 0047 7690
 
 
 with the mention gtm2008 or paid  upon the arrival.
 
 On behalf of the Organizing Committee
 
 Robert Wolak
 
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