Probability and Geometry of Convex Sets

In honor of
Yehoram Gordon

February 17-20, 2009
Technion, Haifa, Israel

Organizing committee: Y. Benyamini, S. Mendelson, S. Reisner

The conference, honoring Yehoram Gordon on his retirement, will be mostly concentrated on recent developments in areas close to his heart and in which he has made significant contributions over many years.

Confirmed participants:
J. Arazy, S. Artstein-Avidan, M. Fradelizi, V. Fonf, O. Guedon, E. Gluskin, W.B. Johnson, N. Kalton, B. Klartag, A. Koldobsky, S. Kwapien, J. Lindenstrauss, A. Litvak, M. Meyer, V. Milman, N. J. Nielsen, A. Pajor, A. Pełczynski , M. Rudelson, G. Schechtman, C. Schuett, T. Szankowski, N. Tomczak-Jaegermann, E. Werner

Program

Abstracts

Accommodations: The conference participants will stay in three hotels around Haifa. All reservation will be made by the CMS. There will be daily transportation to and from the hotels to the Technion during the period of the conference.

Hotels:

Name	Rate
Forchheimer Guest House*	$40-$50
Nof Hotel** www.nofhotel.co.il	$75
Shulamit Hotel **	$55

* Small furnished apartments with utilities, a small kitchen, phone, TV, internet connection, rate per night for a single occupancy, no breakfast.
** Rates per night for a single occupancy + breakfast.

Transportation to and from the airport:

A shuttle run by "Amal Taxi Co." provides transportation from Ben-Gurion Airport to Haifa. The cost is 56 Israeli Shekels (about $16) and the service is available around the clock.
There is a train from the airport to Haifa. For details please go to "Schedules and Fares" at http://www.rail.co.il/EN/Pages/HomePage.aspx. Your departure station is "Ben-Gurion Airport", and your destination station is "Hof Ha-Carmel". Upon arriving in Haifa, you will need to take a taxi from the train station to your hotel; the day fare is about 40 Israeli Shekels. Please be advised that the train does not run from Friday afternoon until approx. 19:30 on Saturday night.
Taxi from the Airport to Haifa will cost about $80 (night fare is higher).
Information about transportation from Haifa back to the Airport will be provided at the conference.

For further information:
Ms. Yael Cohen, Conference Coordinator
Department of Mathematics
Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
32000 Haifa, Israel
cms@math.technion.ac.il
phone: 972 4 829 4278
fax: 972 4 829 3388

Probability and Geometry of Convex Sets

In honor of Yehoram Gordon

February 17-20, 2009 Technion, Haifa, Israel

* Small furnished apartments with utilities, a small kitchen, phone, TV, internet connection, rate per night for a single occupancy, no breakfast. ** Rates per night for a single occupancy + breakfast.

For further information: Ms. Yael Cohen, Conference Coordinator Department of Mathematics Technion-Israel Institute of Technology 32000 Haifa, Israel cms@math.technion.ac.il phone: 972 4 829 4278 fax: 972 4 829 3388

In honor of
Yehoram Gordon

February 17-20, 2009
Technion, Haifa, Israel

* Small furnished apartments with utilities, a small kitchen, phone, TV, internet connection, rate per night for a single occupancy, no breakfast.
** Rates per night for a single occupancy + breakfast.

For further information:
Ms. Yael Cohen, Conference Coordinator
Department of Mathematics
Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
32000 Haifa, Israel
cms@math.technion.ac.il
phone: 972 4 829 4278
fax: 972 4 829 3388