PROGRAMME COMMITTEE

• N. Manev (Sofia, Co-Chairman)
• G. Kabatiansky (Moscow, Co-Chairman)
• S. Bouyuklieva (V. Tarnovo)
• P. Boyvalenkov (Sofia)
• E. Kolev (Sofia)
• V. Levenshtein (Moscow)
• F. Solov'eva (Novosibirsk)
• V. Zinoviev (Moscow)

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

• L. Bassalygo (Moscow, Co-Chairman)
• S. Dodunekov (Sofia, Co-Chairman)
• S. Kapralov (Gabrovo)
• V. Lebedev (Moscow)
• B. Kudryashov (St. Petersburg)
• I. Landjev (Sofia)
• V. Zyablov (Moscow)
• S. Topalova (V. Tarnovo)

TOPICS

• Linear codes
• Burst-correcting codes
• Self-dual codes
• Algebraic-geometric codes
• Decoding
• Combinatorial codes
• Covering problems
• Spherical codes and designs
• Cryptography
• Computer systems in coding theory
• Related topics

LOCATION

The Workshop will take place at Hotel Finlandia , Pamporovo, Bulgaria. Pamporovo is the sunniest winter resort in Bulgaria and is located at 230 km from Sofia and 85 km south from Plovdiv. There are good bus connections to Sofia and Plovdiv. Hotel Finlandia offers nice accommodation and conference facilities. More information from the organizers at acct@moi.math.bas.bg.

DEADLINES

March 31, 2008: to inform the organizers, if you intend to come;
April 15, 2008: deadline for submission of papers;
May 1, 2008: notification of acceptance (to be mailed out).

ACCOMMODATION AND REGISTRATION FEES

• EURO 450 / 500 ( Double / Single room ) room prior to May 15, 2008,
• EURO 500 / 550 ( Double / Single room ) after May 15, 2008
• EURO 350 for students prior to May 16, 2008 (Double room);
• EURO 300 for spouses.

  The registration fee includes accommodation in hotel Finlandia, full board, social events, workshop proceedings.

  Payment should be done in EURO by bank transfer to the following account:
  
  UNICREDIT BULBANK, Kaloyan Branch
  3 Kaloyan Str., Sofia 1000, Bulgaria
  BIC CODE: UNCRBGSF
  IBAN: BG 85 UNCR 7630 3400 0012 91 / EUR/
  Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, ACCT2008

  Payments after May 16, 2008, can be in cash upon arrival.

LANGUAGE

The official language of the workshop will be English.

SUBMISSIONS

Authors are invited to submit camera ready papers in Latex (at most six pages) by e-mail to acct@moi.math.bas.bg.

SOCIAL EVENTS

A welcome party, a banquet, an excursion.