FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT 7th Slovenian International Conference on Graph Theory BLED’11

June 19 – June 25, 2011 Lake Bled,

The 7th Slovenian International Conference on Graph Theory will take place from June 19 to June 25, 2011 at Lake Bled, a beautiful vacation resort in the Julian Alps in Northern Slovenia. It is only a half-hour drive from Ljubljana International Airport (Jozeˇ Pucnikˇ Airport, Brnik), as well as from the Slovenian borders with and Italy. Latest infor- mation on the conference BLED’11 (including this announcement) can be viewed on the conference web page http://bled11.imfm.si Other important facts are included below. CONFERENCE VENUE The conference venue is the Best Western Kompas Hotel Bled (****), Cankarjeva cesta 2, 4260 Bled, Slovenia. PRE-REGISTRATION AND ENQUIRIES Registration, hotel and transfer reservations will be handled on-line. The second announce- ment will follow by the end of February 2011. Inquiries about the conference should be addressed by e-mail to [email protected]

CONFERENCE FEE If paid before May 31, 2011: Normal: 300 Euros (includes conference dinner and excursion) Reduced: 150 Euros (for students) If paid after May 31, 2011: Normal: 400 Euros Reduced: 200 Euros (for students) xxi KEYNOTE SPEAKERS The following keynote speakers have confirmed participation: Jonathan L. Gross (Columbia University, USA) Richard Hammack (Virginia Commonwealth University, USA) Wilfried Imrich (Montanuniversitat,¨ Austria) Alexander A. Ivanov (Imperial College London, United Kingdom) Laszl´ o´ Lovasz´ (Eotv¨ os¨ Lorand´ University, ) Jaroslav Nesetˇ rilˇ (Charles University, ) Martin Skovieraˇ (Comenius University, Slovakia) Asia Ivic´ Weiss (York University, Canada)

INVITED SPEAKERS The following invited speakers have confirmed participation: Ilya Ponomarenko (Saint Petersburg Depart. of V. A. Steklov Institute of Math., ) Joy Morris (University of Lethbridge, Canada) Drago Bokal (University of Maribor, Slovenia) Xuding Zhu (National Sun Yat-sen Univ. & National Center for Theoretical Sciences, Taiwan) Douglas F. Rall (Furman University, USA) Dragan Stevanovic´ (University of Nis,ˇ ) Peter Stadler (University of Leipzig, ) Shaofei Du (Capital Normal University, ) Matthias Dehmer (Vienna University of Technology, Austria) Antonio Breda d’Azevedo (University of Aveiro, ) Bostjanˇ Bresarˇ (University of Maribor, Slovenia) Aleksandar Jurisiˇ c´ (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)

MINISYMPOSIA The conference will host a number of special minisymposia, some of which may run in parallel sessions. The current list of minisymposia (not yet complete) and their organisers includes the following: Association Schemes Ilya Ponomarenko (Saint Petersburg Department of V. A. Steklov Institute of Mathematics, Russia) [email protected] Cayley Graphs Joy Morris (University of Lethbridge, Canada) [email protected] Coloring of Graphs Xuding Zhu (National Sun Yat-sen University and National Center for Theoretical Sciences, Taiwan) [email protected] Crossing Number Drago Bokal (University of Maribor, Slovenia) [email protected]

xxii Domination, Independence and Coloring of Product Graphs Douglas F. Rall (Furman University, USA) [email protected] Graph Spectra and its Applications Dragan Stevanovic´ (University of Nis,ˇ Serbia) [email protected] Graphs and Networks in Biology Peter Stadler (University of Leipzig, Germany) [email protected] Group Actions Shaofei Du (Capital Normal University, China) [email protected] Information Theory of Graphs Matthias Dehmer (Vienna University of Technology, Austria) [email protected] Maps and Symmetries Antonio Breda d’Azevedo (University of Aveiro, Portugal) [email protected] Mathematical Chemistry TBA Metric Graph Theory Bostjanˇ Bresarˇ (University of Maribor, Slovenia) [email protected] Representations of Graphs Tomazˇ Pisanski (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia) [email protected] Aleksandar Jurisiˇ c´ (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia) [email protected] Inquiries about minisymposia should be sent directly to the corresponding minisymposium organizer.

SUBMITTING PAPERS FOR PROCEEDINGS The conference proceedings will be published as a special issue of Ars Mathematica Con- temporanea. The deadline for submission is August 15, 2011.

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Sandi Klavzar,ˇ Dragan Marusiˇ cˇ (chair), Bojan Mohar, Tomazˇ Pisanski

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Bostjanˇ Kuzman, Klavdija Kutnar, Primozˇ Sparlˇ

ADVISORY BOARD Aleksander Malnic,ˇ Stefkoˇ Miklavicˇ

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