FOURTH SCHOOL ON ANALYSIS AND GEOMETRY IN METRIC SPACES

                 First Announcement

                     FOURTH  SCHOOL ON
           ``ANALYSIS AND GEOMETRY IN METRIC SPACES''

                   Trento,  May 22-27, 2005



The aim of the school is to offer an outline of the present state of
research concerning geometric measure theory on Carnot-Caratheodory groups
and on more general metric spaces. Analysis and Geometry on these structures
has been object of extensive research in the last few years, with
applications ranging from degenerate elliptic equations to optimal control
theory and differential geometry.

It is the intention of the organizers to put together young researchers and
well-known researchers active in the field and to encourage informal
discussion on current research trends and developments in the area. Young
researchers are encouraged to participate: it is possible to support some of
them upon request.The following speakers have agreed to give short courses:
        Andrei Agrachev (SISSA Trieste),
        Zoltan Balogh (Bern),
        Bruce Kleiner (Ann Arbor),
        Pierre Pansu (Paris Sud).
                                                                                
The school will take place in the conference hall of ITC-IRST in Povo, a
couple of kilometres from the centre of Trento.  Participants will  be
lodged in a few hotels in Trento.
                                                                                
This event will be financed by CIRM of Istituto Trentino di Cultura, PRIN
Project ``Calcolo delle Variazioni'' and GNAMPA-INDAM.
                                                                                
All interested persons in attending the school should send the Application
Form below before April 15, 2005 to:
        Mr. A. Micheletti
        Secretary of CIRM
        Istituto Trentino di Cultura
        38050 Povo (TRENTO).
        E-Mail: michelet@science.unitn.it
        http://www.science.unitn.it/cirm/
        Phone: (39)-0461881628 / Fax:  (39)-0461810629
                                                                                
                        The Organizers:
                        Luigi Ambrosio, luigi@ambrosio.sns.it
                        Bruno Franchi, franchib@dm.unibo.it
                        Raul Serapioni, serapion@science.unitn.it
                        Francesco Serra Cassano, cassano@science.unitn.it
                                                                                
            http://cvgmt.sns.it/event/14/
            
When
Sun May 22 – Fri May 27, 2005