The Ninth Inverse Days

The Ninth Inverse Days conference will be held in Syötekeskus at Pudasjärvi from Wednesday the 10th to Friday the 12th of December, 2003.

The conference is organized by the Finnish Inverse Problems Society (FIPS). This year, the local organizers are from the inverse problems research group from the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Oulu.

Venue

The conference venue will be in the Syötekeskus. This skiing and recreation center is located at Pikkusyöte in Pudasjärvi. The Pikkusyöte hill is 67 kilometers from the center of Pudasjärvi and approximately 140 kilometers from Oulu.

Participation fee

The participation fee for the inverse days is 220 € or 260 € depending whether you will be staying in a room for 2 persons or for single person, respectively. The participation fee is all inclusive, it covers transportations, conference dinner, accommodation and social program costs. The participation fee has to be paid to the Inverse Society bank account. If you have your own reference number (this concerns mainly the members of the society) you should use it. You can find your reference number from the web site of the Finnish inverse problems society. The deadline for the payment is November 21th.

Program

You can find the preliminary program here: PDF, Postscript.
The days are organized as follows. We will start the conference by lunch on Wednesday at 11.00 am and the scientific program is scheduled to start at 12.30. The breakfast will be at 8.00-10.00 on Thursday and Friday morning. On Wednesday we will have a dinner at 17.00.
The conference will end by lunch at 11.30-12.30 on Friday. After the lunch the conference bus will leave back to Oulu and will be at the airport approximately 15.00. Afterwards, the bus will drive to railway station and it will be there approximately 15.30.

Social Program

Thursday is the "social program" day. First there will be the conference dinner at 18.00-20.00. After the conference dinner we will move to Hanhilampi pond where we will have a smoke sauna. This takes place from 20.00-24.00.

There are two menu alternatives for the dinner:

Menu 1

  • Punajuurigraavattua siikaa ja pieni jokirapuvarras
    • inkivääri-öljyllä marinoitua yrttisalaattia
  • Uunissa paahdettu lohi-ahvenruusuke ja korvasienimuhennosta
    • perunakakkua ja juures-purjoröstiä
  • Ilvesjuustoa ja vadelmamoussea
    • lämmintä herukkahilloa ja mantelikrokanttia

Menu 2

  • Punajuurigraavattu siikaa ja pieni jokirapuvarras
    • inkivääri-öljyllä marinoitua yrttisalaattia
  • Basilikapestolla kuorrutettua häränfileetä ja tummaa portviinikastiketta
    • perunakakkua ja juures-purjoröstiä
  • Ilvesjuustoa ja vadelmamoussea
    • lämmintä herukkahilloa ja mantelikrokanttia

Menu 1

  • Rawpickled lavaret and a small crayfish skewer
    • herb salad marinated with ginger oil
  • Roasted salmon and perch rosette with morel stew
    • potato cake and rösti of root vegetables
  • Cottage cheese and raspberry mousse
    • warm currant jam and almond crocquant

Menu 2

  • Rawpickled lavaret and a small crayfish skewer
    • herb salad marinated with ginger oil
  • Fillet of beef with basil pesto, dark port wine sauce
    • potato cake and rösti of root vegetables
  • Cottage cheese and raspberry mousse
    • warm currant jam and almond crocquant

Accommodation

Accommodation possibilities are either in 2 person rooms or a single room. The difference is in the price which will be reflected in the participation fee.

Transportation

We will organize a bus connection to Syötekeskus from Oulu on Wednesday morning and from Syötekeskus back to Oulu on Friday afternoon. We advise the participants to use following connections when coming to Oulu from Helsinki.
The bus will leave from 7.30 (naturally waiting for every participant coming with that train) at Oulu railway station and then it will head to the airport where it will wait for both flights. The bus will then leave to Syötekeskus and will be there approximately at 10.30 am.

For those not coming with the previous connections we will arrange some guest rooms for staying overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday. Since there are only limited number of guest rooms we ask you to inform about your plans as soon as possible. Naturally there are hotels in Oulu where you can stay.

Registration

The registration deadline was November 10th, which has already passed. Anyhow, if you still would like to participate, please contact the organizers directly by sending us an e-mail to inverse.days@oulu.fi. The participation may still be possible. But since this cannot be guaranteed any longer, the on-line registration period has ended.

Further Information

You may also contact Hanna Kiili (telephone number +358 8 553 1749). E-mail address is inverse.days@oulu.fi
Petteri Piiroinen
  01 Dec 2003