Format of the Meeting:
The European Finite Element Fair (EFEF) is an annual series of completely informal small workshops throughout Europe with equal initial conditions for each speaker. EFEF provides a platform for high-level discussions on current research on finite element approximation, in the broadest sense, of partial differential equations. Authors are encouraged to present *one* new idea rather than review a full research project. In this spirit, the communication of recent and new results, even not yet published, is very welcome (see The Book, item 4 below). A few, but strict, rules apply to EFEF in order to distinguish it from existing workshops and minisymposia in the field.

• Speakers at EFEF are volunteers from the audience. Provided that he or she is present throughout the meeting, each participant is invited to talk.
•  Based on the number of speakers the time available will be divided into slots for the talks. The order of the speakers will be determined through random choice, by drawing names out of a hat. Speakers cannot request a specific time to talk.
  
• Each speaker should introduce himself or herself, the title and topic, and is expected to leave sufficient time, within the allocated time-slot, for discussion. Speakers have to prepare a talk that can be trimmed to various lengths (from seconds to 30 minutes). For a smooth meeting, the time table will be strictly enforced.
• The Book. Starting from EFEF 2005, a book will be available (in the Oberwolfach tradition) to record new analytical and numerical results presented during EFEF. Results can be hand-written or typeset and glued into the book.
  
• Time Frame: Friday 1pm till Saturday 5pm.
  
• Presentation: Bring your presentation as a pdf-file on an USB-stick. That will make life/technical support much more relaxed and easier during the conference.

Location:
Department of Mathematical Sciences at Chalmers University of Technology and Göteborg University
Chalmers Tvärgata 3
Göteborg
Lecture hall: Euler
Map of the campus.

How to travel to Göteborg:
Travel to Chalmers.

Accommodation (walking distance):
Hotel (Please, book your room no later than April 25 at reservation.panorama@choice.se and use the booking number 79786 to get a discount.)
Youth hostel

Registration: It is NOT a must to register for the workshop. However, it makes our preparations much easier and more effective if you register by sending an e-mail to:  Stig Larsson.

History:  Cambridge (2003), Berlin (2004), Pavia (2005), Zürich (2006), Marseille (2007).

Local organizing committee:

• Mohammad Asadzadeh
• Peter Hansbo
• Karin Kraft
• Stig Larsson
• Nils Svanstedt

 
European organizing committee:

• Christine Bernardi, Université Pierre & Marie Curie, Paris, France
• Daniele Boffi, Università di Pavia, Italia
  
• Carsten Carstensen, Humboldt-Universität, Berlin, Deutschland
  
• Charlie Elliott, University of Warwick, England
  
• Stig Larsson, Chalmers tekniska högskola, Göteborg, Sweden
  
• Rolf Rannacher, Universität Heidelberg, Deutschland
  
• Christoph Schwab, ETH Zürich, Schweiz
  
• Endre Süli, Oxford University, England

Sponsor:  The Wenner-Gren Foundations.