Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) - Italy
                  Universita` di Cagliari - Italy
                   Universita` di Torino - Italy
	          University of Mississippi - USA

             CONSTRAINED DYNAMICS AND QUANTUM GRAVITY 05
           CALA GONONE (SARDINIA, ITALY), SEPTEMBER 12-16 2005

                        FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT

The INFN and the Universities of Cagliari, Torino, and Mississippi invite all
interested researchers and students to participate in the Fourth Meeting on
Constrained Dynamics and Quantum Gravity, which will take place in Cala Gonone
(Sardinia, Italy) from Monday 12th to Friday 16th September 2005. 

The purpose of the meeting (as for the first meeting, held in Dubna, 1995, the
second meeting, held in Santa Margherita Ligure, 1996, and the third meeting,
held in Villasimius, Sardinia 1999) is to bring together workers from Field
Theory, General Relativity and related areas to discuss the present status and
latest developments in the quantum treatment of gravitational systems. 

The scientific programme, to be decided by the Advisory Committee,
will consist of invited plenary talks and short communications. 

Advisory Committee:

Orfeu Bertolami (IST Lisboa, Portugal)
Luca Bombelli (Univ. Mississippi)
Steve Carlip (UC Davis, USA)
Alessandro D'Adda (INFN Torino, Italy)
Vittorio de Alfaro (Univ. Torino, Italy)
Stanley Deser (Brandeis, USA)
Georgi Dvali (NYU, USA)
Sergio Ferrara (CERN)
Gian Francesco Giudice (CERN)
Roman Jackiw (MIT, USA)
Edward W. Kolb (Fermilab, USA)
Luca Lusanna (INFN Firenze, Italy)
Roy Maartens (Univ. Portsmouth, UK)
Hermann Nicolai (AEI, Potsdam, Germany)
Tullio Regge (Politecnico di Torino, Italy)
Augusto Sagnotti (Univ. Roma Tor Vergata, Italy)
Kellogg S. Stelle (Imperial College London, UK)
Ruth Williams (DAMTP, Cambridge, UK)

Organising Committee:

Mariano Cadoni (Uuniversita` and INFN Cagliari)
Marco Cavaglia` (University of Mississippi)
Jeanette E. Nelson (Universita` and INFN Torino)

The Conference Venue

The meeting will take place at the beautiful sea resort of Cala Gonone, about 
120 Kms south of Olbia, on the eastern (Tyrrhenian) coast of the island of
Sardinia, Italy. 

About the Conference Venue 

Sardinia is the second largest Mediterranean island after Sicily, separated
from Southern Corsica by just 13 Kms of sea, the Bonifacio straits, and is bathed
by some of the cleanest water in the Mediterranean. It is stunningly beautiful
and unspoilt, and boasts some of the best food in Italy.

Cala Gonone is a small port and fishing village in the Gulf of Orosei, the last
stretch of uninhabited Italian coast, and home to the last rare examples of
monk seal. There are cliffs sweeping down to the sea, snowy white beaches, blue
bays and sea caves. A wonderful vegetation of myrtle, rosemary, rock rose and
sea lavender border the sandy beaches, many of which can only be reached by sea
or by foot, such as, Cala Luna (Moon Beach). The white chalk rocks and
limestone cliffs give the water an enticing crystalline pale blue colour. The
coastline is dotted with stunning caves and caverns with remarkable
stalactites, stalagmites and underground lakes.

Dorgali, 10 Kms north of Cala Gonone, is famous for craftwork and is the centre
of the renowned Cannonau wine-growing region.

Second Announcement and Further Information:

There will be a registration fee of maximum Euro 250 to be paid on arrival in
Cala Gonone. 

A second announcement will be issued in December 2004. It will contain
registration details and information about travel, accommodation, visas, etc. 

For organisational purposes, interested colleagues are strongly urged to
pre-register by the end of November 2004. They will then receive the
second announcement directly.  Those participants who need an invitation
in order to apply for financial support should send their request to
qg05@phy.olemiss.edu.

The Postscript, PDF, or ASCII versions of this bulletin, including
pre-registration forms and further information can be obtained at the web
site www.phy.olemiss.edu/GR/qg05/

Personal inquiries can be addressed to: qg05@phy.olemiss.edu

This meeting is sponsored by:

Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
Universita` di Cagliari
Universita` di Torino
University of Mississippi