Travel plans disrupted

Unfortunately, the air traffic ban in Europe prevented me from attending UNILOG'10 in Estoril, Portugal this week. Colin and I were hoping until the end that we could rebook, but it's been impossible to find another flight. A real shame - I've been to both the former UNILOGs, and I was really looking forward to seeing friends again. The good news is that Catarina, my co-teacher of the logical pluralism tutorial, finally made it to Estoril. She's put together a compressed version of the tutorial, so other attendees will still have the chance to see most of the material.

Also, thanks to the organisers for their tireless effort, despite the unhappy circumstances.

With a bit of volcanic cooperation, however, I * will * be on my way to Helsinki on Monday. As announced some weeks back, I'll be there on staff exchange giving lectures for both undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Helsinki visit

As I've said earlier, I'll be in Portugal between the 17th and 26th, for the 3rd UNILOG Congress. I thought I'd mention that I'll be moving straight from Lisbon to Helsinki the following week. I'll be there for six days on a Socrates staff exchange (an EU programme) between the University of St Andrews and the University of Helsinki. In other words, it's not a research visit, but a number of guest lectures for the students in Helsinki. I'll get back to you about the details and times when it's settled.

I'm much looking forward to meeting both faculty and students in Helsinki. Any suggestions about what else to do in Helsinki are welcomed.