History

The conference was begun in 2003 by the University of Otago Theory of Computing Group. Since then the conference has been held annually for eight years. The past conferences were:

• PP2003, held at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand
  Plenary speaker: Herbert Wilf
  Proceedings: Electronic Journal of Combinatorics 9 (2), 2002–2003.
  
  
• PP2004, held at Malaspina University-College in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
  Plenary speakers: Miklós Bóna and Gabor Tardos
  
  
• PP2005, held at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida
  Plenary speaker: Doron Zeilberger
  Proceedings: Advances in Applied Mathematics 36 (2), 2006.
  
  
• PP2006, held at Reykjavik University in Reykjavik, Iceland
  Plenary speaker: Michael Albert
  Proceedings: Annals of Combinatorics 11 (3–4), 2007.
  
  
• PP2007, held at the University of St Andrews in St Andrews, Scotland
  Plenary speakers: Mike Atkinson and Martin Klazar
  Proceedings: Permutation Patterns, LMS Lecture Note Series 376, 2010.
  
  
• PP2008, held at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand
  Plenary speaker: Mireille Bousquet-Mélou
  Proceedings: Annals of Combinatorics, 14 (1), 2010.
  
  
• PP2009, held at the University of Firenze in Florence, Italy
  Plenary speaker: Einar Steingrímsson
  Proceedings: Pure Mathematics and Applications, to appear.
  
  
• PP2010, to be held at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire
  Plenary speakers: Nik Ruškuc and Richard Stanley
  Proceedings: Pure Mathematics and Applications, accepting submissions until 2011.
  
  

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