The clocktower
Stairs to the schloßberg
The house of modern art
The cathedral and the opera house
View from the Schlossberg
Another view; the town hall
On the castle hill
Stairs Schlossberg-center 
Roofs of old houses
Roofs of old houses
Clocktower
Hauptplatz (main square)
Typical alley in the center
View from the Kunsthaus
Summer concerts in the town park
Balkan music in the people's house
The market on Kaiser-Josef-Platz
In the middle - the modern art house
The Mausoleum
Eggenberg castle - west part of Graz 
Eggenberg castle
Eggenberg castle
Wall painting in Eggenberg castle
Lustbühel hill - east of Graz 
Lustbühel hill
Northwestern outskirts
Winter view - Northeastern outskirts 
Northeastern outskirts 
Winter view
Winter view
Winter view
Ice skating on Thalersee
Mur river and Schlossberg
Conference venue
The conference will take place in the building of the Mathematics Institutes, Steyrergasse 30, lecture room BE01, ground floor. (See "Accomodation" for a map.)
Graz
With approximately 230.000 inhabitants, Graz is the 2nd largest city of Austria, situated in the region of Styria, 180 km (110 miles) south-west of Vienna. It has three universities (the University, the University of Technology, and the University of Music and Dramatic Arts), a pleasant old center that is not yet overcrowded by tourists, and nice hills and mountains nearby to the north, plus a wine growing area with rustic wineries to its south.
The Old Town of Graz is one of the best preserved in Europe and was awarded World Cultural Heritage by UNESCO in 1999. In 2003 Graz was the European Cultural Capital.
The airport of Graz can be reached via Vienna, Frankfurt, Zurich, ... and some other "hubs". By train, it takes 2 hours and 40 minutes from Vienna.
Photos
If you want to get a flavour of Graz, you can have a look at the following nice pictures. You will be convinced that it worth to visit it. For some other details regarding the city, you can also visit the official web site of Graz.