Peter Sarnak will visit Shandong University in the week of January 5, 2014 to grace the ceremony for conferring upon him the Honorary Doctoral Degree by the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council. Immediately after the ceremony there will be a conference in honor of Peter Sarnak for three days, namely January 7-9, which will concentrate on some research areas influenced by him. The expected audiences are experts, scholars and graduate students from China and abroad who are interested in the particular fields. Organizers: Jian-Shu Li, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Jianya Liu, Shandong University Tao Zhan, The Ministry of Education Please click the following link for more details. http://www.prime.sdu.edu.cn/SarnakConference/Website/welcome.html