October 18-22, 1996 e-mail: galois@pdmi.ras.ru Co-chairmen: Prof. H.Koch (Max-Plank Institute, Germany) e-mail: Koch@Zahlen.AG-Berlin.MPG.de Prof. A.Parshin (Steklov Institute, Moscow, Russia) e-mail: AN@Parshin.mian.su Prof. S.Vostokov (St.Petersburg State University, Russia) e-mail: sergei@vostokov.usr.pu.ru