SIDE 10 is the tenth in a series of biennial conferences devoted to Symmetries and Integrability of Difference Equations and related topics: ordinary and partial difference equations, analytic difference equations, orthogonal polynomials and special functions, symmetries and reductions, difference geometry, integrable discrete systems on graphs, integrable dynamical mappings, discrete Painlevé equations, singularity confinement, algebraic entropy, complexity and growth of multivalued mapping, representations of affine Weyl groups, quantum mappings and quantum field theory on the space-time lattice.

SIDE1 took place in Estérel, in Québec, Canada, May 22-29, 1994. The event was so successful that it gave rise to the series since held in the United Kingdom, Italy, Japan, France, Finland, Germany, Australia，Canada and Bulgaria.

SIDE 10 will take place at Yin Feng Holiday Resort, Xikou, Ningbo, near Shanghai, China (http://www.yfhotel.cn/), from June 10, 2012 (arrival day) to June 16, 2012 (departure day). Bus transportation will be provided from/to Shanghai on arrival/departure day.

The following eight sessions will be organized:

a) Difference algebra and integrable maps
b) Discrete differential geometry and integrable lattices
c) Discrete Painleve equations and Garnier systems and nonlinear special functions
d) Numerical algorithms and integrability
e) Orthogonal polynomials and discrete complex function theory
f) Quantum discrete systems and integrability
g) Spectral theory and solution methods
h) Symmetries and conservation laws

Information concerning the format of the conference and all the logistic matters, such as the accomodation costs, will follow in the next months.

There is a summer school at Ningbo University before the conference: 4-8 June, 2012 (arrival day 3 June, departure day 9 June). The related announcement will be launched separately soon by organizing committee of the summer school.