Prelinimary announcement: Meeting of International Linear Algebra Society in Chemnitz 1996 The ILAS meeting in 1996 will take place in Chemnitz, Germany from August 14.-17. The organizing committee consists of B. De Moor, Leuven L. Elsner, Bielefeld T. Laffey, Dublin V. Mehrmann, Chemnitz G. Michler, Essen M. Neumann, Storrs G. Oliveira, Coimbra H. Schneider, Madison F. Uhlig, Auburn