22 jun 2016 - 24 jun 2016
University of Maryland, College Park
This is the announcement of the conference "Geometries, surfaces and representations of fundamental groups" to be held Wednesday June 22 to Friday June 24, 2016 at the University of Maryland, College Park. This conference will be in honor of the 60th birthday of Bill Goldman.
Some financial support may be available for travel and local expenses. Graduate students, recent Ph.D.s, and underrepresented groups are especially encouraged to apply. Preference for financial support will go to those registered by May 1.
Confirmed speakers include:
Yves Benoist, Université Paris-Sud
Jeffrey Danciger, University of Texas, Austin
Nigel Hitchin, University of Oxford
Lisa Jeffrey, University of Toronto
Fanny Kassel, Université Lille I
François Labourie, Université de Nice
Sean Lawton, George Mason University
Bernhard Leeb, Universitaet Munchen
Michael Kapovich, University of California, Davis
Karin Melnick, University of Maryland, College Park
Maryam Mirzakhani, Stanford University
John Parker, Durham University
Richard Schwarz, Brown University
Ser Tan Peow, National University of Singapore
Anna Wienhard, Universitaet Heidelberg and California Institute of Technology
Information about the program, local accommodation and registration, will be posted at http://www-math.umd.edu/geometries
The Organizing Committee:
Virginie Charette, Todd A. Drumm, Richard Wentworth, and Scott Wolpert