Lehigh University Geometry and Topology Conference

Dates: June 4-6, 2009

The conference will start at 11:00 am on Thursday, June 4. The first talk will begin at 11:00 Thursday, and the last talk will end before 12:30 Saturday, June 6.

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Principal Speakers

Gunnar Carlsson,	Stanford University	Topology and data
Fred Cohen,	Univ. of Rochester	On generalized moment-angle complexes
Panagiota Daskalopoulos,	Columbia University	Ancient solutions to the Curve shortening flow and the Ricci flow on surfaces
Ngaiming Mok,	Univ. of Hong Kong	Analytic continuation in terms of geometric structures arising from minimal rational curves
Wilfried Schmid,	Harvard University	Mixed Hodge Modules on Flag Varieties
Rick Schoen,	Stanford University	Sharp eigenvalue bounds and minimal surfaces

Previous Principal Speakers

In addition, there will be parallel sessions of 40-minute contributed talks, divided roughly into Differential and Complex Geometry, Algebraic Topology, and Geometric Topology. As of May 1, 209, there are still a few slots for contributed talks. Please submit an abstract of your proposed talk by May 15.

There will be a $35 registration fee for all participants. Continental breakfast will be provided Friday and Saturday mornings. On Friday evening there will be a banquet at no additional cost. On-campus housing is available at subsidized rates.

More information will be available at this site as it becomes available. Please check back from time to time.

The conference is supported by Lehigh University, and the NSF. Limited travel support is available for recent PhD's, current graduate students and members of underrepresented groups. Participants interested in being considered for this support should complete the request for travel support form no later than May 15, 2009.

Travel Information We now have bus schedules between Bethlehem and the Newark Airport, and between Bethlehem and Phildelphia. In addition, there are several area and campus maps.

Registration

If you are unable to submit your registration via the form, you can obtain a paper (or e-mail) version of the registration form by writing David Johnson at the address below: