Topology Festival Schedule

May 4-6, 2001

All events except the dinner and picnic will take place in Malott Hall. The first talk will be in Malott 251 and the remaining talks in Malott 406.


Friday, May 4
3:30-4:30                                 Registration and refreshments in the Mathematics Lounge, 5th floor of Malott Hall
4:30-5:30 GANG TIAN
"Symplectic surfaces in rational complex surfaces"
6:15-7:15 Reception at the Big Red Barn (on campus, adjacent to Malott Hall)
7:15 Banquet at the Big Red Barn
Saturday, May 5
8:15-9:00 Coffee, bagels, donuts, orange juice, etc.
9:00-10:00 PETER TEICHNER
"L-theory of knots"
10:20-11:20 JOHN ROGNES
"Two-primary algebraic K-theory of pointed spaces"
11:40-12:40 DEV SINHA
"The topology of spaces of knots"
12:40-2:00 Lunch in the Malott Hall Lounge
2:00-3:00 DANNY CALEGARI
"Promoting essential laminations"
3:30-4:30 MIGUEL ABREU
"The topology of symplectomorphism groups"
5:30 Picnic at Stewart Park, Large Pavilion
Sunday, May 6
8:15-9:30 Coffee, bagels, donuts, orange juice, etc.
9:30-10:30 DANIEL ALLCOCK
"Reflection groups on the octave hyperbolic plane"
11:00-12:00 ROBIN FORMAN
"The differential topology of combinatorial spaces"