Workshop on Hyperbolic Geometry and Geometric Group Theory

May 23-27, 2006
Fields Institute, Toronto

The theme of the conference will be hyperbolic geometry and deformation theory,
geometric group theory and coarse geometry.

Tentative list of speakers:

Ian Agol                   UIC
Mladen Bestvina       Utah
Francis Bonahon       USC
Mario Bonk               Michigan
Brian Bowditch          Southampton
Jeff Brock                 Brown
Ken Bromberg           Utah
Richard Canary         Michigan
David Gabai              Princeton
Misha Kapovich        UC Davis
Steve Kerckhoff        Stanford
Lee Mosher              Rutgers Newark
Juan Souto               Chicago
Mark Sapir                Vanderbilt
Peter Storm              Stanford

Organizers:
Bruce Kleiner  <[log in to unmask]>
Yair Minsky <[log in to unmask]>

Funding:
Some funding, especially for advanced graduate students and postdocs,
will be available from the Institute and the NSF. To apply and
register, please see the following website:

http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/programs/scientific/05-06/holodynamics/hyperbolic/

and fill out the application form. We will begin to make funding
decisions on March 1, 2006.

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