There will be an introductory workshop August 27-31, 2007 for the
special semester at MSRI on Geometric Group Theory.  The workshop will
consist of several minicourses, 3 hours each, as well as a program of
one-hour lectures. The planned mini-course speakers and their topics
are as follows:

       *Jim Cannon: non-positive and negative curvature in group theory
       *Ruth Charney: Coxeter and Artin groups
       *Benson Farb: mapping class groups
       *Bruce Kleiner: quasi-isometric rigidity
       *Ian Leary: finiteness properties and Bestvina-Brady Morse Theory

The following people have agreed to give one-hour lectures:
     Mike Davis
     Daniel Groves
     Kim Ruane,
     Jennifer Taback,
     Alain Valette
     Henry Wilton
     Dani Wise
     Kevin Wortman

If you would like to come to this workshop, please register online at
    https://secure.msri.org/forms/workshopreg/workshopreg?event_id=415.0
Some funding is available. Students, recent Ph.D.'s, women, and
minorities are particularly encouraged to apply. Funding awards are
made typically 6 weeks before the workshop begins. Requests received
after the funding deadline are considered only if additional funds
become available.

For more information, please visit the conference website at
http://www.msri.org/calendar/workshops/WorkshopInfo/415/show_workshop

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