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Lie Theory, Geometry, and Discrete Groups: 
A conference honoring John Millson's 62nd birthday

University of Maryland, Collegte Park
20-23 March 2008

This conference will discuss mathematical subjects in which John
Millson has contributed. Part of this conference relates to the
Focused Research Group, "Eigenvalue and Saturation Problems for
Reductive Groups," in which John is a co-PI.

The following speakers have agreed to give talks:

P. Belkale (Narth Carolina)
J. Funke (New Mexico State and Durham)
W. Goldman (Maryland)
B. Howard (Michigan)
R. Howe (Yale)
S, Kudla (Toronto)
L. Jeffrey (Toronto)
P. Littelmann (Cologne)
M. Raghunathan (TIFR, Mumbai)
A. Snowden (Princeton)
C. Woodward (Rutgers)
R. Vakil (Stanford)

Most participants will stay at the Quality Inn, which is 
a short walk to the Mathematics Building, the site of the 
conference.  Saturday night features a banquet.

Limited financial support is available,
particularly for students and postdocs.

Please contact Tom Haines ([log in to unmask]) 
if you are interested in attending the conference
and for further information.

For further and up-to-date information, visit the web site:
 	http://www.math.brown.edu/~res/Millson

Organizers:

Jens Funke (New Mexico State and University of Durham, [log in to unmask]))
Bill Goldman (Maryland, [log in to unmask])
Tom Haines (Maryland, [log in to unmask])
Misha Kapovich (UC Davis, [log in to unmask])
Rich Schwartz (Brown, [log in to unmask])

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