The 2007-2008 Japan-U.S. Mathematics Institute (JAMI) will be hosted at 
the Department of Mathematics
of Johns Hopkins University from Saturday May 3 through Monday May 5, 2008.

This year's theme is "Geometric group theory, geometric analysis, and 
mapping class groups."
Mladen Bestvina will deliver three lectures on “PL Morse theory and 
applications to group theory”.
Benson Farb will deliver three lectures on “Mapping class groups and 
moduli space: recent progress and open problems”.
Additional lectures will be arranged.

Everyone is invited to the Institute. Limited funding may be available. 
Graduate students and junior faculty are encouraged to inquire.
Institute information will be posted at 
http://www.mathematics.jhu.edu/new/jami2008/
Registration is online. Questions should be addressed to [log in to unmask]

Organizing committee:
Koji Fujiwara (Tohoku)
William Goldman (Maryland)
Chikako Mese (JHU)
Richard Wentworth (JHU)
Scott Wolpert (Maryland)

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