Lie Theory and Geometry: the Mathematical Legacy of Bertram Kostant (May 
19-24, 2008)

Place: Pacific Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Vancouver, Canada

The plan of the conference is to consider recent advances in Lie theory, 
concentrating on connections with geometry. Among the topics that may 
receive special attention are: invariant theory, symplectic geometry, 
representation theory of real Lie groups, Kac-Moody Lie algebras and 
associated groups and flag varieties, quantum groups, quiver varieties, 
quantum cohomology of flag varieties, the Toda lattice, Dirac cohomology 
and Gelfand-Zeitland theory.

Speakers: A. Alekseev (Geneva), M. Brion (Grenoble), P. Etingof (MIT), V. 
Ginzburg (Chicago), I. Gordon (Edinburgh), V. Guillemin (MIT), J.-S. Huang 
(HKUST), A. Joseph (Weizmann Inst.), V. Kac (MIT), A. Knutson (UCSD), J. 
Lepowsky (Rutgers), I. Losev (Belarusian State U.), H. Nakajima (Kyoto), 
A. Okounkov (Princeton), A. Pantano (Irvine), D. Peterson (UBC), K. 
Rietsch (King's College), N. Ressayre (Montpellier), A. Savage (Ottawa), 
J.-P. Serre (College de France), B. Speh (Cornell), D. Vogan (MIT), N. 
Wallach (UCSD), W. L. Yee (Windsor).

Organizers: Jim Carrell <[log in to unmask]> and
Shrawan Kumar <[log in to unmask]>.

Conference website and online registration:
              http://pims.math.ca/science/2008/08kostant/

There are funds available to support graduate students and post docs. To 
apply for support, please fill out the online registration form.

This meeting is funded by grants from Clay Mathematics Institute, 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, National Science Foundation and 
Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences.

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