July 20 - 24, 2009
Central Connecticut State University
New Britain, CT

Principal Speaker - Scott Wolpert, University of Maryland

The investigation of the geometry and deformation theory of Riemann surfaces is long recognized 
for involving a wide range of concepts and a wide range of techniques.  For surfaces of negative 
Euler characteristic, the Weil-Petersson metric provides a Hermitian structure for the space of 
infinitesimal variations of hyperbolic metrics.  The Weil-Petersson geometry is recognized for 
providing important information on the geometry of the Teichm\"{u}ller space and the moduli 
space of Riemann surfaces.  In less than a decade there have been a collection of breakthrough 
works on Weil-Petersson geometry.  The works are based on a range of approaches and so involve 
matters of interest and further study for a broad audience.

This conference will expose new students and beginning researchers to a variety of standardized 
techniques in the field.  A number of very recent breakthroughs will be introduced, and open 
research questions will be discussed.

Funding is limited so please register as soon as possible at http://www.math.ccsu.edu/cbms.html
Minorities and women are especially encouraged to apply.

Organizers - Jeffrey McGowan and Eran Makover, CCSU

Tentative additional speakers -
Jeff Brock, Brown
Cliff Earle, Cornell (Emeritus)
Mike Wolf, Rice
Zeno Huang, CUNY
Gabrielle Mondello, Imperial College
Hugo Parlier, EPFL
Jason Behrstock, CUNY
Leon Takhtajan, SUNY Stony Brook
Jean Pierre Otal, Université de Toulouse III

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