Moab Topology Conference

May 13-15, 2009
Moab Utah

Organizers: Jim Cannon, Greg Conner, Jessica Purcell
Homepage: http://math.byu.edu/~jpurcell/moab-topology.html
Email: [log in to unmask]

Brigham Young University is hosting the first Moab Topology conference
on May 13-15 2009. Moab is known one of the most interesting and
beautiful spots in the world. Nearby attractions include Arches
National park, the Colorado river, great hiking, mountain biking, rock
climbing, rafting and more (http://www.discovermoab.com/).

The conference will focus on the following specific areas of
low-dimensional topology: hyperbolic geometry, 3–manifolds, and
geometric group theory, and the interaction between these subjects. We
plan to make this conference especially useful for junior faculty and
graduate students by including a number of introductory workshops in
addition to the traditional talks. Each day there will be 4 morning
talks, and one evening plenary talk. The afternoons will be left open
for individual collaboration, workshops and possibly even some
recreation. There are some travel funds available for graduate
students, junior faculty and other active researchers in topology who
do not have the means to attend. Please send email to
[log in to unmask] if you would like to apply for those funds.

Plenary speakers: Daryl Cooper (UCSB), Mark Sapir (Vanderbilt), Juan
Souto (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor). There will be more than 12
other one-hour talks. Please see the website at for current
information.

We have arranged room rates of $79 double-occupancy at two hotels in
Moab. We have also arranged transportation from the Salt Lake City/
Provo area to Moab and back which will be free for all attendees.
Please contact us ([log in to unmask], [log in to unmask]) for
more information.

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