This is the first announcement for

The Redbud Topology Conference - Rank vs. Genus
March 3-4, 2012, Oklahoma State University
http://www.math.okstate.edu/~jjohnson/redbud/ 
<http://www.math.okstate.edu/%7Ejjohnson/redbud/register.html>

This conference is focussed around Tao Li's recent examples of 
hyperbolic 3-manifolds whose Heegaard genera are strictly greater than 
the rank of their fundamental groups. Future conferences will rotate 
between OSU, the University of Oklahoma and the University of Arkansas._

Confirmed Speakers:_
Marion Campisi, University of Texas
Alex Coward, University of California at Davis
Nathan Dunfield, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Richard Weidmann, Christian-Albrechts University
Tao Li, Boston College
Juan Souto, University of British Columbia
Maggy Tomova, University of Iowa

This conference is funded by a grant from the NSF and limited travel 
support will be available for students and early career mathematicians. 
Women and members of traditionally underrepresented groups are 
particularly encouraged to apply for funding.

If you would like to apply for travel support, please register bySunday, 
January 15, 2012.

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