3-Manifolds: Heegaard Splittings, the Curve Complex, and Hyperbolic 
Geometry

April 19-21, 2013
Rice University, Houston, TX

This April, Rice University will host a conference entitled "3-Manifolds:
Heegaard Splittings, the Curve Complex, and Hyperbolic Geometry".  This
conference is dedicated to John Hempel, who is retiring this May from
Rice University.

Speakers:

Ian Agol (University of California, Berkeley)
Cameron Gordon (University of Texas, Austin)
William Jaco (Oklahoma State University)
Jesse Johnson (Oklahoma State University)
Tao Li (Boston College)
Saul Schleimer (University of Warwick)
Peter Shalen (University of Illinois, Chicago)
Maggy Tomova (University of Iowa)

Website:  http://math.rice.edu/Conferences/3-Manifolds/

Limited funding is available for graduate students and postdocs.  The
deadline for registration to be considered for financial support is
March 22, 2013.

If you are planning to attend the conference, it is important that you
register at the website by April 5, 2013.

This conference is partially supported by the NSF and the Rice
University Mathematics Department.

Best regards,

The Organizers:
Tim Cochran
Shelly Harvey
Andy Putman

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