This is the first announcement of the conference "Geometries, surfaces and representations 
of fundamental groups" to be held Wednesday June 22 to Friday June 24, 2016 at the 
University of Maryland, College Park. This conference will be in honor of the 60th birthday of 
Bill Goldman.

Some financial support may be available for travel and local expenses. Graduate students, 
recent Ph.D.s, and underrepresented groups are especially encouraged to apply. Preference 
for financial support will go to those registered by April 1.

Confirmed speakers include:
Yves Benoist, Université Paris-Sud
Jeffrey Danciger, University of Texas, Austin
Nigel Hitchin, University of Oxford
Lisa Jeffrey, University of Toronto
Fanny Kassel, Université Lille I
François Labourie, Université de Nice
Sean Lawton, George Mason University
Bernhard Leeb, Universitaet Munchen
Michael Kapovich, University of California, Davis
Karin Melnick, University of Maryland, College Park
Maryam Mirzakhani, Stanford University
John Parker, Durham University
Richard Schwarz, Brown University
Ser Tan Peow, National University of Singapore
Anna Wienhard, Universitaet Heidelberg and California Institute of Technology

Information about the program, local accommodation and registration, will be posted at 
          http://www-math.umd.edu/geometries 

Please share this information with anyone who might be interested.

The Organizing Committee:
Virginie Charette, Todd A. Drumm, Richard Wentworth, and Scott Wolpert

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