The 2009 Georgia International Topology Conference has been  
recommended for generous support from NSF.  The deadline to apply for  
support from us is Sunday, March 29.  We encourage you and your  
students to register before the deadline and apply for as much support  
as you need.

For information about support see http://www.math.uga.edu/~topology/2009/support.htm
The conference website is http://www.math.uga.edu/~topology/

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2009 Georgia International Topology Conference
May 18-29, 2009
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia

The list of speakers who have accepted our invitation includes:

Ian Agol (UC Berkeley)
Jorgen Andersen (University of Aarhus)
Denis Auroux (MIT)
Mladen Bestvina (University of Utah)
Michel Boileau (Univ Paul Sabatier, Tolouse)
Danny Calegari (Cal Tech)
Ralph Cohen (Stanford University)
Tobias Colding (MIT)
Yasha Eliashberg (Stanford University)
Ron Fintushel (Michigan State University)
Stefan Friedl (University of Warwick)
Dave Gabai (Princeton University)
Ursula Hamenstadt (Bonn)
Shelly Harvey (Rice University)
Ko Honda (USC)
Michael Hutchings (UC Berkeley)
Bruce Kleiner (Yale University)
Peter Kronheimer (Harvard University)
Mark Lackenby (Oxford University)
Robert Lipshitz (Columbia University)
Dusa McDuff (Barnard College, Columbia University)
William Minicozzi (Johns Hopkins University)
Yair Minsky (Yale University)
Tom Mrowka (MIT)
Lenny Ng (Duke University)
Yi Ni (MIT)
Peter Ozsvath (Columbia University)
Alan Reid (UT Austin)
Paul Seidel (MIT)
Dennis Sullivan (CUNY Graduate School)
Zoltan Szabo (Princeton University)
Cliff Taubes (Harvard University)
Dylan Thurston (Columbia University)
Gang Tian (Princeton University)
Mike Usher (University of Georgia)
Karen Vogtmann (Cornell University)
Kevin Walker (Microsoft Station Q)
Katrin Wehrheim (MIT)

We will leave several speaking spots open and fill them at the start  
of the conference.

The conference organizers are Michael Ching, Will Kazez, Gordana  
Matic, Clint McCrory, and Mike Usher. We highly value the input we  
have received from our scientific organizing committee of Simon  
Donaldson, Yasha Eliashberg, Dave Gabai, Rob Kirby, Bruce Kleiner,  
Dennis Sullivan, Cliff Taubes, and Karen Vogtmann. 

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