Dear colleagues,

This is the first announcement for the 16th annual Graduate Student Topology and Geometry Conference, a weekend event in downtown Chicago. The conference is aimed at bringing together graduate students to share and learn new ideas, as well as to hear what emerging and established researchers are working on.

2018 Graduate Student Topology and Geometry Conference
April 7-8, 2018
University of Illinois at Chicago

Featuring plenary and young faculty speakers representing varied areas in geometry and topology:

Plenary speakers:
Ian Agol (UC Berkely)
Natasa Sesum (Rutgers)
Shmuel Weinberger (UChicago)

Young faculty speakers:
Justin Curry (UAlbany SUNY)
Emmy Murphy (Northwestern)
Priyam Patel (UC Santa Barbara)
Andrew Sanders (Heidelberg)
Jenya Sapir (Binghamton)
Caglar Uyanik (Vanderbilt)

We are expecting confirmation of funding from the NSF soon, and registration will open once that happens. More information is available at math.uic.edu/gstgc2018 or by sending an email to [log in to unmask].

GSTGC 2018 organizing committee
David Dumas 
Sam Dodds
Jānis Lazovskis
Nathan Lopez
Cloie McClellan
Christopher Perez
Keaton Quinn
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