Knotted surfaces in 4-manifolds
This is the first announcement of the conference
"Knotted surfaces in 4-manifolds", October 26-28, 2018 at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
The aim of this 3-day conference is to bring together active researchers in knotted surfaces in 4-manifolds, ranging from leading experts to recent PhDs and graduate students, and provide a panorama of the field through a variety of talks and discussion sessions. The talks will start at 2:30 Friday afternoon and finish by 1pm Sunday to accommodate participant travel.
Invited speakers:
Dave Gabai (Princeton)
Matt Hedden (Michigan State)
Peter Lambert-Cole (Georgia Tech)
Maggie Miller (Princeton)
Hannah Schwartz (Bryn Mawr)
Laura Starkston (UC Davis)
Alex Suciu (Northeastern)
Nathan Sunukjian (Calvin College)
Kouichi Yasui (Osaka)
Ian Zemke (Princeton)
Organizing Committee: R. Inanc Baykur, Weimin Chen, and Daniel Ruberman