This conference will focus on the interactions between manifolds and submanifolds of dimensions 1, 2 and 3 and their relations to topological, geometric, and group theoretic questions in a celebration of the accomplishments and influences of Yair Minsky.
Mini-courses:
The influence of the Curve Complex: Mladen Bestvina (University of Utah) and Alessandro Sisto (Heriot-Watt University)
Big Mapping Class Groups: Camille Horbez (CNRS – Université Paris-Saclay) and Kathryn Mann (Cornell University)
Hyperbolic 3-manifolds: Kenneth Bromberg (University of Utah) and Autumn Kent (University of Wisconsin)
Speakers:
Jeff Brock (Yale University)
Jason Behrstock (CUNY: Lehman and Graduate Center)
Dick Canary (University of Michigan)
Subhojoy Gupta (Indian Institute of Science)
Ursula Hamenstädt (University of Bonn)
Howard Masur (University of Chicago)
Mahan Mj (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research)
Richard Schwartz (Brown University)
Jing Tao (University of Oklahoma)
Sam Taylor (Temple University)
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