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The main theme of the conference is the interplay of algebra and topology over the past 40 years, since the birth of Gelfand-Fuchs cohomology. Topics for the conference include current exciting developments in symplectic field theory, representations of infinite dimensional Lie algebras, topological quantum field theory, topological applications of cohomology of infinite dimensional Lie algebras, characteristic classes of foliations, contact homology, Chekanov-Eliashberg differential graded algebra, and Legendrian knot theory.
Mathematicians at all levels are invited to attend. An important goal of the conference is to provide an opportunity for a diverse group of mathematicians including postdoctoral researchers, those with traditionally underrepresented background, graduate students, and faculty from primary undergraduate institutions, to meet and discuss mathematics with the invited leading experts of the field.
Those interested in receiving funding for travel should register by July 31, 2009. This conference is supported by the NSF, MSRI, and UC Davis.
List of speakers
- J. Bernstein, Tel Aviv University
- Y. Eliashberg, Stanford University
- E. Frenkel, UC Berkeley
- S. Gindikin, Rutgers University
- A. Givental, UC Berkeley
- M. Khovanov, Columbia University
- A. Khovanskii, University of Toronto
- A. Kirillov, University of Pennsylvania
- S. Novikov, University of Maryland
- V. Retakh, Rutgers University
- C. Roger, University of Lyon
- G. Segal, University of Oxford
- S. Tabachnikov, Pennsylvania State University (Public Lecture)
- O. Viro, Stony Brook University