C e n t r e d e r e c h e r c h e s m a t h é m a t i q u e s
KNOTS IN MONTREAL
Organizers:
S. Boyer (boyer@math.uqam.ca) and A.S. Sikora (sikora@crm.umontreal.ca, sikora@math.uqam.ca)
Subject: 3-dimensional topology and knot theory
Web page: www.crm.umontreal.ca/~sikora/conference.html
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The purpose
of the conference is to bring together mathematicians interested in knot
theory and 3-dimensional topology from Canada and the northern and eastern
parts of the United States. However, all participants are welcome. We
hope that this conference will mark the beginning of an annual conference
in knot theory in Montreal. The conference will take place at Universite
de Quebec a Montreal, located in downtown Montreal. We will schedule the
first talks either on April 7 at 9am or one day earlier during the afternoon
of April 6, depending on the number of speakers. Therefore, we encourage
the participants to arrive in Montreal on April 6th. We will try to arrange
the transportation to and from the airport and the accommodation during
your stay in Montreal. The conference will end on April 8 in the early
afternoon. Our meeting will be preceded by a workshop on Symplectic and
Contact Topology, Quantum Cohomology, Symplectic Field Theory and Higher-Dimensional
Gauge Theory taking place in Fields Institute in Toronto (March 26- March
30) and at CRM in Montreal (April 2-April 7). See http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/programs/scientific/00-01/symplectic
/sym_topology/ for more details. We plan 6-7 talks, each 50 min. long,
and additionally some number of 20 min. talks. An exact schedule will
be announced soon. We anticipate that we will be able to partially cover
expenses for travel and accommodation of the participants. Please let
us know if you would like to participate in the conference. Also, let
us know if your answer to any of the questions below is "yes." * Do you
need an official invitation for our conference? * Would you like us to
arrange an accommodation for the time of your stay in Montreal? If yes,
please indicate the dates of your arrival and departure as well as the
number of people which will accompany you. * We anticipate to be able
to partially reimburse the travel and accommodation expenses of participants.
Would you like to be considered for such reimbursement? If yes, please
send us the estimated cost of your travel expenses. * Would you like to
give a 20 min talk? If yes, please send us the title and the abstract
of your talk. We will try to accommodate your request. However, given
the anticipated number of speakers, it may not be possible.
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