Polish groups and geometry 6 - 8 June 2016 Paris 7

About

This three day meeting aims to bring together researchers, from both the locally compact and Polish worlds, interested in the geometric theory of groups. This meeting will also feature a mini-course given by Christian Rosendal on the geometric theory of Polish groups. A program may be found here.

Those interested in attending should contact either François Le Maître or Phillip Wesolek; email addresses may be found below.

Registration deadline: May 15

Travel funding application deadline: April 20 (See below.)

Speakers

• Yves Cornulier (Université Paris-Sud 11)
• Michal Doucha (Polish Academy of Sciences) Slides
• Aleksandra Kwiatkowska (University of Bonn)
• Jean Lécureux (Université Paris-Sud 11)
• Adrien Le Boudec (Université catholique de Louvain)
• Julien Melleray (Université Claude Bernard - Lyon 1)
• Christian Rosendal (University of Illinois at Chicago) Slides 1, Slides 2, Slides 3
• Sven Raum (University of Münster)
• Marcin Sabok (Mcgill University) Slides
• Simon Smith (City University of New York) Slides
• Andreas Thom (Technische Universität Dresden)

Organizers

• Dominique Lecomte : dominique.lecomte(at)upmc.fr
• François Le Maître : francois.le-maitre(at)imj-prg.fr
• Todor Tsankov : todor(at)math.univ-paris-diderot.fr
• Phillip Wesolek : phillip.wesolek(at)uclouvain.be

Details

The meeting will be held at Paris 7 in Sophie-Germain room 2014.

Schedule of talks (Please arrive between 9 and 9:30 on June 6 for registration.)

The program.

A list of participants

If a letter acknowledging participation is needed, please contact either François Le Maître or Phillip Wesolek.

Accommodation and Travel

• Participants should book their hotels soon. Here are several hotel options: (Some require taking a short metro ride to Paris 7.)
  • Hotel Ibis Budget Porte d'Italie
  • Lodge In
  • Hotel Coypel
  • Timhotel
  • Hotel Ibis Paris Italie Tolbiac 13eme
  • Hotel Ibis Paris Place d'Italie 13ème
  • Hotel Ibis Paris Avenue d'Italie 13ème
  • Jack's Hotel
• Limited funding to attend the meeting is available for graduate students and other young participants. If you wish to apply for funding, send a brief letter describing your research (accompanied by a short support letter from your supervisor if you are a graduate student) to one of the organisers before the 20 of April.

Acknowledgments

This meeting is partially funded by ANR Grant GAMME, ERC Grant SIMPLELCGPS, the GDR Géométrie non commutative, the IMJ (also via the Analysis, Logic and Operator Algebra teams), and the UFR Maths Paris 6.