Workshops

Ric Ancel and Craig Guilbault are co-organizers of a popular series of NSF sponsored summer workshops. Other organizers are: Fred Tinsley (Colorado College), Eric Swenson (Brignam young University, Gerard Venema (Calvin College), and Greg Friedman (Texas Christian University).

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Workshop organizers in action

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The Sixteenth Annual, June 10-12, 1999

The 2015 Workshop will be hosted by Texas Christian University (TCU) on June 25-27 with Greg Friedman the main organizer. Wolfgang Lueck of the University of Bonn and the Hausdorff Research Institute for Mathematics will be the principal speaker. For details, go here.

Here is some information, including links, about some other recent workshops:

  • The 2014 Workshop was hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee with Ric Ancel and Craig Guilbault the main organizers. Kevin Whyte of the University of Illinois at Chicago was the principal speaker.
  • The 2013 Workshop was hosted by Calvin College with Gerard Venema the main organizer. Pedro Ontaneda of the Binghamton University was the principal speaker.
  • The 2012 Workshop was hosted by Oregon State University with Dennis Garity the main organizer. Benson Farb of the University of Chicago was the principal speaker.
  • The 2011 Workshop was hosted by Brigham Young University with Eric Swenson the main organizer. David Gabai of Princeton University was the principal speaker.
  • The 2010 Workshop was hosted by Colorado College with Fred Tinsley the main organizer. Rob Ghrist of the University of Pennsylvania was the principal speaker.
  • The 2009 Workshop was hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee with Ric Ancel and Craig Guilbault the principal organizers. Mladen Bestvina of the University of Utah was the principal speaker.
  • The 2008 Workshop was hosted by Brigham Young University with David Wright the main organizer. Cameron Gordon of the University of Texas was the principal speaker.
  • The 2007 Workshop was hosted by Calvin College with Gerard Venema the main organizer. Ian Agol of UC-Berkeley was the principal speaker.
  • The 2006 Workshop was hosted by Oregon State University with Dennis Garity the main organizer. Ruth Charney of Brandeis University was the principal speaker.
  • The 2005 Workshop was hosted by Colorado College with Fred Tinsley the main organizer. Tom Farrell of Binghamton University was the principal speaker.
  • The 2004 Workshop was hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee with Ric Ancel and Craig Guilbault the main organizers. Peter Teichner of UC-Berkeley was the principal speaker.
  • The 2003 Workshop was held in conjunction with the Wasatch Topology Conference in Park City, Utah (hosted by Brigham Young University). David Wright was the main organizer of the Workshop and Martin Bridson of Imperial College, London was the Principal Speaker. A special event in honor of the 60th birthday of Jim Cannon was included with these conferences.
  • The 2002 Workshop was held at Calvin College Gerard Venema acting as principal organizer. Principal Speaker was Alexander Dranishnikov of the University of Florida. A special session in honor of Bob Daverman on the occasion of his 60th birthday was held in conjunction with this workshop. Click here for a collection of photos taken at these events.

** SPECIAL NOTE **
The organizers of the Workshops in Geometric Topology with the support of the National Science Foundation are currently preparing electronic versions of three famous unpublished manuscripts written by Robert D. Edwards in the 1970’s. For details (including downloads) click here.

Click here for a complete list of Principal Speakers of at past Workshops.