| Time | Room 1 | Room 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 | 9:30 | Arrival and refreshments | |
| 9:40 | 10:20 |
Julie Bergner (Notre Dame)
An introduction to algebraic theories |
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| 10:30 | 10:50 | Paul Pearson (Northwestern)
Generalized group characters and complex-oriented cohomology theories |
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| 11:00 | 12:00 | Keynote address: Prof. Fred Cohen (Rochester)
Braid groups, the topology of configuration spaces, and homotopy groups |
|
| 1:30 | 2:10 | Matthew Sean Miller (Oregon)
Compactifications of configuration spaces |
Sunil Chebolu (Washington)
Stable homotopy over the derived category |
| 2:20 | 3:00 | Dean Serenevy (Northeastern)
Topology and combinatorics of arrangements |
Eric Harrelson (Minnesota)
Open/closed string topology operations via Riemann surfaces |
| 3:00 | 3:30 | Refreshments | |
| 3:30 | 4:10 | Kuerak Chung (Minnesota)
Yet another delooping machine |
Jungyoon Byun (Pennsylvania)
Renormalization, bonsai and homological algebra |
| 4:20 | 5:00 | Jim Clarkson (Western Michigan)
A geometric proof of Blakers-Massey |
Javier Zuniga (Minnesota)
Mapping class groups |
| 6:00 | 8:30 | Dinner: Bistro West, Humphrey Center | |