Conference on "Homotopy theory and Lie groups"

Aberdeen University (Scotland), 13-14 September, 2007

The main object of this meeting is to survey new developments in homotopy theory and its applications to Lie groups and gauge theory. The meeting will also be an opportunity to celebrate the contributions to homotopy theory of Michael Crabb and John Hubbuck, both of whom retired in 2006. The meeting is open to all mathematicians. We particularly encourage graduate students to attend.

List of speakers:

List of other participants:

Andre Henriques (Muenster), Thomas Huettemann (Belfast), Julia Singer (Bonn), Wilson Sutherland (Oxford), Lukas Vokrinek (Brno), and of course Michael Crabb and John Hubbuck.

Talk titles so far:

Talk schedule so far:

All talks will take place in MacRobert Building, Room 268. That's in the north-eastern corner of campus, close to King Street.

Special events:

Some publishers have expressed some interest in this conference. Oxford University Press have sent us a package of leaflets and there will be a small Springer book exhibition.

We will finish with a formal dinner in town on the Friday night.

We have been careful to avoid a clash with the 2007 BTM (British Topology Meeting) at Sheffield, which runs from the 10th September to roughly the 12th September noon. You may wish to attend both the BTM and our conference. It is possible to get from Sheffield to Aberdeen by railway in about 6 hours. See the link below.

Organising team:

Michael Weiss (Aberdeen) and Andrew Ranicki (Edinburgh)

Registration procedure:

It will remain very informal. The registration fee is 20 GBP. We will collect it at the meeting. If you are interested in participating and have not yet expressed your interest, please send an email to mweiss (at) maths.abdn.ac.uk

Financial support

As a generic participant you would have to pay for your own travel, accommodation and subsistence, but if you are a graduate student we can reimburse you for a large part of these expenses. We may be able to offer support in some other special cases, too.

Accommodation

Rooms for all (known) participants have now been booked, either in "Highland Hotel", 91-95 Crown Street, or in "Roselodge", 3 Springbank Terrace, a Bed and Breakfast. (More can be booked if new participants emerge.) The hotel and the B and B are close to each other in an attractive part of the town, but about half an hour plus epsilon away from the University by bus and some walking. If you are a keen pedestrian, and prefer to avoid the bus, the walk will probably take you 45 minutes. That gives you an idea how efficient our buses are.
Telephone numbers: (0)1224 583685 (Highland Hotel) and (0)1224 586794 (Roselodge B+B).

Travel advice (links):

Travel advice from the University webpage

The TrainLine: train times, ticket booking etc.

Some Aberdeen Restaurants

Nargile, Skene Street (Turkish) 636093
Rustico, Union row (Italian) 632111
Royal Thai, Crown Terrace 212922
La Bamba, Crown Terrace (Tex-Mex) 590088
Saigon, Crown Terrace (Vietnamese; our choice for the Friday dinner) 213212
Cafe Boheme, Windmill Brae (French and expensive but very good) 210677
Nazma, 62 Bridge Street (Indian) 211296
Nawaabs, Summer Street (Indian)
Sam's Hua Zhing Xing, King Street near Union Street (Chinese) 626233

Funding

We gratefully acknowledge generous support through a Scheme 1 grant from the London Mathematical Society.