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Geometric Group Theory July 01, 2019 - July 12, 2019

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Jul 01, 2019
Monday
08:00 AM - 09:00 AM
  Breakfast
09:00 AM - 10:00 AM
  Introductory Talk
10:15 AM - 11:30 AM
  Group actions on Hilbert spaces: property T and Haagerup property
Talia Fernos (University of North Carolina)
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
  Coffee Break
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
  Problem Session
01:15 PM - 02:45 PM
  Lunch
03:00 PM - 04:15 PM
  Orderable groups and dynamics in dimension 1
Andrés Navas Flores (University of Santiago de Chile)
04:15 PM - 04:30 PM
  Coffee Break
04:30 PM - 05:30 PM
  Problem Session
05:45 PM - 07:00 PM
  Students talks / Discussion time: Sergio Zamora (Amenability) - Arturo Sánchez (Hölder’s theorem)
07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
  Dinner
Jul 02, 2019
Tuesday
08:00 AM - 09:00 AM
  Breakfast
09:00 AM - 10:15 AM
  Orderable groups and dynamics in dimension 1
Andrés Navas Flores (University of Santiago de Chile)
10:15 AM - 11:30 AM
  Problem Session
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
  Coffee Break
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
  Students talks / Discussion time
01:15 PM - 02:45 PM
  Lunch
03:00 PM - 04:15 PM
  Group actions on Hilbert spaces: property T and Haagerup property
Talia Fernos (University of North Carolina)
04:15 PM - 04:30 PM
  Coffee Break
04:30 PM - 05:30 PM
  Problem Session
05:45 PM - 06:45 PM
  Students talks / Discussion time: Daniel Cardenas (orders in abelian groups) - Supun Samarakoon (growth of groups)
07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
  Dinner
Jul 03, 2019
Wednesday
08:00 AM - 09:00 AM
  Breakfast
09:00 AM - 10:15 AM
  Group actions on Hilbert spaces: property T and Haagerup property
Talia Fernos (University of North Carolina)
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
  Coffee Break
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
  Orderable groups and dynamics in dimension 1
Andrés Navas Flores (University of Santiago de Chile)
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
  Group Photo
12:30 PM - 01:30 PM
  Lunch
01:30 PM - 07:00 PM
  Free afternoon
07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
  Dinner
Jul 04, 2019
Thursday
08:00 AM - 09:00 AM
  Breakfast
09:00 AM - 10:00 AM
  Orderable groups and dynamics in dimension 1
Andrés Navas Flores (University of Santiago de Chile)
10:15 AM - 11:30 AM
  Problem Session
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
  Coffee Break
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
  Students talks / Discussion time
01:15 PM - 02:45 PM
  Lunch
03:00 PM - 04:15 PM
  Group actions on Hilbert spaces: property T and Haagerup property
Talia Fernos (University of North Carolina)
04:15 PM - 04:30 PM
  Coffee Break
04:30 PM - 05:30 PM
  Problem Session
05:45 PM - 07:00 PM
  Students talks / Discussion time: Leydi Hernández (Orders on surface groups) - Dylan Dairey (SL(3) has T)
07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
  Dinner
Jul 05, 2019
Friday
08:00 AM - 09:00 AM
  Breakfast
09:00 AM - 10:00 AM
  Group actions on Hilbert spaces: property T and Haagerup property
Talia Fernos (University of North Carolina)
10:15 AM - 11:30 AM
  Problem Session
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
  Coffee Break
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
  Students talks / Discussion time: Gary de Clerk (Orders and automata) - Angel Cruz (Banach-Tarski)
01:15 PM - 02:45 PM
  Lunch
03:00 PM - 04:15 PM
  Orderable groups and dynamics in dimension 1
Andrés Navas Flores (University of Santiago de Chile)
04:15 PM - 04:30 PM
  Coffee Break
04:30 PM - 05:30 PM
  Problem Session
05:45 PM - 07:00 PM
  Students talks: Braid Groups (Briseida Trejo and Ernesto Vazquez)
07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
  Dinner
Jul 08, 2019
Monday
08:00 AM - 09:00 AM
  Breakfast
09:00 AM - 10:15 AM
  Geometry and topology of mapping class groups
Jing Tao (University of Oklahoma)
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
  Problem Session
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
  Coffee Break
11:45 AM - 01:00 PM
  Students talks / Discussion time
01:15 PM - 02:45 PM
  Lunch
03:00 PM - 04:15 PM
  Geometry and topology of free group automorphisms: hyperbolic extensions
Spencer Dowdall (Vanderbilt University)
04:15 PM - 04:30 PM
  Coffee Break
04:30 PM - 05:30 PM
  Problem Session
05:45 PM - 06:45 PM
  Students talks: Chaitanya Tappu (Kirby torus trick) - Arora Shivam (Basics of hyperbolic groups I)
07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
  Dinner
Jul 09, 2019
Tuesday
08:00 AM - 09:00 AM
  Breakfast
09:00 AM - 10:15 AM
  Geometry and topology of free group automorphisms: hyperbolic extensions
Spencer Dowdall (Vanderbilt University)
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
  Problem Session
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
  Coffee Break
11:45 AM - 01:00 PM
  Students talks:Jonathan Alacaraz (Bigon crietion) - Haydee Contreras (Basics of hyperbolic groups II)
01:15 PM - 02:45 PM
  Lunch
03:00 PM - 04:15 PM
  Geometry and topology of mapping class groups
Jing Tao (University of Oklahoma)
04:15 PM - 04:30 PM
  Coffee Break
04:30 PM - 05:30 PM
  Problem Session
05:45 PM - 06:45 PM
  Students talks: Mark Fincher (Bass-Serre theory)
07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
  Dinner
Jul 10, 2019
Wednesday
08:00 AM - 09:00 AM
  Breakfast
09:00 AM - 10:15 AM
  Geometry and topology of mapping class groups
Jing Tao (University of Oklahoma)
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
  Coffee Break
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
  Geometry and topology of free group automorphisms: hyperbolic extensions
Spencer Dowdall (Vanderbilt University)
12:00 PM - 01:30 PM
  Lunch
01:30 PM - 07:00 PM
  Free afternoon
07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
  Dinner
Jul 11, 2019
Thursday
08:00 AM - 09:00 AM
  Breakfast
09:00 AM - 10:15 AM
  Geometry and topology of free group automorphisms: hyperbolic extensions
Spencer Dowdall (Vanderbilt University)
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
  Problem Session
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
  Coffee Break
11:45 AM - 01:00 PM
  Students talks: Anindya Chanda (Definition and basic properties of train track representatives for free group automorphisms)
01:15 PM - 02:45 PM
  Lunch
03:00 PM - 04:15 PM
  Geometry and topology of mapping class groups
Jing Tao (University of Oklahoma)
04:15 PM - 04:30 PM
  Coffee Break
04:30 PM - 05:30 PM
  Problem Session
05:45 PM - 06:45 PM
  Students talks: Jesús Hernandez Serda (Ping-pong and Dehn twists)
07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
  Dinner
Jul 12, 2019
Friday
08:00 AM - 09:00 AM
  Breakfast
09:00 AM - 10:15 AM
  Geometry and topology of mapping class groups
Jing Tao (University of Oklahoma)
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
  Problem Session
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
  Coffee Break
11:45 AM - 01:00 PM
  Students talks: Christopher Loa (Thurston's construction of pseudo-anosov)
01:15 PM - 02:45 PM
  Lunch
03:00 PM - 04:15 PM
  Geometry and topology of free group automorphisms: hyperbolic extensions
Spencer Dowdall (Vanderbilt University)
04:15 PM - 04:30 PM
  Coffee Break
04:30 PM - 05:30 PM
  Problem Session
05:45 PM - 06:45 PM
  Discussion time
07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
  Dinner
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