UW Spring 2023
WAGS Spring 2023 @UW
WAGS Spring 2023
Saturday and Sunday, April 1-2, 2023
University of Washington, Seattle
Speakers
Kenny Ascher (UC Irvine)
Harold Blum (Utah)
François Charles (École normale supérieure/MSRI)
Julia Gordon (UBC)
Inder Kaur (Loughborough)
Lars Kühne (Copenhagen/MSRI)
Andrei Okounkov (Berkeley/Columbia)
Rekha Thomas (Washington)
Saturday, April 1
8:30-9:00 Coffee and registration
9:00-10:00 Lars Kühne
10:15-11:15 Kenny Ascher
11:15-11:45 Coffee
11:45-12:45 Inder Kaur
12:45- 2:45 Lunch Break
2:45-3:45 Julia Gordon
3:45-4:15 Coffee
4:15-5:15 François Charles
5:15-6:00 Poster Session
Sunday, April 2
9:00-10:00 Harold Blum
10:00-10:30 Coffee
10:30-11:30 Rekha Thomas
11:30-11:45 Break
11:45-12:45 Andrei Okounkov
Location
The meeting will be held in room JHN 102 at the University of Washington in Seattle. Also, here is a campus map and a map of the area around campus.
Registration
WAGS is partially supported by the National Science Foundation.
WAGS Spring 2023 @UW has also received supplementary funding from the Pacific Institute of Mathematical Sciences, the Wendell Alfred Milliman Endowed Fund, and the Craig McKibben and Sarah Merner Endowed Fund of the Department of Mathematics of the University of Washington.
We ask that all participants fill out the registration form to help us with NSF reporting; registration for WAGS is free:
Registration. Note that funding requests received prior to February 15 will receive full consideration.
Poster Session
On Saturday April 1 there will be a poster session. If you wish to present a poster, please state so in your conference registration form.
Getting to Seattle
The most obvious way to get to Seattle is flying to Seatac airport. From the airport, you can take the light rail all the way to the University District where you will likely stay. The light rail station in the U District is right across from one of the recommended hotels. You can, of course, also take a cab, Lyft or Uber from the airport.
Transportation within Seattle
Seattle has a good public transportation network. You may have already taken the light rail from the airport. It is also a good way to get to Downtown and other parts of the city. There are also many bus lines serving the University District. You can find information about bus routes and schedules here and you may download and install OneBusAway for real time arrival information for all public transit.
Uber and Lyft both operate in Seattle.
Parking on campus is usually free on Sundays and Saturday afternoons, however, this may change due to special events. If you drive and plan to park on campus, make sure to ask at the gatehouse about (special) parking rules on that day. If there is no attendant at the gatehouse, then parking is free.
See here for more information.
Accommodation
We recommend the following hotels. Follow the link to get the UW rate.
The Graduate 4507 Brooklyn Avenue NE, Seattle, WA 98105, 206 634 2000 (make your booking by March 1 to get the discount rate)
Silver Cloud 5036 25th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98105, (206) 526-5200
Residence Inn 4501 12th Avenue NE, Seattle, Washington 98105, 206.322.8887 (make your booking by March 2 to get the discount rate)
Local information
For food and hotel recommendations near the UW, follow this link.
Local organizers
Farbod Shokrieh (chair), Sándor Kovács, and Max Lieblich.
Send questions to local@wagsymposium.org.
Discord
We invite you to join the Discord server for WAGS: https://discord.gg/DSTW29DZ3u . Please use your full professional name on this server.
About WAGS
WAGS is a twice-yearly meeting of algebraic geometers in the western half of the United States and Canada that traces its origins back to the Utah-UCLA Algebraic Geometry Seminar started in 1989. Long term planning for WAGS is currently being organized by Nicolas Addington, Roya Beheshti Zavareh, María Angélica Cueto, José González, Dustin Ross, Karl Schwede, Mark Shoemaker and Farbod Shokrieh. For more information about WAGS, please visit http://www.wagsymposium.org.
Diversity
We hope to broaden the community of algebraic geometers. All are welcome to attend. We especially encourage participation from women and members of groups traditionally under-represented in mathematics.
Community Agreement
WAGS aims to create an environment that is stimulating, supportive, and welcoming to all participants. We build that through our community, with each of us playing an active role in creating a positive environment. We ask you to be welcoming, respectful, and generous towards all attendees and recognize that it is your responsibility to ensure that your actions match your intent. Discriminatory, exclusionary, or harassing behavior has no place at WAGS. If you have experienced or witnessed behavior that makes you uncomfortable, please contact a member of the Organizing Council. All reports will be handled in the strictest confidentiality.