In December 2009 we held a workshop and short courses around the topic of geometric group theory, with particular emphasis on new ideas and directions of research in the field, and connections to analysis, statistics, probability, enumerative combinatorics, geometry and topology, and logic. Public lecture: Special talk by Daryl Cooper at BrisScience on Monday 14 December, 6:30pm City Hall
Research talks: Noel Brady, Oklahoma.
Daryl Cooper, UC Santa Barbara
Yves de Cornulier, Rennes
Moon Duchin, Michigan
Daniel Groves, UI Chicago
Elmas Irmak, Bowling Green State
Olga Kharlampovich, McGill
Joseph Maher, CUNY
Jon McCammond, UC Santa Barbara
Alexei Miasnikov, McGill
Masato Mimura, University of Tokyo
Walter Neumann, Columbia/Barnard
Claas Röver, National Univ of Ireland, Galway
Anne Thomas, Oxford
Sasha Ushakov, Stevens
Organisers: Murray Elder, University of Queensland Lawrence Reeves, The University of Melbourne Stephan Tillmann, University of Queensland We gratefully acknowledge the generous support of the following organisations: Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute Australian Mathematical Society as well as additional support from SMP and the Faculty of Science at UQ
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