Characters and Moduli of Surfaces

July 17--19 2023

The conference was held (on-site only) 

July 17--19 2023

Banquet: at La Tour,  map. from 18:00 July 19. 

If you have any questions or requests, contact: cms2023.organizers 'at' gmail.com



A conference on geometric structures on manifolds in honor of Ser Peow Tan's 60th birthday. 

Character varieties of a discrete group, in particular, the fundamental group of a surface lies at the intersection of many different areas of mathematics including algebraic geometry, Teichmueller theory, Kleinian groups, hyperbolic geometry, three-dimensional topology, dynamical systems, and number theory. Their study reveals many deep and rich connections between these fields. The program will bring together some of the leading experts from these fields.

Confirmed Speakers: 

Shinpei Baba (Osaka)

Virginie Charette (Sherbrooke) 

Bill Goldman (Maryland)

Yi Huang(Tsinghua University)

Inkang Kim (KIAS)

Sanghyun Kim(KIAS)

Youngju Kim(Konkuk)

Eiko Kin (Osaka)

Feng Luo (Rutgers)

Greg McShane (Grenoble)

Hideki Miyachi (Kanazawa) 

Hugo Parlier (Luxembourg)

Makoto Sakuma (OCAMI/Hiroshima

Tengren Zhang (Singapore)

We appreciate the kind support from RIMS and KAKENHI.

Organizing Committee:  

Ara Basmajian, Martin Bridgeman, Richard Canary, Sadayoshi Kojima, Hidetoshi Masai, Xiaobing Sheng, and Yasushi Yamashita.