Heron Island Workshop on Geometry and Representation Theory

The Heron Island Workshop on Geometry and Representation Theory is a week-long retreat at The University of Queensland's Heron Island Research Station.

Administrative Details:

Dates: 26 June to 4 July 2021.
Organisers: Anna Puskás (contact: a.puskas@uq.edu.au), Masoud Kamgarpour, Ramiro Lafuente
Location: Heron Island (with transit through Gladstone), QLD, Australia

Approximate Schedule:

Thursday 24 June, 3pm: Orientation by Selina Ward, HIRS Academic Director on Zoom. Please check your email for the meeting code, and ask questions!

Saturday 26 June: Arrive in Gladstone.

after 2pm: check in at the Rydges Gladstone. We have a booking for ten rooms, under the name Anna Puskas. The rooms will be paid together. The hotel has a roster of our group, so you can check in when you arrive.
7 pm: dinner at Dimitri's Mediterranean Restaurant (22-24 Roseberry St, Gladstone Central QLD 4680). Masoud made a reservation (UQ group) and has pre-ordered some food to share.

Sunday 27 June:

by 8:30 am Arrive at Gladstone Marina for check-in
9:30 am-11:45 am Catamaran trip to Heron Island (group booking)
Lunch and Dinner at HIRS

Sunday 27 June - Saturday 3 July: Enjoy Maths, snorkeling and other activities on Heron Island. Accommodation will be at HIRS; all meals will be catered. The following schedule is approximate, and may change based on weather, tides, etc.

Saturday 3 July:

Breakfast and lunch at HIRS.
12.45 pm - 3 pm: Catamaran trip to Gladstone (group booking)
Afternoon and night: Stay at the Rydges Gladstone (group booking).

Sunday 4 July: Leave Gladstone.

Reimbursement

Non-UQ staff, Students: please fill out this form with at least your name, ID, bank details, email address and your expenses, and send it, with your receipts, to Anna in PDF format.
UQ staff: use MyAurion (Dashboard/My Forms, add a new Kilometre Claim) for mileage; use ProMaster for other expenses. (Anna can do the ProMaster bit with the other receipts for you if that's easier. In this case please message her about it by 12 July.)

Preparation

This Google Form should guide you through the preparation. Please answer the first three questions by 10 June.
Print the schedule of talks, Kempf-Ness Paper, and Bertrand Russel Lectures (See Below).
The PDF version of the HIRS induction document can be found here, the original (DOCX) version is here. The induction form to fill out is here.
You can find the Snorkel Registration Questionnaire here.
Travel Declaration for UQ students.

Good to know:

HIRS provides sheets, blankets and pillows, but not towels. Bring some with you! “A towel, [...] is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have.”
Bring a pair of shoes you don't mind using in the ocean to keep yourself safe from critters on the bottom.
Here is the recording of the Zoom orientation on 24 June.
Internet access may be spotty on Heron Island.
The Heron Island Catamaran has a luggage limit of two bags per customer.
The island has interesting animals and plants. In particular, the birds are said to be quite loud. You may wish to bring earplugs. HIRS induction will have detailed information about what else to keep in mind.
In some cases, we will ask scientific participants to share a room.
Do you have a question or remark? If it is urgent, email Anna (a.puskas@uq.edu.au). If not, you can leave it here.
Glasses are incompatible with snorkeling masks. It might be a good idea to bring (disposable) contact lenses for snorkeling.
For snorkeling: the plan is to stay on the surface, and not do any breath-hold diving.