Special Topology & Geometry meeting in honor of Wu-chung Hsiang.

Special Topology & Geometry meeting in honor of
Wu-chung Hsiang.

Saturday, December 10, 2005
Princeton University
A01 McDonnell Hall
Jadwin—McDonnell—Fine Complex
Washington Road

SCHEDULE OF TALKS
TIME	SPEAKER	TITLE
B R E A K F A S T 9:00am-9:30am Coffee, Tea, and a light breakfast will be available outside A01 McDonnell Hall.
9:30am-10:30am	Zoltan Szabo (Princeton University)	“A Floer homology invariant for links”
11:00am-12:00pm	Michael Hopkins (Harvard University)	“Topological Aspects of Topological Field Theories”
L U N C H 12:00pm-2:00pm
2:00pm-3:00pm	Dennis Sullivan (SUNY at Stony Brook)	“String Topology”
T E A 3:00pm-3:30pm Held in the Professors’ Lounge(PL); top floor of Fine Hall
3:45pm-4:45pm	Tobias Colding (MIT/NYU)	“What are the shapes of embedded minimalsurfaces and why?''
B A N Q U E T 6:00pm- Held in the Common Room (3rd floor/Fine Hall) Banquet costs will be $25 per person. Contact HsiangTopologyDay@math.princeton.edu for details.
There exists some travel support from the NSF for graduate students, recent Ph.D.'s, underrepresented groups and people without funding. If you wish to be considered for support please email, HsiangTopologyDay@math.princeton.edu for details.