Cascade Topology Seminar, Spring 2006

	Cascade Topology Seminar University of Washington May 6-7, 2006
Saturday 10:00-11:00 Turchin 11:15-12:15 Douglas 2:15-3:15 Ando 3:30-4:30 Rolfsen Sunday 9:30-10:30 Indurskis 11:00-12:00 Lurie	Schedule, speakers: The schedule is to the left. The talks will be held in Savery Hall, room 249. The speakers and titles are as follows; click on a title to see a list of abstracts. Matthew Ando (Illinois): Orientation theory with applications Chris Douglas (Stanford): Topological Field Theory and Twisted K-Theory Gabriel Indurskis (UBC): Finding p-reps and Culler-Shalen seminorms of 3-manifold groups Jacob Lurie (Harvard): Cohomology Theories, Formal Groups, and Elliptic Spectra Dale Rolfsen (UBC): Obstruction to nice foliations on 3-manifolds Victor Turchin (Oregon): Knots and Poisson algebras operad
	Lodging info: Here are some places near the University: Silver Cloud Inn, 5036 25th Ave NE, Seattle, WA, (206) 526-5200 Travelodge, 4725 25th Ave NE, Seattle, WA, (206) 525-4612 other hotels, motels, etc. (provided by Google maps; you can also use your favorite on-line resource and look for lodging near 4500 15th Ave NE, Seattle, WA)
	Maps, directions: map of campus with Savery Hall circled; the lectures will be in Savery, room 249, and there should be coffee (etc.) in room 245. map of campus with Padelford Hall circled; the math department is housed in Padelford. driving directions to various parts of campus. The directions for "Central campus" are the relevant ones if you're trying to get to Savery. It costs $4 to park on campus on Saturday morning, and it is free to park Saturday afternoon and all day Sunday.
	Banquet, etc.: There is often a banquet or dinner of some sort on the Saturday evening of a Cascade Topology Seminar. Plans for some sort of event like this are in the works; stay tuned. Meanwhile, if you'd rather go to a baseball game at beautiful Safeco field, the Mariners are playing Cleveland at 6:05 Saturday evening. Last time I checked, there were tickets available. (They are also playing Friday night and Sunday afternoon.) Check the Mariners' website for details.
	Travel support: The Cascade Topology Seminar is supported in part by grants from the National Science Foundation, the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences, and is a Mathematical Sciences Research Institute MER Network Conference. The support of these agencies is gratefully acknowledged. The Seminar has dedicated funding available to support the participation of graduate students, early career mathematicians, and members of traditionally underrepresented groups. Members of these aforementioned groups are especially encouraged to apply and attend.

John H. Palmieri, Department of Mathematics, University of Washington
Padelford C-538, (206) 543-1785, palmieri@math.washington.edu