Lie Days in

MARTINA FRANCA


LieGrits logo         Walking in Martina_Franca         LieGrits logo

Martina Franca (Taranto) - ITALY
May 22-27, 2006


The conference "Lie days in Martina Franca" will take place in Martina Franca (TA), Puglia, Italy, in the period May 22-27,2006. The aim of the conference is to give an insight into current research in the areas supported by the European network
"LieGrits: Flags, Quivers and Invariant Theory in Lie Representation Theory".
You can download here a printable file of the poster of the conference.



Scientific and Organizing Committee:

Velleda Baldoni, Fabio Gavarini, Elisabetta Strickland   (Università di Roma "Tor Vergata")
Corrado De Concini, Paolo Papi, Claudio Procesi   (Università di Roma "La Sapienza")


Invited Speakers:

Anton ALEKSEEV   (Genève)
Karin BAUR   (Leicester)
Roman BEZRUKAVNIKOV   (MIT)
Alexander BRAVERMAN   (Brown)
Anders BUCH   (Rutgers)
Nicoletta CANTARINI   (Padova)
Alberto DE SOLE   (Harvard & INdAM)
Harm DERKSEN   (Univ. Michigan)
Iain GORDON   (Glasgow)
Maria GORELICK   (Weizmann Inst. Science)

David HERNANDEZ   (CNRS - Versailles)
Syu KATO   (Tokyo University)
Allen KNUTSON   (San Diego)
Guido PEZZINI   (Roma "La Sapienza")
Olivier SCHIFFMANN   (ENS Paris)
Boris SHOIKHET   (Univ. Luxembourg)
Eric SOMMERS   (Amherst, Massachussets)
Catharina STROPPEL   (Glasgow)
Alexis TCHOUDJEM   (Lyon 1)
Valerio TOLEDANO LAREDO   (Paris VI)


All those invited speakers who did not register so far are kindly requested to do it now, using this registration form, please.


NEWS Scientific Program: NEWS

The conference will take place in the "Park Hotel S. MICHELE", in Martina Franca, where participants will also be housed.
Here is the list of title and abstract of all invited talks, and the list of all participants.
The program will mainly consist of talks given by the invited speakers, according to the following schedule:


 

10:00-11:00

11:30-12:30

16:00-17:00

18:00-19:00

Monday 22
Tuesday 23
Wednesday 24
Thursday 25
Friday 26
Saturday 27

Buch
Bezrukavnikov
Gordon
Gorelick
Derksen
Tchoudjem*

Pezzini
Baur
Cantarini
Alekseev
Shoikhet
Stroppel*

Hernandez
Kato
excursion
Toledano L.
De Sole
 

Sommers
Knutson
confer. dinner
Braverman
Schiffmann
 


* possibly starting sooner                                                                                                                

(you can download here a PDF version of the schedule)



NEWS Pictures from the conference: NEWS

Some souvenirs of the conference are available, thanks to Rupert's photos, Ion's photos (in both cases, the username is "mf2006", the password "liegrits"), and to Michel's photos. In particular, here is the conference picture with all participants who were still there on the last afternoon...




Information and Instructions:

If you want further information, please contact the organizers by e-mail at mf2006"at"mat.uniroma1.it.
Hotel reservations and any other contact with the hotel staff will be managed by the organizing committee.
If you have any special requirements about your hotel accomodation - e.g., a special diet, accompanying person(s), etc.- please write an e-mail to the organizing committee at mf2006"at"mat.uniroma1.it .

Lodging Facilities:

Participants will be mainly housed in the hotel

ALBERGO "PARK HOTEL SAN MICHELE"
v. Domenico CARELLA 9, I-74015, Martina Franca (TARANTO), ITALY
tel. ++390804807053   -   fax ++390804808895

where the conference will take place as well. If necessary, some of the participants might be housed in a different hotel, but still at walking distance from the hotel "San Michele".

Prices for participants housed at the hotel "San Michele" are
(with * = price per person, B&B = Bed & Breakfast, HB = Half Board, FB = Full Board)
Single room:       B&B:   euro 58,00   -   HB:   euro 73,00     -   FB:   euro 88,00
Double room:       B&B:   euro 83,00   -   HB:   euro 57,00*   -   FB:   euro 73,00*

  Prices in other accomodations (if any) will be approximately the same.

You can have a look at the conference location in advance, visiting the hotel website (in Italian only).

Social Activities:

  On May 24th, Wednesday, visit to Alberobello - the most famous village of "Trulli" - and dinner in a special grotto facing the Adriatic sea.



How to get to Martina Franca:

  NEWS Here are a few tips for organizing your travel to Martina Franca. NEWS
  In addition, you can find all train/bus connections to Martina Franca here (Trenitalia railways) and here (Ferrovie Sud Est buses and trains).
  Also, general touristic information can be found here.





Last updated: June 27th, 2006 - by Fabio Gavarini - gavarini"at"mat.uniroma2.it