Geometric Group Theory, Bedlewo 14.-20. June 2009
The conference was funded by
a grant of the Ministry of Sciences and Higher Education of the Government of Poland,
Banach Center,
and University
of Wroclaw.
Invited speakers
- Daniel Allcock,
- Uri Bader,
- Igor Belegradek,
- Mladen Bestvina,
- Noel Brady,
- Martin Bridson,
- Pierre-Emmanuel Caprace,
- Ruth Charney,
- Thomas Delzant,
- Alexander Dranishnikov,
- Cornelia Druţu,
- Tom Farrell,
- Mark Feighn,
- Frédéric Haglund,
- Ursula Hamenstädt,
- Misha Kapovich,
- Guido Mislin,
- Thomas Schick,
- Karen Vogtmann,
- Kevin Wortman,
- Robert Young.
About Bedlewo
Bedlewo
conference center is located 30 kilometers south
of Poznan, major town half way between Warsaw
and Berlin with good train connections to both.
The Poznan airport has direct connections with
Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Munich and Warsaw among others.
Scientific Committee
Mladen Bestvina (Utah), Brian Bowditch (Warwick), Martin Bridson (Oxford), Ursula Hamenstädt (Bonn), Tadeusz Januszkiewicz (Ohio), Pierre Pansu (Orsay), Michah Sageev (Haifa), Jacek Świątkowski (Wrocław), Alain Valette (Neuchâtel), Karen Vogtmann (Cornell), and Daniel Wise (Montreal).
Local organizers
Światoslaw Gal and Damian Osajda.
With assistance from Agata Barecka, Maciej Dołęga, Kamil Duszenko, Stefan Łapicki, Jacek Wieszaczewski, and Joanna Zubik.