Moduli and Traces. A celebration of the mathematical life of Ib Madsen.

Moduli and Traces: 
A celebration of the mathematical life of Ib Madsen

Department of Mathematical Sciences,
University of Copenhagen,
20-21 April 2017.

Conference schedule:

Thursday 20 April

13:30-14:30

Michael J. Hopkins (Harvard University)
Topological methods in condensed matter physics

15:00-16:00

Michael Weiss (Universität Münster)
The diffeomorphism group of a smooth homotopy sphere 

16:30-17:30

Nathalie Wahl (University of Copenhagen)
The homology of the Higman-Thompson groups

Friday 21 April

11:00-12:00

John Rognes (University of Oslo)
Cubical and cosimplicial descent

13:30-14:30

Oscar Randal-Williams (Cambridge University)
En-cells and applications

At 15:00 the celebration continues in Auditorium 1 with a reception for Ib.

Venue:

Auditorium 4, HC Ørsted Institute, Universitetsparken 5, Copenhagen.

Accommodation:

You will have to take care of finding accomodation yourself. Here is a list of recommended hotels and hostels.

Registration:

Registration is not necessary. 

Practical information:

How to find us.

Organizers:

Marcel Bökstedt, Lisbeth Fajstrup, Søren Galatius, Lars Hesselholt & Erik Kjær Pedersen.