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<td style=""> <font color="white"> Schedule </font></td>
<td style=""> <font color="white"> Travel <br>
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<td style=""> <font color="white"> Housing </font></td>
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<big><big><span style="font-weight: bold;">Geometry, Rigidity, and
Group Actions</span></big></big><br>
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A conference in honor of</big><br>
<big><big><span style="font-weight: bold;">Robert J. Zimmer's 60th
Birthday</span></big></big><br>
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<big>September 7 - 9, 2007</big><br>
<big>University of Chicago</big></big>
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<img alt="Robert J. Zimmer" src="bobzimmer.jpg"
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<big><big><span style="font-weight: bold;">Speakers</span></big></big><br>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">David
Fisher</span></td>
<td style="vertical-align: top;">Indiana University</td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Alex
Furman</span></td>
<td style="vertical-align: top;">University of Illinois, Chicago</td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Anatole
Katok</span></td>
<td style="vertical-align: top;">Pennsylvania State University</td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Alexander
Lubotzky</span></td>
<td style="vertical-align: top;">Hebrew University, Israel</td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gregory
Margulis</span></td>
<td style="vertical-align: top;">Yale University</td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Amos
Nevo</span></td>
<td style="vertical-align: top;">Technion, Israel</td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Leonid
Polterovich</span></td>
<td style="vertical-align: top;">Tel Aviv University, Israel</td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sorin
Popa</span></td>
<td style="vertical-align: top;">University of California, Los
Angeles</td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Yehuda
Shalom</span></td>
<td style="vertical-align: top;">Tel Aviv University, Israel</td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Shmuel
Weinberger</span></td>
<td style="vertical-align: top;">University of Chicago</td>
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<small>Approximate Schedule:</small></span></big></big><big><big><span
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<li>The conference will begin Friday morning (September 7), and end
at about noon on Sunday (September 9).</li>
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<li>A banquet is being planned for Saturday evening (September 8).<br>
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<li>Talks will be 45 minutes in length, and limited in number, to
allow time for informal discussions.<br>
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<li>On Sunday afternoon, after the conference, there will be a
workshop for young researchers to give a short talk on their work. </li>
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<big><span style="font-weight: bold;">Travel information</span> <small>(preliminary)</small>:</big><br>
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<li><a href="http://maps.uchicago.edu/">Maps and
directions to the University of Chicago campus</a></li>
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<li>Chicago has two commercial airports: <a
href="http://www.flychicago.com/Ohare/OhareHomepage.shtm">O'Hare (ORD)</a>
and <a href="http://www.flychicago.com/midway/MidwayHomepage.shtm">Midway
(MDW)</a>. <br>
(Midway is less hectic and more convenient to campus, but
does not have as many flights.)</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.math.uchicago.edu/">University
of Chicago
Department of Mathematics</a> <br>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><big><span style="font-weight: bold;">Organizing
committee:</span></big><br>
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<li><a href="http://www.math.uchicago.edu/%7Efarb/">Benson Farb</a>,
University of Chicago
<<a href="javascript:nosp('farb','math.uchicago','edu')">farb@math.uchicago.edu</a>><br>
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<li><a href="http://mypage.iu.edu/%7Efisherdm/">David
Fisher</a>,
Indiana University <<a
href="javascript:nosp('fisherdm','indiana','edu')">fisherdm@indiana.edu</a>><br>
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<li><a href="http://people.uleth.ca/%7Edave.morris/">Dave Witte Morris</a>,
University of Lethbridge
<<a href="javascript:nosp('Dave.Morris','uleth','ca')">Dave.Morris@uleth.ca</a>><br>
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<li><a href="http://www.math.lsa.umich.edu/%7Espatzier/">Ralf Spatzier</a>,
University of Michigan
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