John Millson's Birthday Conference

20-23 March 2008
 University of Maryland  College Park
The talks will be held in the math
department colloquium room (3206)
Schedule of talks  
list of participants  

 Organizers:  
Jens Funke  (jfunke@nmsu.edu)
 Bill Goldman  (wmg@math.umd.edu)
 Tom Haines  (tjh@math.umd.edu)
 Misha Kapovich  (misha@math.ucdavis.edu) 
 Rich Schwartz  (res@math.brown.edu)

 Registration: 
 Registration is free.  To register,
send email to Jens Funke (jfunke@nmsu.edu).

 Financial Support:  
Limited financial support 
is available for graduate students and 
young researchers.  Please contact 
Tom Haines (tjh@math.umd.edu) 
by Jan 15 if you are interested. 
In your email, include  

- your current institution; 
- your Ph.D. year (or expected year)
- your Ph.D. advisor's name; 
- your area of research.

 Accommodation:  
The accommodations will be at the
College Park Quality Inn and Suites. 
This hotel is about 3/4 mile
from the math department.
Please email Tom Haines 
(tjh@math.umd.edu)
if you would like to arrange
these accommodations.

 Banquet:   Saturday evening
(22 March) at 7PM, there will be a
banquet in honor of John.  The banquet
will be held at the UMD Inn and Conference
Center

 About the poster: 
The conference poster suggests
the moduli space of the
the  inversor , 
a mechanical linkage that figures 
heavily in one of John's 
papers with Misha Kapovich