COMBINATORICS OF MODULI SPACES,

HURWITZ NUMBERS, AND CLUSTER ALGEBRAS

June 2-7, 2008, Moscow, Russia

Laboratoire J.-V. Poncelet and

Steklov Mathematical Institute

General

Announcement

Participants

Practical details

Program

The scope of the conference is the rapidly developing branch of mathematics, the combinatorial description of moduli spaces of Riemann surfaces and related topics, that flourished through several last years including, but not limited to, the combinatorics and geometry of Hurwitz numbers and cluster algebras together with their generalizations to algebras of higher rank, to constructing cycles on moduli spaces and investigating the related algebraic structures including those of the Schlesinger system type.

The workshop site --- the Independent University of Moscow --- is situated in one of picturesque areas of downtown Moscow and the Steklov Mathematical Institute is within the walking distance from the campus of Moscow State University with its magnificent Main Building and vast green recreational areas.

Organizing Committee: Igor Artamkin, Leonid Chekhov, Liza Kryukova,   Sergei Lando, Armen Sergeev

We expect short series (2-3) of 1-hour-long lectures and 1-hour long research talks.

Among those who already agreed to give a talk/series of lectures are J.Andersen (Aarhus, Denmark) and R.C.Penner (University of South California, USA, and Aarhus, Denmark) and S. Fomin (Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor).

The registration fee is 150 USD for foreign participants (paid upon arrival by those who can cover it from their grants or institutions) and 3000 roubles for participants from the FSU.

For a limited number of foreign participants, the organizers provide reasonable accommodation for free/budget price.

All nationals except for some countries of the FSU need visas to enter Russia. Because it takes time to arrange invitation (for a tourist visa) and to proceed the visa application in a Russian consulate, we strongly recommend to ask for your visa at least six weeks prior to the workshop date.

Due to limited funding, the organizers cannot cover travel expenses of the participants when traveling outside Russia. We however provide transportation from and to Moscow airports.

For the registration, please, contact the Organizing Committee before May, 10^th on the first opportunity. It will be extremely helpful if you include a tentative title of your talk.

Contact emails of the organizing committee

chekhov@mi.ras.ru (Leonid Chekhov)

lando@mccme.ru (Sergei Lando)

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