Hengstberger Symposium:
Geometry and dynamics of surfaces beyond finite-type
Logistics
This symposium happens from July 8-12, 2024 at the IWH in Heidelberg. Please see these instructions for directions to IWH. You can use this link as a starting point to search for train connections from Frankfurt airport to Heidelberg-Altstadt.
Accommodation is provided at IWH from Sunday night to Friday afternoon or Saturday morning. Breakfast and lunch are provided from Monday to Friday, dinners are provided on Monday and Thursday at IWH as well as a conference dinner on Wednesday.
Participants
The symposium has 20 participants. The list of participants will be available only to participants.
Schedule
The symposium starts on Monday morning and ends on Friday at 4pm. The schedule is as follows:
| Monday | ||
|---|---|---|
| 8:50-9:00 | Welcome | IWH Lecture hall |
| 9:00-10:30 | Paper presentation "Towards Nielsen-Thurston classification for surfaces of infinite type" | IWH Lecture hall |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee break | IWH |
| 11:00-12:30 | Paper presentation "Transverse measures to infinite type laminations" | IWH Lecture hall |
| 12:30 | Lunch | IWH |
| 15:00-16:30 | Questions, answers, and writing session | IWH Lecture hall |
| 16:30-17:00 | Coffee break | IWH |
| 17:00-18:30 | Paper presentation "Train tracks and measured laminations on infinite surfaces" | IWH Lecture hall |
| 18:30 | Dinner | IWH |
| Tuesday | ||
| 9:00-10:30 | Paper presentation "The Heights Theorem for infinite Riemann surfaces" | IWH Lecture hall |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee break | IWH |
| 11:00-11:30 | Questions and answers | IWH Lecture hall |
| 11:30-12:00 | Transfer to campus "Im Neuenheimer Feld" | |
| 12:00 | Lunch | Bräustadel |
| 13:30-14:30 | RTG colloquium by Sergei Tabachnikov | Mathematikon, Seminar Room C |
| 14:30-15:00 | Coffee break | Mathematikon, Common room fifth floor |
| 15:00-16:30 | Paper presentation "Ergodicity of the geodesic flow on symmetric surfaces" | Mathematikon, Seminar Room 1 |
| 16:30-17:00 | Visit Heidelberg Experimental Geometry Lab | HEGL |
| 17:00-18:30 | Introduction of research projects for working groups | Mathematikon, Seminar Room 1 |
| Wednesday | ||
| 9:00-10:30 | World Café: Research projects | IWH Lecture hall |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee break | IWH |
| 11:00-12:30 | Working groups | IWH Lecture hall |
| 12:30 | Lunch | IWH |
| 14:00 | Hike and conference dinner | Königstuhl |
| Thursday | ||
| 9:00-10:30 | Working groups | IWH Lecture hall and workshop room |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee break | IWH |
| 11:00-12:30 | Working groups | IWH Lecture hall and workshop room |
| 12:30 | Lunch | IWH |
| 15:00-16:30 | Working groups | IWH Lecture hall and workshop room |
| 16:30-17:00 | Coffee break | IWH |
| 17:00-18:30 | Status reports | IWH Lecture hall |
| 18:30 | Dinner | IWH |
| Friday | ||
| 9:00-10:30 | Working groups | IWH Lecture hall and workshop room |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee break | IWH |
| 11:00-12:30 | Working groups | IWH Lecture hall and workshop room |
| 12:30 | Lunch | IWH |
| 15:00-16:00 | Status reports and presentation of next steps | IWH Lecture hall |
| 16:00 | Goodbye over coffee and cake | IWH |
Pre-Lectures
The pre-lectures will happen on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 4-5.30 pm (CEST) from May 14 on. The schedule is
- Tuesday, May 14: Surfaces of infinite type I, Laminations and currents I
- Thursday, May 16: Surfaces of infinite type II, Big mapping class groups I
- Tuesday, May 21: Surfaces of infinite type III, Laminations and currents II
- Thursday, May 23: Big mapping class groups II, Laminations and currents III
- Tuesday, May 28: Big mapping class groups III, Laminations and currents IV
Organizers
The symposium is organized by Dídac Martínez-Granado, Tommaso Cremaschi, and Anja Randecker.
Funding
This symposium is funded by the Hengstberger Foundation through the Klaus-Georg and Sigrid Hengstberger Award and by the Department of Mathematics of the University of Luxembourg.