Bill Thurston made fundamental contributions to topology, geometry, and dynamical systems. But beyond these specific accomplishments he introduced new ways of thinking about and of seeing mathematics that have had a profound influence on the entire mathematical community. He discovered connections between disciplines that led to the creation of entirely new fields. The goal of this meeting is to bring together mathematicians from a broad spectrum of areas to describe recent advances and explore future directions motivated by Thurston’s transformative ideas.
Speakers
- Ian Agol, University of California at Berkeley
- Mladen Bestvina, University of Utah
- Michel Boileau, Institut de Mathematiques de Toulouse
- Danny Calegari, University of Chicago
- Benson Farb, University of Chicago
- Etienne Ghys, Ecole Normale Superieure Lyon
- Rick Kenyon, Brown University
- Francois Labourie, Universite Paris-Sud Orsay
- Tan Lei, Université d'Angers
- Vlad Markovic, University of Cambridge
- Dusa McDuff, SUNY Stony Brook
- Curtis McMullen, Harvard University
- John Milnor, Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Stony Brook
- Yair Minsky, Yale University
- Yi Ni, California Institute of Technology
- Alan Reid, University of Texas at Austin
- Mitsuhiro Shishikura, Kyoto University
- Dennis Sullivan, SUNY Stony Brook
- Anna Wienhard, University of Heidelberg and Princeton University
- Anton Zorich, University Paris 7 Jussieu
Organizers
- David Gabai, Princeton University
- John Hubbard, Cornell University
- Steve Kerckhoff, Stanford University
- John Smillie, Cornell University
- Dylan Thurston, Indiana University
- Karen Vogtmann, Cornell University