Third announcement

Intensive research period "Teichmuler theory and surfaces in 3-manifolds", 26 May-20 June 2014 Centro di Ricerca Matematica "Ennio De Giorgi", Pisa - Italy

The intensive period will last four weeks. More information is available here:

http://www.dm.unipi.it/~frigerio/degio/Intensive_period_2.html

http://www.crm.sns.it/event/291/index.html#title

During weeks I, II and IV there will be mini-courses and research talks, along with time for discussion. Minicourse speakers include:

Thierry Barbot (Avignon) Francis Bonahon (USC) Marc Burger (ETH Zuich) William Goldman (College Park) Alexander Goncharov (Yale) Jeremy Kahn (Brown) Francis Labourie (Orsay) Rafe Mazzeo (Stanford) Andrew Neitzke (Austin) Dragomir Saric (Queens College)

A more intensive workshop will take place during the third week (9-13 June). Speakers include:

Marc Burger (ETH Zuich) Bertrand Deroin (ENS) Guillaume Dreyer (Notre Dame) David Dumas (UIC) Francois Fillastre (Cergy-Pontoise) Stefano Francaviglia (Bologna) William Goldman (College Park) Alexander Goncharov (Yale) Colin Guillarmou (ENS Paris) Ursula Hamenstat (Bonn) Zheng Huang (CUNY) Alessandra Iozzi (ETH Zürich) Fanny Kassel (Lille I) Francis Labourie (Paris XI) Christopher Leininger (UIUC) Vladimir Markovic (CalTech) Kasra Rafi (Toronto) Andre Sambarino (Paris XI). Anna Wienhard* (Heidelberg).

* to be confirmed

Some financial support for accommodation and local expenses will be available for younger participants. The deadline for applying for financial support is 28 March 2014.

Scientific committee: Steve Kerckhoff (Stanford), Bruno Martelli (Pisa), Jean-Marc Schlenker (Luxemburg), Mike Wolf (Rice).

Organizing committee: Francesco Bonsante (Pavia), Roberto Frigerio (Pisa), Gabriele Mondello (Roma "Sapienza").