SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES

August 8-11, 2005 Workshop on Profinite Groups and Applications Carleton University, Ottawa Organizers: Luis Ribes and Benjamin Steinberg (Carleton University)

Overview

The workshop will consist of a series of mini-courses by renowned specialists in profinite groups that should be accessible to graduate students and of use to researchers in group theory, number theory, algebraic geometry and related areas. There will also be some more specialized talks by invited speakers.

Minicourses

• Moshe Jarden (Tel Aviv University): Relatively projective profinite groups and pseudo-closed fields (.pdf)
• Alex Lubotzky (Hebrew University): Counting primes, groups and manifolds
• Luis Ribes (Carleton University): Introduction to profinite groups
• Benjamin Steinberg (Carleton University): Profinite groups in automata and semigroup theory
• John Wilson (Oxford University): Separability properties of groups
  

Additional talks

• Jorge Almeida (University of Porto): Maximal subgroups of finitely generated free profinite semigroups
• Dan Haran (Tel Aviv University): Algebraic patching over rings
• Wolfgang Herfort (University of Vienna): Profinite groups with a CC-subgroup
• Florian Pop (University of Pennsylvania) Galois theory and the Riemann-Zariski space
• Daniel Wise (McGill University): Residual finiteness in geometric group theory
• Pavel Zalesskii (University of Brasilia): Profinite surface groups and the congruence kernel of arithmetic lattices in SL₂(R) (.pdf)
  

Schedule

All talks will take place in the Macphail room (HP 4351) on the fourth floor of the Herzberg building.Map
Travel to Carleton go to Bank Street and get on a number 4 or 7 bus. Directions

TIME	MONDAY Aug. 8	TUESDAY Aug. 9	WEDNESDAY Aug. 10	THURSDAY Aug. 11
8:30-10:00	Registration /Coffee
10:00-11:00	Ribes	Jarden	Jarden	Lubotzky
11:00-11:30	Coffee	Coffee	Coffee	Coffee
11:30-12:30	Lubotzky	Lubotzky	Haran	Almeida
12:30-14:00	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch
14:00-15:00	Wilson	Pop	Free Afternoon	Wilson
15:00-15:15	Break	Break		Break
15:15-16:15	Herfort	Wilson		Zalesskii
16:15-16:45	Coffee	Coffee		Coffee
16:45-17:45	Jarden	Wise		Steinberg
19:30			Dinner

Registration

Registration is $75 Canadian dollars (25 for students). This will include the conference dinner. There will be limited support available for students. Students can apply until the deadline of June 1, 2005.

To obtain more information, please contact Benjamin Steinberg.

ACCOMODATION INFO

Participants are asked to make their own accommodation reservations. We are happy to provide the information below to assist in your selection. In some cases, special rates have been granted for the Fields Workshop Series.

Carleton Residences: Overnight accommodation prices and information for 2005
Reservation Desk opens on May 7, 2005 and the telephone number is 613-520-5611, or reservations can be made by contacting tcc@carleton.ca or fax to 613-520-3952 and we will respond as soon as possible.

Carleton University has 9 residence buildings. For overnight clients there are two residence buildings, Leeds House and Prescott House. They are both suite style and are equipped with air conditioning. Suite style means that the bedrooms are arranged in groups of 2 or 4 around a kitchen area (table and 4 chairs) fridge with a microwave in Prescott House - in Leeds there is a stove top, however the stovetops are disabled during the summer months(liability issues). All suites have a shared in-suite washroom.
The main difference between Prescott and Leeds is that Prescott has single beds with single and double rooms and Leeds is all single rooms with double beds.While your bedroom will be private, we cannot guarantee you will not have to share your washroom with other guests who may be staying in the other room(s) of the suite.

For more information on the two residence buildings, including floor plans, please check these links:
http://www.carleton.ca/housing/on campus/residence/prescott.htm
http://www.carleton.ca/housing/on campus/residences/leeds.htm
Pricing:
- Single room with 1 single bed (Prescott): $51.30 per night including taxes and breakfast
- Double room with 2 single beds (Prescott): $71.00 per night including taxes and breakfast
- One room with 1 double bed (Leeds): $72.95 per night including taxes and breakfast - 1 person for two people the price is $84.15
- Family Rate in Leeds House - 4 Guests - 2 adults and 2 children 12 and under - $102.80 including a full hot breakfast for 4 people and taxes.
- Two rooms with 1 double bed in each room (Leeds): $115.85 per night including taxes and breakfast (for up to 4 people).

Breakfast is an all-you-can-eat hot and cold buffet in our newly renovated cafeteria. Parking is available on campus for $8.00 per day (free on weekends).

There is a list of hotels and B&Bs at http://www.carleton.ca/isa/short_term_accom.html

Walking distance to Carleton (B&Bs in the Glebe):

A Rose on Colonel By 9 Rosedale Ave., Ottawa (At canal, close to Carleton) Tel: (613) 291-7831 Site: www.rosebandb.com Rates: From $95.00 single, $110 double/ night	By the Way 310 First Ave., Ottawa Tel: (613) 232-6840 Email: bytheway@magma.ca Site: www.magma.ca/~bytheway Rates: $70.00 single, $85.00 double/ night
Alanbury House Bed & Breakfast 119 Strathcona Ave., Ottawa Tel: (613) 234-8378 Email: alanbury@magma.ca Site: www.magma.ca/~alanbury Rates: From $109.00 to $159.00	Echo Bank House 700 Echo Dr., Ottawa Tel: (613) 730-0254 Rates: $85.00/night

Hotels (none within walking distance)

Monterey Inn Resort 2259 Prince of Wales Dr., Ottawa Tel: (613) 226-5813, 1-800-565-1311 (CAN/USA) E-mail: info@montrereyinn.cominfo@montrereyinn.com Rates: From $125.00/ night http://www.montereyinn.com/	Lord Elgin Hotel 100 Elgin Street Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1P 5K8 Tel: 613-235-3333, toll-free: 1-800-267-4298 Fax: 613-235-3223 Rates: $ 113, single/double occupancy Blackout: Wnterlude in February, Jun 29/03 - Jul 02/03
Delta Ottawa 361 Queen Street Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1R 7S9 Tel: 613-238-6000, toll-free: 1-800-268-1133 Fax: 613-238-2290 Rates: $ 135, single/double occupancy	Crowne Plaza Ottawa 101 Lyon Street Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1R 5T9 Tel: 613-237-3600, toll-free: 1-1-800-227-6963 Fax: 613-237-2351 Rates: $ 132, single/double occupancy
The Westin Ottawa 11 Colonel By Drive Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1N 9H4 Tel: 613-560-7000, toll-free: 1-800-937-8461 Fax: 613-560-2707 Website: http://www.crowneottawa.ca Rates: $ 179, single/double occupancy Blackout: December 31	Les Suites Hotel Ottawa 130 Besserer Street Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1N 9M9 Tel: 613-232-2000, toll-free: 1-800-267-1989 Fax: 613-232-1242 Rates: $ 134, single/double occupancy Blackout: July 1
Arc The Hotel 140 Slater Street Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1P 5H6 Tel: 613-238-2888, toll-free: 1-800-699-2516 Fax: 613-235-8421 Website: http://www.arcthehotel.com Rates: $ 135, single/double occupancy	For additional suggestions see the Carleton webpage : http://www.carleton.ca/isa/short_term_accom.html

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