Announcing the Summer 1997 Wasatch Topology Conference

 The mathematics departments of Brigham Young University and the
 University of Utah along with the National Science Foundation are
 sponsoring the sixth semiannual Wasatch Topology Conference to be
 held June 23-27 at the Olympia Park Hotel in Park City,Utah.  This
 conference will be a workshop in 3-manifold theory. The speaker list
 includes:

  J. Cannon (BYU)
  D. Cooper (UCSB)
  C. Gordon (Texas)
  S. Kerckhoff (Stanford)
  D. Long (UCSB)
  J. Luecke (Texas)
  W. Parry (Eastern Michigan)
  A. Reid (Texas)
  M. Scharlemann (UCSB)

Tentative Schedule
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Monday June 23
9:00 AM Gordon, 11:00 Cannon, 2:00 PM Cooper, 3:30 Luecke
 
Tuesday June 24
9:00 AM Gordon, 11:00 Cannon, 2:00 PM Parry , 3:30 TBA
 
Wednesday June 25
9:00 AM Scharlemann, 11:00 Long, 2:00 PM Conference Hike
 
Thursday June 26
9:00 AM Kerckhoff, 11:00 Scharlemann, 2:00 PM TBA, 3:30 TBA
 
Friday June 27
9:00 AM Kerckhoff, 11:00 Reid, 2:00 PM TBA, 3:30 TBA
 
'TBA'  indicates a contributed talk that will be announced during the
conference.


 Park City is a beautiful resort city in the scenic Wasatch mountains
 and late June is a perfect time of year to visit.  Hiking and biking
 on mountain trails, shopping on historic Main Street and dining in
 Park City's numerous restaurants are among the many activities available.
 The Olympia Park Hotel is a top notch resort hotel.  Its amenities
 include two restaurants, a bar, a huge glassed over pool area, and
 workout facilities.  We have negotiated a deeply discounted room rate
 of $55.00 per room per night for the duration of the conference.  The
 nearest airport, Salt Lake International airport, is approximately 40
 miles distant from the meeting site.  Those interested in attending the
 conference should make reservations as far in advance as possible
 (and  a minimum of a month in advance) to guarantee availability of rooms
 at the discount rate. The toll-free number for the Olympia Park Hotel
 is 1-800-234-9003 and their address is 1895 Sidewinder Drive,
 Park City, Utah 84060.  We would also like to point out that Southwest
 Airlines usually offers very reasonably priced flights from the western US
 to Salt Lake that time of year ($100 round-trip fares are not uncommon).

 If you will be attending the conference or need more information please
 contact the conference organizers, Mladen Bestvina (bestvina@math.utah.edu)
 or Greg Conner (conner@math.byu.edu).