Over the last 10 years, the Universities of Lyon and São Paulo, together with the two universities in Ottawa have forged strong research ties in the area of representation theory.  The purpose of the proposed workshop is to strengthen these connections and to widen the scope of research collaborations between our institutions. This workshop builds on the Lyon-Ottawa conference held in Lyon in June 2016, the Lyon- São Paulo meeting held in São Paulo in 2013, as well as numerous reciprocal visits by individual researchers.

Talks will begin the morning of July 3 and end by noon on July 7.

For those unfamiliar with the campus', please find a campus map with reference to the workshop building at the University of Ottawa here and Carleton University here.

Theme of the Workshop

The development of representation theory was motivated in part by its extremely successful applications in physics: from quantum mechanics to the standard model of the elementary particles, to string theory.  Today it is a vibrant area of mathematics with many interrelated branches, including Lie algebras, Jordan algebras, Hecke algebras, Hopf algebras, quantum groups, vertex algebras, and categorification. One of the focal topics of the workshop will be the representation theory of infinite-dimensional Lie algebras. This is an area of strength in Lyon, São Paulo and Ottawa.  There also has been a great deal of recent activity stemming from the area of extended affine Lie algebras, expanding this theory in multiple directions.

Dinner

There will be a no-host dinner at the East India Company Restaurant at 210 Somerset Ave W on Wednesday July 4th.

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Registration and Funding

Registration is now open. The link can be found at the top right hand corner of this page. Applications for funding are now open. Applications will be considered beginning February 1, 2018. 

Invited Speakers

Seidon Alsaody (Universite Claude Bernard Lyon)
Benoit Dejoncheree (University of Alberta)
Alessandra Frabetti (University of Lyon)
Vyacheslav Futorny (University of Sao Paulo)
Stephane Gaussent (University of St. Etienne)
Philippe Gille (University of Lyon)
Kenji Iohara (University of Lyon)
Kostiantyn Iusenko (University of Sao Paulo)
Iryna Kashuba (University of Sao Paulo)
Olivier Mathieu (University of Lyon)
Adriano Moura (University of Campinas)
Erhard Neher (University of Ottawa)
Monica Nevins (University of Ottawa)
Maxime Pelletier (University of Lyon)
Arturo Pianzola (University of Alberta)
Micheal Reeks (University of Virginia)
Hadi Salmasian (University of Ottawa)
Ivan Shestakov (University of Sao Paulo)
Peter Tingley (Loyola University Chicago)
Tianyuan Xu (Queens University)
Kirill Zaynullin (University of Ottawa)

Accomodation

1. The recommended hotel for the Ottawa-Lyon-Sao Paulo Workshop on Representation Theory is the Business Inn (www.thebusinessinn.com). We have special rates with this hotel:

CAN\$ 119 + tax for the Economy Suite
CAN\$ 129 + tax for the Executive Suite

To obtain these rates you need to call the hotel and identify yourself as a visitor of Carleton University Mathematics and Statistics Department.
Please also mention that the rooms have not already been reserved.

Hotel's phone number is: +1 (613) 232-1121, ask for the Reservations. To reach hotel reservations from North America, toll-free number is: 1-800-363-1777.

You do not need to make a payment at the time of booking, however you are responsible for making the eventual payment.

2. A budget option is to stay at the university residence on campus. The rate is:
$45.00 + HST, for 1 Person, One single bed which shares a washroom with the adjoining room

To book a residence room, call +1 (613) 520-2600 extension 1487, between 8:30am and 4:30pm Monday to Friday, until May 14. After May 14, call the Residence Reception Desk at +1 (613) 520-5609.