This conference will honour the work of John F. (Rick) Jardine, a professor at the University of Western Ontario. Over his 40+ year career, Rick has made foundational contributions to homotopy theory, K-theory, and topological data analysis, in particular shaping the current landscape of homotopical algebra.

Invited speakers

K. Adamyk (Hamline University)
M. Anel (Carnegie Mellon University)
A. Asok (University of Southern California)
J. Bergner (University of Virginia)
G. Carlsson (Stanford University)
D.-C. Cisinski (University of Regensburg)
E. Elmanto (University of Toronto)
J. Heller (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign)
M. Lesnick (State University of New York at Albany)
M. Levine (Universität Duisburg–Essen)
L. McInnes (Tutte Institute for Mathematics and Computing)
E. Purvine (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) 
M. Rovelli (University of Massachusetts at Amherst)
O. Röndigs (Osnabrück University)
L. Scoccola (Université du Québec à Montréal)
K. Wickelgren (Duke University)
B. Williams (University of British Columbia)
I. Zakharevich (Cornell University)

Schedule

The schedule will be posted here. Speakers can submit abstracts here: https://portal.fields.utoronto.ca/submit-abstract . 

Registration / Funding

Please register here: https://portal.fields.utoronto.ca/personal-portal/participation/3233 . Limited funding will be available to cover travel and local expenses of students and early career researchers, and they can indicate if funding is being requested in the same form. 

Accommodation

Discounted rates have been arranged for participants at The Park Hotel, located in downtown London, about a 30-minute walk along Richmond Street or a 45-minute walk along the river from the venue. The rate (for a really nice room!) is CAD 183 /night + tax, which is approximately USD 130. The rates can be accessed by following this link.

Additionally, participants may book accommodation at Ontario Hall, the newest residence hall on campus, at CAD 91.50 CAD/night (approx. USD 65 ) for a private room and CAD 76.50 /night (approx. USD 55 ) for a private bedroom and shared bathroom with another conference participant. Ontario Hall is located 15-20 minutes away from the conference venue, and it provides high quality accommodation, consistently ranking first on students' preference forms. The rate can be accessed at this link.