The Southeast Geometry Seminar is a series of semiannual one-day events focusing on geometric analysis. These events are hosted in rotation by the following institutions:

• The University of Alabama at Birmingham
• The Georgia Institute of Technology
• Emory University
• The University of Tennessee Knoxville

This event will be held on December 7, 2009 at The University of Alabama at Birmingham.

The following five speakers will give presentations on topics that include geometric analysis, and related fields, such as partial differential equations, general relativity, and geometric topology.

• Natasa Sesum (U Penn)
• Alexandru Ionescu (U Wisconsin)
• Sergiu Klainerman (Princeton U)
• Alex Freire (U Tennessee Knoxville)
• Christian Hainzl (UAB)

A poster session will be hosted.  There will also be an evening public lecture by plenary speaker Sergiu Klainerman entitled The Mathematical Magic of Black Holes.