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  <body><![CDATA[<p>The <a href="http://www.ma.utexas.edu/conferences/gompf/">conference</a> will bring mathematicians together to discuss recent developments in smooth and symplectic low-dimensional topology and geometry. It is being held at&nbsp;the University of Texas, Austin, to celebrate the the 60th birthday of UT Austin&#39;s&nbsp;Jane and Roland Blumberg Centennial Professor in Mathematics&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ma.utexas.edu/users/gompf/">Bob Gompf</a>.</p>

<p><strong>Organizers</strong></p>

<p>The conference centers around the mathematics of Gompf. The organizers are <a href="https://www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=13160">Gompf&#39;s former Ph.D. students</a>, including&nbsp;Georgia Tech School of Mathematics Professor <a href="http://people.math.gatech.edu/~etnyre/">John Etnyre</a>.</p>

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	<li>John Etnyre, Georgia Institute of Technology</li>
	<li>Laura Starkston, Stanford University</li>
	<li>Jeremy Van Horn-Morris, University of Arkansas</li>
	<li>Jonathan Williams, Binghamton University</li>
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<p>Etnyre is leading a delegation of Georgia Tech students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty.</p>

<p><strong>Speakers</strong></p>

<p>All the speakers are either collaborators of Gompf&#39;s or are working on problems related to Gompf&#39;s past and current work.&nbsp;</p>

<ul>
	<li>Inanc Baykur (Umass Amherst)</li>
	<li>Yasha Eliashberg (Stanford)</li>
	<li>Shelly Harvey (Rice)</li>
	<li>Rob Kirby (Berkeley)</li>
	<li>Tian-Jun Li (Minnesota)</li>
	<li>Tye Lidman (NC State)</li>
	<li>Gordana Matic (University of Georgia)</li>
	<li>Jeffrey Meier (University of Georgia)</li>
	<li>&nbsp;Allison Miller (UT Austin)</li>
	<li>&nbsp;Tom Mrowka (MIT)</li>
	<li>&nbsp;Danny Ruberman (Brandeis)</li>
	<li>&nbsp;Hannah Schwartz (Bryn Mawr)</li>
	<li>&nbsp;Andras Stipsicz (Renyi Institute)</li>
	<li>&nbsp;Bulent Tosun (Alabama)</li>
	<li>&nbsp;Kouichi Yasui (Osaka)</li>
</ul>

<p><strong>Sponsors</strong></p>

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	<li>Georgia Institute of Technology, The <a href="http://sutherland.cos.gatech.edu">Betsy Middleton and John Clark Sutherland Dean&#39;s Chair</a>&nbsp;in the College of Sciences</li>
	<li>National Science Foundation</li>
	<li>University of Arkansas</li>
	<li>University of Texas, Austin</li>
</ul>

<p><strong>Registration is requested. Register <a href="http://www.ma.utexas.edu/conferences/gompf/register.html">here</a>.</strong></p>

<p><strong>For schedule, list of participants, and local information, visit the <a href="http://www.ma.utexas.edu/conferences/gompf/index.html">conference website</a>.</strong></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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