Zlil Sela, Einstein Institute of Mathematics
Ross Geoghegan, Binghamton University ross@math.binghamton.edu.

• 8:30 a.m.
  Cut vertices in commutative graphs.
  James Conant, University of Tennessee at Knoxville
  Ferenc Gerlits, Alfred Renyi Institute of Mathematics
  Karen Vogtmann*, Cornell University
• 9:00 a.m.
  An Analogue of the Johnson Homomorphism for $Aut(F_n)$.
  Kai-Uwe Bux*, Cornell University
• 9:30 a.m.
  Asymptotic cones of uniform lattices.
  Simon Thomas*, Rutgers University
• 10:00 a.m.
  Proper $3$-realizability.
  Francisco F. Lasheras*, University of Seville, Spain
  Manuel Cardenas-Escudero, University of Seville, Spain

• 2:30 p.m.
  Upper distortion functions and the membership problem.
  Stuart W Margolis, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
  John Meakin, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
  Zoran Sunik*, Texas A&M University
• 3:00 p.m.
  Forest Diagrams for Elements of Thompson's Group F.
  James M Belk*, Cornell University
  Kenneth S Brown, Cornell University
• 3:30 p.m.
  Picture Groups: Homological and CAT(0) properties.
  Daniel S. Farley*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• 4:00 p.m.
  On bilipschitz imbeddings into a product of trees.
  Alexander Dranishnikov*, University of Florida
  Viktor Schroeder, University of Zurich
• 4:30 p.m.
  On finitely generated subgroups in a certain torsion group of intermediate growth.
  Rostislav I Grigorchuk*, Texas A&M University
  John S Wilson, University of Oxford
• 5:00 p.m.
  Extensions of surface groups by irreducible groups of mapping classes.
  Lee Mosher*, Rutgers University, Newark

• 8:00 a.m.
  Simplicial nonpositive curvature.
  Tadeusz Januszkiewicz*, The Ohio State Univrsity
  Jacek Swiatkowski, Wroclaw University
• 8:30 a.m.
  EZ-structures and actions on D^n.
  Jean-Francois Lafont*, Binghamton University
• 9:00 a.m.
  Periodic rank one geodesics in foldable cubical complexes.
  Xiangdong Xie*, Washington University
• 9:30 a.m.
  Relative hyperbolicity of limit groups.
  Emina Alibegovic*, University of Michigan
• 10:00 a.m.
  Rapid Decay and Geometry - Part I.
  Indira Chatterji*, Cornell University
• 10:30 a.m.
  Rapid Decay and Geometry - Part II.
  Kim E. Ruane*, Tufts University

• 2:30 p.m.
  Garside structures for Artin groups.
  Jon McCammond*, U.C. Santa Barbara
• 3:00 p.m.
  Poly-free constructions for Artin groups.
  Susan M. Hermiller*, University of Nebraska
  Zoran Sunik, Texas A&M University
• 3:30 p.m.
  The Even Isomorphism Theorem for Coxeter Groups.
  Mike Mihalik*, Vanderbilt University
• 4:00 p.m.
  Loops in Coxeter diagrams: what do they get us?
  Patrick Bahls*, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
• 4:30 p.m.
  The cohomology of right angled Artin groups with group ring coefficients.
  John Meier*, Lafayette College