Operator Algebras and
Conformal Quantum Field Theory

August 25-December 14, 2008

Erwin Schrödinger Institute (ESI), Vienna, Austria

Organized by

Yasuyuki Kawahigashi

(Tokyo)

Roberto Longo

(Roma)

Karl-Henning Rehren

(Göttingen)

Jakob Yngvason

(Wien)


Workshop "Operator Algebras, Conformal
Field Theory and Related Topics"

September 8-19, 2008

We intend to have this program to stimulate interactions among mathematicians and mathematical physicists working on operator algebraic and complementary approaches to Conformal Field Theory and related topics. We plan to have a workshop in the above-mentioned period, and various lectures and seminar talks at the other period.

Erwin Schrödinger Lecture
Vaughan F. R. Jones (UC Berkeley)
Flatland, a great place to do algebra
Tuesday, November 04, 17:00
ESI Boltzmann Lecture Hall


Besides the above, we plan to have a concentration period "CFT: Relations to Subfactors and Noncommuative Geometry" from November 1 to December 15. Nigel Higson and Feng Xu will give series of lectures in this period as follows.

N. Higson, "Index theory, groupoids and noncommutative geometry", 6 two-hour lectures, November 24 -- December 5.

F. Xu, "Operator algebras and CFT", 8 two-hour lectures in the whole November.


The web page at ESI has a general description of a program at the ESI.

The following people have been invited to the program:
Toshiyuki AbeEhime03.12.-09.12.
Drazen AdamovicZagreb 07.09.-27.09.
Marta Asaeda Riverside 31.08.-23.09.
Bojko Bakalov North Carolina 22.11.-02.12.
Katrina Barron Notre Dame 14.09.-21.09.
Daniel Beltita Bucharest07.09.-20.09.
Dietmar Bisch Vanderbilt 07.09.-20.09. / 02.11.-07.11.
Henning Bostelmann Roma07.09.-22.09.
Arnaud Brothier Paris01.11.-08.11.
Romeo Brunetti Trento 02.11.-18.11.
Detlev Buchholz Göttingen 31.08.-22.09.
Bernhard BurgstallerMünster 04.09.-12.09.
Daniela Cadamuro Göttingen07.09.-20.09.
Valerio Capraro Roma 01.11.-16.11.
Alain Carey ANU20.10.-29.10.
Sebastiano Carpi Chieti-Pescara 07.09.-20.09. / 30.11.-07.12.
Michele Cascarano Roma 07.09.-19.09. / 01.11.-30.11.
Marie Choda Osaka 29.08.-05.09.
Erik ChristensenCopenhagen09.11.-14.11.
Fabio CiprianiMilano16.11.-23.11.
Roberto Conti Newcastle 29.08.-26.09.
Joachim Cuntz Münster 11.11.-15.11.
Alessandro D'Andrea Roma 21.11.-09.12.
Claudio D'Antoni Roma07.09.-20.09.
Annalisa Degan Roma 23.11.-30.11.
Sergio Doplicher Roma07.09.-14.09.
George Elliott Toronto 16.09-19.09. / 09.11.-22.11.
David Evans Cardiff 12.09.-20.09. / 16.11.-16.12.
Klaus Fredenhagen Hamburg31.08.-13.09.
Jürgen Fuchs Karlstad14.09.-25.09.
Terry Gannon Alberta 04.12.-12.12.
Pinhas Grossman Vanderbilt 21.11.-01.12.
Daniele Guido Roma 31.08.-21.09. / 29.11.-07.12.
Rudolf Haag Hamburg31.08.-05.09.
Andre Henriques Münster08.09.-19.09.
Nigel Higson Penn State23.11.-05.12.
Robin Hiller Roma06.09.-21.09. / 03.11.-16.12.
Masaki Izumi Kyoto 03.09.-23.09.
Christian Jaekel Cardiff 04.09.-11.09.
Vaughan Jones Berkeley 01.11.-08.11.
Pierre Julg Orléans 25.11.-05.12
Alexander Kirillov Jr.Stony Brook13.09.-21.09.
Hideki Kosaki Kyushu01.11.-10.11.
Thomas Krajewski Marseille 24.11.-28.11.
Giovanni Landi Trieste 30.10.-06.11.
Gandalf Lechner ESI 08.09.-19.09.
Fedele Lizzi Napoli 23.11.-29.11.
Pierre Martinetti Göttingen 08.09.-13.09.
Taku MatsuiKyushu 05.12.-13.12.
Antonia Miteva Göttingen 15.09.-27.09.
Valter Moretti Trento07.11.-13.11.
Gerardo Morsella Pisa08.09.-20.09.
Michael Müger Nijmegen13.09.-21.09.
Pieter Naaijkens Nijmegen 07.09.-20.09.
Nikolay Nikolov INRNE 08.09.-22.09.
Valentina Petkova INRNE 14.09.-12.10.
Nicola Pinamonti Hamburg 02.11.-15.11.
Paulo Pinto Lisbon 09.09.-17.09.
Florin Radulescu Roma 25.08.-10.09.
Andreas Recknagel King's College02.11.-08.11.
John Roberts Roma25.08.-10.09.
Eric Rowell Texas A&M 30.11.-06.12.
Ingo Runkel London03.09.-18.09.
Amandip SanghaOslo23.11.-05.12.
Nobuya SatoRikkyo 01.11.-08.11.
Jean Luc Sauvageot Paris 19.11.-26.11.
Martin Schlichenmaier Manheim 03.09.-19.09.
Urs Schreiber Hamburg09.09.-13.09.
Bert Schroer Rio de Janeiro15.09.-26.09.
Christoph Schweigert Hamburg 15.09.-26.09.
Oleg Sheinman Steklov 09.09.-19.09.
Yassen Stanev Roma 01.12.-14.12.
Rolf Dyre Svegstrup Tokyo 12.09.-16.09.
Masamichi Takesaki UCLA 19.09.-04.10.
Yoh Tanimoto Tokyo 03.09.-16.12.
Reiji Tomatsu Tokyo 29.10.-06.11.
Rainer Verch Leipzig24.10.-06.11.
Anatoly Vershik Steklov 12.11.-.27.11.
Dan Voiculescu Berkeley07.09.-23.09.
Antony Wassermann Marseille16.09.-25.09.
Mihaly Weiner Roma 15.08.-15.10.
Hans Wenzl San Diego01.09.-26.09.
Feng Xu Riverside01.11.-29.11.
Shigeru Yamagami Ibaraki28.11.-09.12.
Hiroshi Yamauchi Aichi Kyoiku02.11.-08.11.
Pasquale Zito Roma 05.09.-20.09.
Laszlo Zsido Roma 24.10.-03.11.