C*-Algebren, Oberwolfach, Germany
April 1996

4/9 
 9:15 - 10:05 G. Pisier 
A polynomially bounded operator which is not similar to a contraction 
10:15 - 11:05 A. Valette 
Ramanujan graphs and C*-norms on B(H) tensor B(H) 
11:15 - 12:05 M. Rordam 
Almost commuting self-adjoint elements 
16:00 - 16:50 D. Bisch 
Canonical algebras associated to intermediate subfactors 
17:00 - 17:50 Y. Kawahigashi 
Quantum doubles of the Hecke algebra subfactors and orbifolds 

4/10 
 9:15 - 10:05 M. Bekka 
Some C*-algebras associated with unirary representations of lattices 
10:15 - 11:05 F. Radulescu 
On von Neumann algebras associated with discrete groups 
11:15 - 12:05 T. Banica 
The free O(n) and U(n) compact quantum groups 

4/11
 9:15 - 10:05 S. Popa
A characterization of the higher relative commutants of subfactors
10:15 - 11:05 A. Wassermann
Conformal field theory and subfactors
11:15 - 12:05 H. Wenzl
Unitary TQFT's and subfactors
16:00 - 16:50 R. Longo
An analogue of the Kac-Wakimoto formula and black hole entropy
17:00 - 17:30 C. Pinzari
A class of C*-algebras considered by Pimsner generalizing the
Cuntz-Krierger algebras
17:40 - 18:10 E. Blanchard
Continuous fields of nuclear C*-algebras
19:30 -       G. Elliott
What do amenable C*-algebras look like?

4/12
 9:15 - 10:05 E. Kirchberg
On the classification of simple C*-algebras
10:15 - 11:05 T. Loring
Applications of amalgamated products to approximation in C*-algebras
11:15 - 12:05 C. Phillips
Continuous embedding of exact C*-algebras in O2 and continuous fields
16:00 - 16:50 A. Nica
Combinatorial aspects of the theory of free random variables
17:00 _ 17:30 K. Dykema
Free products of finite dimensional von Neumann algebras
17:40 - 18:10 C. Pasnicu
Shape equivalence, nonstable K-theory and AH algebras

4/13
 9:15 - 10:05 G. Kasparov
The Baum-Connes conjecture for discrete amenable groups
10:15 - 11:05 T. Giordano
Full groups and topological orbit equivalence
11:15 - 12:05 H. Upmeier
Toeplitza C*-algebras and multivariable Hardy spaces