The program for October 2^nd is as follows:

  9:00 - 10:00       Registration and Breakfast

10:00 - 10:50       William Thurston, Cornell University

                            Approximately Finite Groups

11:10 - 12:00       Jim Cannon, Brigham Young University

                             Amenability, Folner sets, and Cooling Functions.

12:00 - 1:45         Lunch

  1:45 - 2:35         Zlil Sela, Hebrew University

                             Diophantine geometry over groups - results and directions

  2:40 - 3:30         Peter Kropholler, University of Glasgow

                             Higher Presentations of Soluble Groups

  3:30 - 4:10         Break

  4:10 - 5:00         Mladen Bestvina, University of Utah

                             Power of Analogy

Coffee and Tea will be available throughout the day.

There will be computers available for anyone who is interested in trying out CAISS developed software, MAGNUS and Caiss-Stat, our group theory based game, EXPACON, and for general internet access in Shepard Hall, Room 278.