Week 3 and further information on Bariloche

This third week of activities will consist of a conference on "Automorphic forms, Galois representations, and geometric representation theory". It will take place at the Instituto Balseiro - Centro Atómico Bariloche from August 15 to 19.

The goal of the conference is to bring together specialists in the fields mentioned in the title in the hope that methods from one field can help to clarify unsolved problems in the others. The organization of the conference should reflect this goal: each morning will be devoted to a question that can be approached from several perspectives and will consist in a dialog between specialists in at least two of the fields represented. An important theme will be the search for a geometric framework for the p-adic Langlands program. Emphasis will be placed on describing problems that cannot be solved by current techniques, rather than presenting finished work, and most participants will not be expected to give formal lectures. Afternoons will be left open either to follow up on the morning's topics or for informal discussions.

Organizers

Michael Harris, Université Paris-Diderot

James Carlson, Clay Mathematics Institute

Roberto Miatello, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba

Javier Fernández, Instituto Balseiro

Participants

The following mathematicians have agreed to attend the conference:

• N. Abe (Hokkaido)

• J. Bellaiche (Brandeis)

• D. Blasius (UCLA)

• L. Dieulefait (Barcelona)

• M. Emerton (Northwestern)

• J.-M. Fontaine (Orsay)

• M. Harris (Paris 7)

• F. Herzig (Toronto)

• S. Kumar (University of North Carolina)

• R. Miatello (Córdoba)

• R. Rouquier (Oxford)

• K. Vilonen (Northwestern)

• M.-F. Vigneras (Paris 7)

• J.-P. Wintenberger (Strasbourg)

Contact

For additional information, please contact Michael Harris (harris@math.jussieu.fr).

Travel

There are several ways of reaching Bariloche (air, bus, car), although we suggest that you fly from Buenos Aires or Córdoba (via Buenos Aires), due to the long distance to either place (1600 km).

The Bariloche International Airport (BRC) is served by the two main carriers (Aerolineas Argentinas and LAN), as well as a few smaller regional airlines.

Several bus companies link Bariloche to Buenos Aires (vía Bariloche, Crucero del Norte, Chevallier, etc) and Córdoba (TUS, Flecha Bus, via TAC). But you should consider that it usually takes 20 hours to cover Buenos Aires - Bariloche and 22 for Córdoba - Bariloche (with good weather). For more details, check Plataforma 10.

Local transportation: you can move in Bariloche using taxis, remises (car with chauffeur), buses (can pay with money or prepaid cards) or rental cars. More information will be provided as the date of the conference comes closer.

Lodging

To be announced soon

Conference location

All academic activities will take place at the Instituto Balseiro - Centro Atómico Bariloche, which is located 9.5 km west of downtown Bariloche. The Centro Atómico Bariloche is a teaching and research campus that belongs to the Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica (national atomic energy agency) that houses the Instituto Balseiro and many research groups in different areas of Physics and Engineering.

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You can use the following links for further information related to Week 1 and Week 2 activities.