IGA/AMSI Workshop on Representation Theory and Operator Algebras

Date & Venue: 1–5 July 2013; The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia.

This interdisciplinary workshop will be about

• aspects of representation theory (in the sense of Harish-Chandra),
• aspects of noncommutative geometry (in the sense of Alain Connes), and
• aspects of operator K-theory (in the sense of Gennadi Kasparov).

It features the renowned speaker, Professor Nigel Higson (Penn State University).

Lecture Series by Nigel Higson

• Lecture 1: The Geometry of the Weyl Character Formula
• Lecture 2: A Sketch of Harish-Chandra's Theory for Noncompact Groups
• Lecture 3: Baum–Connes versus Beilinson–Bernstein
• Lecture 4: Contractions of Lie Groups and the Mackey Analogy
• Lecture 5: On the Category of Tempered Representations

There will be additional talks given by invited speakers.

• Michael Cowling (University of New South Wales)
• Loek Helminck (North Carolina State University)
• Peter Hochs (University of Adelaide)
• Tony Licata (Australian National University)
• Aidan Sims (University of Wollongong)

Registration

There will be no registration fees: all are welcome. However, if you are interested in attending, kindly send an e-mail to Peter Hochs by 5 June 2013, with the following information:

• Name
• Position and Affiliation
• E-mail address

Organisers:

• Peter Hochs (University of Adelaide
• Mathai Varghese (University of Adelaide)
• Adam Rennie (University of Adelaide)
• Anne Thomas (University of Sydney)