On the occasion of Prof. Kengo Hirachi's 60th birthday, we would like to hold a workshop that aims to serve as a place to discuss the latest works in conformal and CR geometry and related fields as well as to encourage students beginning their research and experts from other fields to enter this area by including introductory lectures.
Invited Speakers
- Andreas Čap (University of Vienna)
- Jeffrey Case (Pennsylvania State University)
- Sun-Yung Alice Chang (Princeton University)
- Boris Doubrov (Belarusian State University)
- Peter Ebenfelt (University of California, San Diego)
- C. Robin Graham (University of Washington)*
- Kengo Hirachi (University of Tokyo)
- Jun-Muk Hwang (Institute for Basic Science)*
- Yoshinobu Kamishima (Tokyo Metropolitan University)
- Stephen McKeown (University of Texas at Dallas)
- Duong Ngoc Son (Phenikaa University)
- Fang Wang (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
- Paul Yang (Princeton University)
- Igor Zelenko (Texas A&M University)
* Multiple lectures, including introductory one(s).
Getting to Osaka
Kansai International Airport (関西国際空港, KIX) and Osaka International Airport (大阪国際空港, a.k.a. Itami Airport = 伊丹空港, ITM) are the main options to get to Osaka University from overseas. While KIX is a major international airport, ITM currently operates as a domestic airport, contrary to its name. You may find flights to ITM connecting at Tokyo, for example.
All the speakers from overseas will be accommodated at Senri Hankyu Hotel (千里阪急ホテル), which is adjacent to Senri-Chuo Station (千里中央駅) on Osaka Monorail (大阪モノレール).
- If you arrive at ITM, Senri-Chuo is just four stops away via the monorail. Taking a taxi directly to the hotel is also a convenient choice.
- If you arrive at KIX, our recommendations are taking a shuttle bus to Itami Airport/Hotarugaike Station or to Namba OCAT. (Hotarugaike is the monorail station next to Itami Airport.) From Namba, you can take the northbound Osaka Metro Midosuji Line (大阪メトロ御堂筋線) to Senri-Chuo. Alternatively, a taxi from Namba to the hotel probably costs around 6,000 yen. If you are familiar with the Osaka area, there are many other ways to reach Senri-Chuo.
The monorail's Shibahara-Handai-mae Station (柴原阪大前駅) is the closest station to the Toyonaka Campus of Osaka University. To reach Nambu Yoichiro Hall, the conference venue, please refer to the campus map. Nambu Hall is located on the second floor of School of Science, Bldg. J.
Travel Support
We plan to provide financial support for graduate students and young researchers for domestic accommodation expenses. The details will be posted later, hopefully within October.
Organizers
- Taiji Marugame (University of Electro-Communications)
- Yoshihiko Matsumoto (Osaka University)
- Yuya Takeuchi (University of Tsukuba)