3-Manifolds: Heegaard Splittings,

the Curve Complex and Hyperbolic Geometry

April 19-21, 2013
Rice University, Houston, Texas

Program and Abstracts

Map of Meeting Room Locations

Friday, April 19

3:00-5:00pm Arrival and Registration   Herman Brown Building
Room 220
5:00-6:00pm Jesse Johnson An introduction to Heegaard splittings (overview talk for graduate students) Herman Brown Building
Room 227
6:15pm Dinner in Rice Village   Rice Village

Saturday, April 20

8:30-9:00am Continental Breakfast Walking directions from the Hilton to Dell Butcher Hall

Dell Butcher Hall Foyer

9:00-10:00am Jesse Johnson The structure of high distance Heegaard splittings Dell Butcher Hall 180
10:00-10:30am Break   Dell Butcher Hall Foyer
10:30-11:30am Maggy Tomova Distance and the cabling conjecture Dell Butcher Hall 180
11:30am-1:30pm Lunch in Rice Village   Rice Village
1:30-2:30pm William Jaco Minimal triangulations of 3-manifolds Dell Butcher Hall 180
2:30-2:45pm Break   Dell Butcher Hall Foyer
2:45-3:45pm Tao Li Rank and genus of 3-manifolds Dell Butcher Hall 180
3:45-4:15pm Break   Dell Butcher Hall Foyer
4:15-5:15pm Ian Agol The virtual Haken conjecture Dell Butcher Hall 180
5:30pm Dinner in Rice Village   Rice Village

Sunday, April 21

8:30-9:00am Continental Breakfast   Dell Butcher Hall Foyer
9:00-10:00am Saul Schleimer Curves in the Masur domain Dell Butcher Hall 180
10:00-10:30am Break   Dell Butcher Hall Foyer
10:30-11:30am Peter Shalen Diameter and homology of hyperbolic 3-manifolds Dell Butcher Hall 180
11:30am-12:00pm Break   Dell Butcher Hall Foyer
12:00-1:00pm Cameron Gordon Left-orderability of 3-manifold groups Dell Butcher Hall 180