The seminar will take place at Freie Universität Berlin on November 19 and 20, 2009, starting at 14:00 on Thursday and ending at 15:00 on Friday. The talks will take place in the Zuse institute's lecture hall.
See the central NoGAGS website for more information on NoGAGS.
| Time | Speaker | Topic | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday | |||
| 14:00-14:30 | Registration | ||
| 14:30-15:20 | Michele Bolognesi (HU Berlin) | Stacks of trigonal curves | |
| 15:40-16:30 | Christian Haase (FU Berlin) | Tropical linear systems | |
| 17:10-18:00 | Michael Lönne (Göttingen) | Braid monodromy types of bidouble covers of the quadric | |
| from 19:00 | Dinner at the "Alter Krug" | ||
| Friday | |||
| 9:00-9:50 | Matthias Schütt (Hannover) | Arithmetic of Enriques surfaces | |
| 10:20-11:10 | Angela Ortega (HU Berlin) | Prym varieties of non-cyclic triple coverings | |
| 11:30-12:20 | Hendrik Süß (Cottbus) | Cox rings of T-varieties | |
| 14:00-15:00 | Klaus Hulek (Hannover) | BMS Friday: Geometry of moduli spaces | |
You can find some abstracts here.
Please register by sending email to nogags09@math.fu-berlin.de mentioning name and affiliation. There will be a conference fee of EUR 10 for non-students.
We welcome suggestions for talks at the seminar, either with your registration or directly to nogags09@math.fu-berlin.de. Given the limited number of slots, only a few topics (and usually not more than one for every university) can be selected.
While we won't be able to provide general financial support, it may be possible to arrange funding on a case-by-case basis. If you require this, please let us know.
We have reserved rooms at the Harnack-Haus, which is located at U Thielplatz within walking distance of the FU. Please arrange your stay with the hotel directly, referring to "NoGAGS_09W". The rates are EUR 70 for a single room, EUR 94 for a single person in a double room, and EUR 115 = 2x EUR 58 for two persons in a double room. Breakfast is included.
Start: November 19, 14:00; the first talk will begin at 14:30.
End: November 20, 15:00
The seminar is organized by Klaus Altmann, Alexander Schmitt and Robert Vollmert. Please don't hesitate to contact us at nogags09@math.fu-berlin.de if you have any questions.
The maps below show the locations of the lecture hall and the Harnack-Haus. A possible route from the hotel to the lecture hall may be viewed here.