Welcome!

The 55th Topology Festival will be held May 10–12, 2019.  For more detailed information, registration, and for continued updates on the festival go to 2019 Topology Festival.

The program will begin at 11:30am on Friday, May 10th with two introductory talks, followed by a 4 p.m. colloquium-style talk. The Festival will end late Sunday afternoon. There will be a panel discussion on Saturday afternoon.

Financial support towards travel and accommodation expenses may be available. Early-career mathematicians and those from underrepresented groups are especially encouraged to apply.

If you need accommodations to participate in this event or advice on sources of child care and other types of family care during the conference, please e-mail festival19@math.cornell.edu.

Key Dates

We encourage participants to book hotel rooms as early as possible as there will be many visitors in town for the Law School convocation.

March 26 - Earliest deadline for group rates on hotel bookings 

March 31 - Application deadline for funding requests

April 8 - Tentative date of email notification of funding decisions

April 30 - Registration closes

Speakers

• Jonathan Barmak, Universidad de Buenos Aires
• Ruth Charney, Brandeis University
• Steve Ferry, Rutgers University and Binghamton University
• Dave Futer, Temple University
• Anthony Genevois, Université d'Orsay
• Chris Kapulkin, University of Western Ontario
• Alexander Kupers, Harvard University
• Mona Merling, Johns Hopkins University
• Alan Reid, Rice University
• Inna Zakharevich, Cornell University

Inclusivity

Cornell University stands for civil discourse, reasoned thought, sustained discussion, and constructive engagement without degrading, abusing, harassing, or silencing others. We will not compromise the ideals of academic freedom and open exchange. We believe that scientific events must be supportive, inclusive, and safe environments for all participants. We affirm that registration at the Topology Festival is open to everybody, regardless of race, sex, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, age, pregnancy, immigration status, or any other aspect of identity. At the Topology Festival, all participants will be treated with dignity and respect.

At this time, we can provide letters of invitation to scholars who wish to attend.

Acknowledgements

The Topology Festival gratefully acknowledges the continuous support of the National Science Foundation since the Festival’s inception. Special thanks to Acme Klein Bottle, purveyors of “the finest closed, non-orientable, boundary-free manifolds sold anywhere in our three spatial dimensions,” for donating a prize every year for many years.