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COLOR="037203"><B>One-Hour Plenary Speakers:</B></FONT></TD><TD><a href="http://personal.rhul.ac.uk/usah/080/">Koenraad Audenaert</a> (Royal Holloway, University of London)<BR><a href="http://www.math.purdue.edu/~mdd/">Marius Dadarlat</a> (Purdue University) <BR><a href="http://www.math.uwaterloo.ca/~krdavids/">Kenneth R. Davidson</a> (University of Waterloo) <BR><a href="http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~dhan/main.html">Deguang Han</a> (University of Central Florida) <BR><a href="http://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/Physics/mbh29">Matthew B. Hastings</a> (Duke University) <BR><a href="http://math.ucsd.edu/~helton/">J. William Helton</a> (University of California San Diego) <BR><a href="http://www.vanderbilt.edu/math/people/jones">Vaughan Jones</a> (Vanderbilt University) <BR><a href="http://www.math.unm.edu/~loring/">Terry Loring</a> (University of New Mexico) <BR><a href="http://www.math.ufl.edu/~sam/">Scott McCullough</a> (University of Florida) <BR><a href="http://www.math.ku.dk/~rordam/">Mikael R&oslash;rdam</a> (University of Copenhagen) <BR><a href="https://perswww.kuleuven.be/%7Eu0018768/">Stefaan Vaes</a> (K.U. Leuven) <BR><a href="http://math.berkeley.edu/people/faculty/dan-virgil-voiculescu">Dan-Virgil Voiculescu</a> (University of California, Berkeley) <BR><a href="http://www.math.gatech.edu/users/bwick6">Brett Wick</a> (Georgia Tech) <BR></TD></TR></TABLE><BR><BR><BR><BR><TABLE><TR VALIGN="TOP"><TD><FONT 
COLOR="037203"><B>Half-Hour Plenary Speakers:</B></FONT></TD><TD><a href="http://www.math.drexel.edu/~dmitryk/">Dmitry Kaliuzhnyi-Verbovetskyi</a> (Drexel University) <BR><a href="http://www.math.keio.ac.jp/~katsura/">Takeshi Katsura</a> (Keio University) <BR><a href="http://math.mit.edu/~eep/">Emily Peters</a> (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) <BR><a href="http://www.case.edu/artsci/math/werner/">Elisabeth Werner</a> (Case Western Reserve University) <BR></TR></TABLE><BR><BR><BR>There will be a reception held on the night of arrival, Tuesday, May 29 in the <a href="http://www.housing.uh.edu/housing/cougar-village">Cougar Village Dorms</a> (4385 Wheeler St. Houston, TX 77004).  Talks will start the morning of Wednesday, May 30 and end at Noon on Sunday, June 3.  There will be a free afternoon and a banquet one evening.<BR><BR>The Banquet will be held at the <a href="http://www.saintarnold.com/">St. Arnold's Brewery</a>.  It will include a tour of the St. Arnold's Brewery followed by barbeque served by <a href="http://www.goodecompany.com">Goode Company</a> and a vegetarian option provided by <a href="http://www.fadiscuisine.com/">Fadi's</a>.<BR><BR>There will be an excursion the Friday afternoon of the conference.  We will provide buses to Herman Park, where participants can choose from a variety of activities including walking in the park, visiting the museums in the Houston Museum District, or touring the zoo.  <BR><H3> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="excursion.html">Details for the Friday Excursion</a></H3><BR><BR>In addition to the hour and half-hour plenary speakers, there will be 20-minute contributed talks.  A complete schedule of the talks and all other events will be posted here once it is available.<BR><BR><BR><FONT
COLOR="037203"><B><h2>USEFUL GPOTS INFO</H2></B></FONT><ul><li> <a href="participants.htm">Participant List</a> <BR><BR><li> <a href="plenaryschedule.pdf">Schedule of Plenary Speakers</a><BR><BR><li> <a href="contributedschedule.pdf">Schedule of Contributed Talks</a><BR><BR><li> <a href="GPOTS2012TALKS.pdf">Titles and Abstracts</a> of all talks<BR><BR><li> All talks will be in Rooms 100, 101, 102, and 103 SEC (Science and Engineering Classroom) building.  This is on the other side of campus from the Hilton, and can be located on the campus map. <BR><BR><li> <a href="http://www.uh.edu/maps/">Campus Map</a> <BR><BR><li> <a href="Parking.html">Parking Info</a> for participants who will be driving. <BR><BR><li> <a href="FoodOptions.html">On-Campus Dining Options</a><BR><BR><li> There are several restaurants off-campus, but they require transportation.<ul><li><a href="http://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=westheimer+restaurants&find_loc=Houston%2C+TX#l=g:-95.39531707763672,29.740271328428438,-95.38244247436523,29.75152402223559&rpp=40&sortby=rating">Restaurants on Westheimer Rd.</a>, which can be reached by the 42 Bus.<li><a href="http://www.zagat.com/houston/rice-village-restaurants">Restaurants in Rice Village</a></ul><BR><BR></ul><FONT
COLOR="037203"><B><h2>GPOTS EVENTS</H2></B></FONT><ul><li><B>Tuesday (May 29), 6--9PM</B>, Welcome Reception in N-113 Cougar Village. (Cougar Village is the dorm where GPOTS participants are staying.<BR><BR><li><B>Wednesday (May 30), 7:00--9:30PM</B>, Graduate Student Reception at Cougar Den (the small pub across the street from the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center) <BR><BR><li><B>Thursday (May 31), Noon--2PM</B>, Women's Luncheon, Room 646 of PGH Building. <BR><BR><li><B>Thursday (May 31), 5:30--9:30PM</B>, Banquet at <a href="http://www.saintarnold.com/">St. Arnold's Brewery</a>, Buses leave from Entrance 14 at 5:30PM. <BR><BR><li><B>Friday (June 1), 2:30--8:30PM</B>, Afternoon Excursion (<a href="excursion.html">details here</a>),  Buses leave from Entrance 14 at 2:30PM. <BR> <BR><li><B>Friday (June 1), 5:00--7:00PM</B>, Soccer Game (<a href="Soccer.html">details here</a>) <BR><BR> <li><B>Saturday (June 2), Noon--2PM</B>, Organizers Luncheon, Room 646 of PGH Building. <BR><BR><li><B>Sunday (June 3), 10:30--11:30AM</B>, Special talk by Kenneth R. Davidson on the Life and Work of Bill Arveson, Room 100 SEC <BR><BR></ul><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><A HREF="GPOTS2012.html"> <IMG SRC="backarrow.gif" WIDTH=24 HEIGHT=24 ALT="Back Arrow"> <Big>Back</Big></A><BR><BR><BR><BR></BODY>