BLAST conference – Last call for abstracts
BLAST August 6 – 10, 2008.
University of Denver, Colorado, USA. http://www.math.du.edu/blast/
B – Boolean Algebras
L – Lattice Theory
A – Algebra: algebra of logic and universal algebra
S – Set Theory
T – Topology: set theoretic and point-free topology
BLAST is a new conference focusing on Boolean Algebras, Lattices, Algebraic Logic, Quantum Logic, Universal Algebra, Set Theory, Set-theoretic Topology and Point-free Topology.
Conference web site: http://www.math.du.edu/blast
Important dates
Financial support: May 1 (expired)
Abstract submission: June 10
Registration: June 15 (preferred)
Plenary Speakers:
Bernhard Banaschewski (McMaster University)
James Cummings (Carnegie Mellon University)
Mai Gehrke (Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen)
Martin Goldstern (Technische Universit?t Wien)
Tetsuya Ishiu (Miami University)
Ales Pultr (Charles University)
Judy Roitman (University of Kansas)
Kazushige Terui (National Institute of Informatics, Japan)
Constantine Tsinakis (Vanderbilt University)
Tutorials:
Algebra of Logic: James Raftery (University of Kwazulu-Natal)
Set Theory: Katie Thomson (Universit?t Wien)
Set-theoretic Topology: Peter Nyikos (University of South Carolina)
Universal Algebra: Matt Valeriote (McMaster University)
Mini Course:
Forbidden Configurations in Lattices: Richard Ball (University of Denver) and Ales Pultr (Charles University)
Local Organizing and Program Committee:
Richard Ball
Natasha Dobrinen (Co-chair)
Nikolaos Galatos (Co-chair)
BLAST Committee:
Richard Ball (University of Denver) Algebra, Lattice Theory, Topology, Combinatorics, Topological Dynamics, Stability and Complexity
Guram Bezhanishvili (New Mexico State University – Las Cruces) Non-classical Logics, Lattice Theory, Universal Algebra, General Topology
Natasha Dobrinen (University of Denver) Set Theory, Boolean Algebra
William Fleissner (University of Kansas – Lawrence) Set Theory, Topology
Nikolaos Galatos (University of Denver) Algebraic Logic, Universal Algebra, Ordered Algebras, Proof Theory
Eric Hall (University of Missouri – Kansas City) Non-choice Set Theory
John Harding (New Mexico State University – Las Cruces) Ordered Structures, Quantum Logic
Keith Kearnes (University of Colorado – Boulder) Universal Algebra
Richard Laver (University of Colorado – Boulder) Set Theory
Donald Monk (University of Colorado – Boulder) Boolean Algebra, Set Theory
Jack Porter (University of Kansas – Lawrence) General Topology, Topological Extensions
Judy Roitman (University of Kansas – Lawrence) Boolean Algebra, Set-theoretic Topology
Andrzej Roslanowski (University of Nebraska – Omaha) Set Theory, Boolean Algebra
Agnes Szendrei (University of Colorado – Boulder) Universal Algebra