First announcement
                     Progress in Dynamics
                     November 23-27, 2009
                     Institut Henri Poincaré, Paris

The scope of the conference will be wide, but it will emphasize specific
problems in dynamical systems, smooth ergodic theory, and related topics,
including differential geometry, group theory and number theory, to name a
few, that have seen much progress, but where significant problems vital to
the field remain open. Specific examples are the Katok entropy rigidity
conjecture for geodesic flows of negatively curved manifolds, the Boltzmann
ergodic hypothesis, Liouvillean phenomena, the construction of metrics with
ergodic geodesic flow, smooth rigidity of actions of abelian groups of
higher rank. We will honor Anatole Katok on the occasion of his 65th birthday.

The conference will act as a catalyst for research in mathematics and its
applications, providing a venue for established scholars to interact - not
only with each other, but also with the junior scholars that will play an
essential role now and in the years to come. Accordingly, there will be an
emphasis on involving young mathematicians in dynamical systems.

Limited support for participants is expected to be available. Recent
recipients of doctoral degrees, women, and members of traditionally
underrepresented groups are particularly encouraged to apply.

For more information and registration please consult
http://www.math.psu.edu/katok_s/AK65/home.html


Scientific Program Committee:
  Boris Hasselblatt
  François Ledrappier
  Yakov Pesin
  Jean-Paul Thouvenot
  Jean-Christophe Yoccoz

Organizing Committee:
  Bassam Fayad
  Raphaël Krikorian
  Patrice Le Calvez
  Feliks Przytycki
  Jean François Quint

Invited Speakers:
  Artur Avila
  Yves Benoist
  Vitaly Bergelson
  Patrick Bernard
  Emmanuel Breuillard
  Keith Burns
  Gilles Courtois
  Danijela Damjanovic
  Dmitry Dolgopyat
  Patrick Eberlein
  Håkan Eliasson
  Renato Feres
  Livio Flaminio
  Giovanni Forni
  John Franks
  Étienne Ghys
  Gennadi Henkin
  Michael Jakobson
  Vadim Kaloshin
  Mariusz Lemanczyk
  Howard Masur
  Sheldon Neuhouse
  He Oh
  François Parreau
  Marina Ratner
  Daniel Rudolph
  David Ruelle
  Nessim Sibony
  Nimish Shah
  Amie Wilkinson
  Maciej Wojtkowski