Current developments and directions in the Langlands program

``My intention is ... to equip myself, and perhaps them as well, for a serious study of the Shimura varieties in higher dimensions. We are in a forest whose trees will not fall with a few timid hatchet blows. We have to take up the double-bitted axe and the cross-cut saw, and hope that our muscles are equal to them.''                                                                                               - Robert Langlands, 1979

The aim of the conference is to report on some of the recent progress in the Langlands program. In its original conceptualization, the Langlands program dealt with automorphic forms, harmonic analysis on reductive groups, L-functions, and arithmetic. More recently, the scope of the program has enlarged, and includes aspects of the representation theory of loop groups, of algebraic geometry over both finite fields and the complex numbers, and of quantum field theory and string theory. The organizers hope that the talks at the conference will in their subject matter range broadly over these many different parts of the Langlands program.

Organizers: Frank Calegari, Matthew Emerton, Yuri Manin

Speakers: Confirmed speakers include:

  James Arthur (Toronto)
  Mitya Boyarchenko and Vladimir Drinfeld (Chicago)
  Frank Calegari (Northwestern)
  Jordan Ellenberg (Wisconsin)
  Matthew Emerton (Northwestern)
  Edward Frenkel (UC Berkeley)
  Wee Teck Gan (UCSD)
  Toby Gee (Northwestern)
  Benedict Gross (Harvard)
  Haruzo Hida (UCLA)
  Mark Kisin (Chicago)
  Jacob Lurie (MIT)
  David Nadler (Northwestern)
  Ngo Bao Chau (IAS)
  Freydoon Shahidi (Purdue)
  Sug Woo Shin (IAS)

Schedule: The conference schedule is now available. Abstracts are available for some of the talks.

Talk Locations: On Saturday and Sunday the talks will be held in room LR2 of the Technological Institute (Tech). The Tech building is located on the East Side of Sheridan Rd., at the North End of campus, across from the intersection with Noyes St. On this map of campus, it is labelled as Building 132. Room LR2 is on the first floor of the building. You can find it marked on a floorplan of the building using the Tech roomfinder.

On Monday, Tuesday afternoon, and Wednesday, the talks will be held in the Community Meeting Room of the Evanston Public Library. The Public Library is located at 1703 Orrington Ave., at the intersection with Church St. (This is a little Southwest of Campus, and right next to the Orrington Hotel -- here is a map.) The Community Meeting Room is at the front of the library building, on the first floor. (See this floorplan for its precise location in the library building.)

On Tuesday morning, the talks will be held in Room 202 of the Norris University Center. Norris is located on the East side of campus. On this map of campus, it is labelled as Building 110. Room 202 is on the second floor of the building. You can find it marked on a floorplan here.

Registration: If you plan on attending the conference, please register. (Registration is free.)

Accommodation: We recommend the Hotel Orrington , which is located a short distance from the
Northwestern campus. Ask for the Northwestern rate when booking your room.

Links:
The Frederic Esser Nemmers Prize in Mathematics
The work of Robert Langlands