The themes of the conferences hold a central position in Riemannian geometry. The theory of
minimal surfaces goes back to the construction of the catenoid by the French geometer and engineer
J.B. Meusnier (1754-1793). The first major study of harmonic mappings between Riemannian manifolds was made by Eells and Sampson (1964).
The subjects are vast and over the years different branches have developped, certainly too many to
cover in a single conference. In this meeting we propose to concentrate primarily on the analytic aspects of the theory.
Some fundamental areas of study are :
- The nature of the singular set and regularity properties of harmonic mappings ;
- The use of minimal surfaces in the study of 3-manifolds ;
- Uniformisation of geometric structures by heat flow type equations.
We welcome specialists in other related subjects who may gain or contribute ideas as well as young researchers.
P. Bérard (Univ. Grenoble), J.P. Bourguignon (IHES), F. Hélein (ENS Cachan) , S.Nishikawa (Tohoku Univ.) , F.Pedit (Univ. Massachusetts)
P.Baird (Univ. Brest) , A. El Soufi (Univ. Tours), A.Fardoun (Univ. Brest) , R.Regbaoui (Univ. Brest)
X. Cabre (Univ. Politec. Catalunya)
B. Fuglede (Univ. Copenhagen)
B. Hardt (Rice Univ.)
E. Hebey (Univ. Cergy-Pontoise)
N. Hungerbühler (Univ. Fribourg)
D. Knopf (Univ. Wisconsin)
L. Lemaire (Univ. Bruxelles)
C. Mantegazza (Scuola Norm. Sup. Pisa)
R. Mazzeo (Stanford Univ.)
W. Meeks (Univ. Massachusetts)
F. Pacard (Univ. Paris XII)
T. Riviere (ETH Zurich)
M. Struwe (ETH Zurich)
P. Topping (Univ. Warwick)
Brest in July is a pleasant and stimulating environment, set on the far west corner of France. There are beautiful beaches, many local historic sites, a rich cultural life which centres around the port in the evenings and
Europe's premier ocean dicovery park Oceanopolis.
The week after the conference, the town of Brest is hosting the departure of the Tall Ship's Race.
Between 60 and 80 Tall Ships will be setting off on the first leg of the race towards Corogne in
Spain, including the Cutty Sark. Many of these sailing boats will arrive during the week of the conference and will provide a great spectacle down at the port. There will be a number of opportunities for participants to go and have a look. For more details, see the web site
Cutty Sark. An additional attraction will be a concert given by the world famous singer Cesaria Evora on the evening of Saturday 13 July.
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