Final Announcement

11^th Chico Topology Conference &

40^th Cascade Topology Seminar

May 9, 10, and 11, 2008

CSU, Chico, California

Invited Speakers: (Abstracts)

· Tullia Dymarz, Yale University

Large scale geometry of certain solvable groups.

· Jim Hoste, Pitzer College

On the partial ordering of 2-bridge knots

· Slaven Jabuka, University of Nevada, Reno

The slice-ribbon conjecture for 3-stranded pretzel knots

· Sergio Macias, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

On Continuously Irreducible Continua

· Piotr Minc, Auburn University

Nontrivial loops and inverse limits of trees.

· Janusz Prajs, CSU, Sacramento

Semi-terminal continua in Kelley spaces II

· Jennifer Schultens, University of California, Davis

Width complexes for knots and 3-manifolds