Co-sponsored by the Israel Science Foundation

 

ORGANIZERS:

Tomek Szankowski, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Morry Zippin, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

 

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:

J. Arazy, University of Haifa
Y. Benyamini
V. Fonf, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Y. Gordon, Technion
G. Schechtman, Weizmann Institute of Science

 

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE:

W.B. Johnson, Texas A&M University
H. König, University of Kiel
V. Milman, Tel Aviv University
G. Schechtman, Weizmann Institute of Science

 

The Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) of the Hebrew University is organizing a conference entitled "Contemporary Ramifications of Banach Space Theory" in honour of Joram Lindenstrauss and Lior Tzafriri on the occasion of their retirement. The purpose of the conference is to survey the many fields impacted upon by Joram and Lior, an will bring together many leading mathematicians from Israel and abroad.

 

SPEAKERS:

W.B. Johnson, Texas A&M University
N. Kalton, University of Missouri
H. König, University of Kiel
E. Lindenstrauss, Princeton University
V. Milman, Tel Aviv University
A. Naor, Microsoft Corporation
T. Odell, University of Texas at Austin
A. Pelczynski, Polish Academy of Sciences
D. Preiss, University College London
M. Rudelson, University of Missouri
G. Schechtman, Weizmann Institute of Science
R. Schneider, University of Freiburg
S. Szarek, University of Paris VI
M. Talagrand, University of Paris VI
N. Tomczak-Jaegerman, University of Alberta