WAGS


Western

Algebraic
 Geometry
 Symposium
Institutions currently participating 

Colorado State University, Stanford University, University of British Columbia, University of California at Berkeley, University of California at Riverside, University of Utah, University of Washington, University of California at Los Angeles, University of Arizona, University of Colorado, and more.
Background

 

The Western Algebraic Geometry Symposium traces its origins back to the Utah-UCLA Algebraic Geometry Seminar started in 1989 by H. Clemens, D. Gieseker, M. Green, J. Kollár, R. Lazarsfeld, Z. Ran and M.-C. Chang.  Later on, it became the Utah-UCLA-Chicago Algebraic Geometry Seminar.  Sadly, as senior figures moved east, the original WAGS faded away.


In 2002, WAGS was resurrected.  Our goal is to have a twice-yearly meeting of algebraic geometers in the western half of the United States and Canada, with ample time for chatting, as well as a good number of research talks.  The conference has been consistently attracting over 50 participants.  


WAGS is currently seeking funding from the NSF.  Our policy is not to fund senior participants; we hope that the conference will be attractive enough that senior algebraic geometers will come of their own volition.  However, we try to fund all graduate students and unfunded post-docs (from the western two time zones of the continent).


Long term planning for WAGS is currently being organized by Ravi Vakil, Aaron Bertram, Sándor Kovács, Renzo Cavalieri and Sebastian Casalaina-Martin.  For more information on participation, see below.
WAGS Conferences


October 24-25, 2009 University of California at Los Angeles
April 25-26, 2009 University of California at Berkeley
November 8-9, 2008 University of Utah
October 20-21, 2007 Colorado State University
April 28-29, 2007 University of Washington 
November 11-12, 2006 University of Utah 
March 18-19, 2006 University of California at Berkeley
December 3-4, 2005 University of Utah
April 9-10, 2005 University of Washington
October 9-10, 2004 Colorado State University
March 27-28, 2004 University of Utah
September 13-14, 2003  University of British Columbia
April 19-20, 2003  Stanford University
Fall 2002University of Utah, Preliminary WAGS (during an AMS meeting)


Participation


If you are interested in participating, please contact the organizer of the next WAGS conference.  If you are not sure who that is, please let one of the "long term" organizers know.  For any other questions, feel free to contact Sebastian Casalaina-Martin or Renzo Cavalieri.


If you would like to receive emails in the future about upcoming meetings of WAGS, please join the WAGS google group.
Webpage maintained by the organizers of WAGS