hi everyone on the cos-top mailing list,
There are at least two cosmology workshop-type meetings this northern summer at which cosmic topology is likely to be discussed:
* Pune, Maharashtra (India, monsoon time but the monsoon in Pune is mild (not strong) ;) "Cosmology with CMB and LSS"
21 July - 31 Aug (full = 6 weeks = 3 * 2-week sessions, but can stay for a shorter time) http://icts.tifr.res.in/sites/cmb/index
* Benasque, Pyrenees (mountains on spanish/french border) "Modern Cosmology" 27 July - 14 August 2008 http://benasque.ecm.ub.es/2008cosmology/2008cosmology.htm
http://cosmocoffee.info/viewtopic.php?t=1093
Tarun Souradeep is one of the main organisers of the Pune meeting and cosmic topology is listed for the third two-week part of the full session; Glenn Starkman and Dominik Schwarz are listed as participants for the Benasque meeting.
i'm thinking of going to the Benasque meeting (leaving a day or two before the end).
Is anyone thinking of going to one of these meetings? i can't imagine that i'll be over two weeks together with Glenn and Dominik without having any useful discussions on cosmic topology, and it would probably make sense that more of us are together than less. Both the Pune and Benasque meetings sound like they'll be as much workshops where real work will get done rather than just standard conference presentations.
The deadlines for both are 15 April.
cheers boud