MAIN SCHOOL TOPICS (LONG SERIES OF LECTURES):

• Noncommutative Index Theory and Hopf Symmetry
  
• Baum-Connes Conjecture
  
• Locally Compact Quantum Groups
  
• Galois Type Extensions of Noncommutative Algebras

The purpose of this meeting is twofold. The first aim is to provide an introduction and training in some of the mainstreams of noncommutative geometry and quantum-group theory by means of appropriate series of survey lectures. The second is to enable an efficient communication of most recent results and to enhance mutual understanding among researchers working on different but strongly related aspects of quantum geometry. The hope is to encourage people to undertake research in these advanced and rapidly growing areas of mathematics, and to achieve the synergetic effect of cross-fertilization by combining complementary fields of expertise.

This school/conference was an event of the GEOMETRIC ANALYSIS NETWORK.

DETAILED PROGRAMME, LIST of PARTICIPANTS, SPECIAL THANKS,

SCHOOL LECTURE NOTES and CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: S.L. Woronowicz (Director), P.M. Hajac, W. Pusz