Infinite-Dimensional Lie Theory and Conformal Field Theory Conference

The conference will consist of three mini-courses:

M. Kashiwara (Kyoto)
Crystal Bases for Representations of Quantized Affine Lie Algebras
B. McCoy (Stony Brook)
The Dominance of Algebra in Statistical Mechanics and Quantum Field Theory
N. Read (Yale)
Lie Superalgebras and Disordered Systems
together with a workshop on related topics.

The following have agreed to give plenary hour lectures:

Y. Billig (Mathematics, Fredericton)
VOAs arising in the representation theory of toroidal Lie algebras
V. Chari (Mathematics, Riverside)
Representations of quantum affine algebras
C. Dong (Mathematics, Santa Cruz)
Reductive Lie algebras and holomorphic VOAs
J. Fuchs (Physics, Karlstad)
Lie algebra automorphisms and conformal field theory
V. Gurarie (Physics, Santa Barbara)
Logarithmic Algebras at c=0
A. Kuniba (Physics, Tokyo)
Crystals and soliton cellular automata, I
J. Lepowsky (Mathematics, Rutgers)
Vertex operator algebras and the zeta function
M. Okado (Mathematics, Osaka)
Crystals and soliton cellular automata, II
E. Vasserot (Mathematics, Cergy-Pontoise)
On the action of the dual group on the cohomology of perverse sheaves on the affine grassmanian
W. Wang (Mathematics, Raleigh)
The McKay correspondence