Fifty-fifth BLOC meeting

BLOC

Bristol Leicester Oxford Colloquium

The fifty-fifth meeting will be held on Friday 17th February 2012 in the Mathematical Institute, 24-29 St Giles, Oxford.

Programme:

From 11.30: Coffee

12.00-1.00 (L2) David Craven (Oxford/Birmingham) Broue's conjecture for groups of Lie type

Lunch

3.00-4.00 (L1) Anton Cox (City University) Blocks and decomposition numbers for algebras of Brauer type

Tea

4.30-5.30 (L3) Shigeo Koshitani (Chiba University, Japan) On Alperin-Scott modules and related topics in representation theory of finite groups

Dinner

Please let Karin Erdmann know as soon as possible, preferably by Monday 13th February, if you would like to join for lunch  (and of any dietary restrictions). Please also let her know if you would like to stay for a meal in the evening, or if you need instructions for car parking.

There will be time for informal discussions during the day. 

The BLOC meeting is supported by an LMS Scheme 3 grant. This is used to help offset travel costs for those from institutions participating in the scheme, with priority given to speakers and postgraduates.

Travel information is HERE.

For further information please contact one of the organisers:

Joe Chuang
Karin Erdmann
Jeremy Rickard
Nicole Snashall