8:00 a.m. The Conway Polynomial, K-Theory, and Variations of the Pass Move. Fred Hickling*, University of Central Arkansas
(920-57-15)
8:30 a.m. Finite Index Subgroups and Knots Daniel S. Silver*, University of South Alabama
Susan G. Williams, University of South Alabama
(920-57-224)
9:00 a.m. Lattices and Skein Modules Charles D. Frohman*,
Doug Bullock,
Joanna Kania-Bartoszynska,
(920-57-132)
9:30 a.m. Burau Representation and Random Walks on String Links Xiao-Song Lin*, University of California, Riverside
Feng Tian, University of California, San Diego
Zhenghan Wang, Indiana University
(920-57-251)
10:00 a.m. New Developments in The Theory of Skein Modules Adam S. Sikora*, The George Washington University
(920-57-267)
10:30 a.m. Skein Homology Doug Bullock*, Boise State University
(920-57-275)
2:30 p.m. Melvin-Morton expansion of the Jones polynomialand universal weight systems Arkady Vaintrob*, New Mexico State University and Brigham Young University
(920-57-89)
3:00 p.m. On Vassiliev invariants coming from cablings of link polynomials. Michael McDaniel*, The George Washington University
Yongwu Rong, The George Washington University
(920-57-209)
3:30 p.m. Regular homotopy and Vassiliev invariants of generic immersions $S^k\to R^{2k-1}$, $k\ge 6$ Tobias Ekholm*, Uppsala University, Sweden
(920-57-239)
4:00 p.m. Homology Spheres with the same finite type invariants of bounded orders Efstratia Kalfagianni*, Rutgers University, New Brunswick
(920-57-199)
4:30 p.m. Quantum invariants and periodicity of 3-manifolds. Joanna Kania-Bartoszynska*, Boise State University
(920-57-223)
5:00 p.m. Automorphisms of the Complex of Curves Feng Luo*, Rutgers University, New Brunswick
(920-57-93)
5:30 p.m. Closed Incompressible Surfaces in Knot and Link Complements Elizabeth Finkelstein*, Hunter College (CUNY)
Yoav Moriah, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
(920-57-276)
2:30 p.m. Burau Representation of String Links Xiao-song Lin, UC at Riverside
Feng Tian, UC at San Diego
Zhenghan Wang*, Indiana University at Bloomington
(920-57-294)
3:00 p.m. A combinatorial description of knotted surfaces and their isotopies J. Scott Carter, University of South Alabama
Joachim H. Rieger, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Instituto de Ciencias Matematicas de Sao Car
Masahico Saito*, University of South Florida
(920-57-21)
3:30 p.m. Geometry and physics of knots Andrzej Stasiak*, Universite de Lausanne
(920-57-220)
4:00 p.m. Shadows of wave fronts and Arnold-Bennequin type invariants of frontson surfaces. Vladimir V. Tchernov*, University of California, Riverside
(920-57-174)
4:30 p.m. Some Properties of the Projections of Knotted Surfaces J. Scott Carter*, University of South Alabama
Vera Cararra, Universidade de S\'{a}o Paulo, Brasil
Masahico Saito, University of South Florida
(920-57-28)
5:00 p.m. Subgroup-Separability of the Figure-Eight Knot Group Daniel T Wise*, UC Berkeley
(920-57-188)
5:30 p.m. Limits of Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds Timothy D Comar*, St. Louis University
(920-57-13)
