The conference will focus on geometrical analysis in Lie groups and PDE in subriemannian setting from one side, and on mathematical and computational models of the functional architecture of the visual cortex on the other. The conference is the closing event of the european project GALA - Geometric Analysis in Lie Groups and Applications.

The list of speakers includes:

Abbas Bahri - Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA

Zoltan Balogh - Universität Bern, Switzerland

Luca Capogna - University of Arkansas, USA

Michael Cowling - University of Birmingham, England

Guy David - Université de Paris 11, France

Yves Fregnac - UNIC-CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

Ermanno Lanconelli - Università di Bologna, Italy

Andrea Malchiodi - SISSA, Trieste, Italy

Pertti Mattila - Helsingin yliopisto, Finland

Ennio Mingolla - Boston University, USA

Brynjulf Owren - NTNU, Trondheim, Norway

Jean Petitot - CREA, Paris, France

Walter Schempp - Universität Siegen, Germany

Tai Sing Lee - Carnegie Mellon University, USA

Bart M. ter Haar Romeny - Technische Universiteit, Eindhoven, Netherlands

Joan Verdera - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain

Sergey Vodopyanov - Novosibirsk State University, Russia

Xiao Zhong - Jyväskylän yliopisto, Finland

Steven Zucker - Johns Hopkins University, USA