This is an international conference on loops, quasigroups, latin squares, nonassociative algebras, applications of nonassociative algebras to physics, and other aspects of nonassociative mathematics. Researchers from all areas of nonassociative mathematics are welcome.

A special session and the conference banquet are dedicated to Prof. Tomáš Kepka, on the occasion of his 60th birthday.

Click to see a list of main lectures and contributed talks.

Sponsors

The conference is financially sponsored by the National Science Foundation, The Gudder Trust, and by the Vice Provost for Graduate Studies and Research at the University of Denver.

Location and dates

The conference will take place on campus of the University of Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA. For more details, see the maps and directions page.

The arrival day is June 21, 2009 (Sunday). The departure day is June 27, 2009 (Saturday). The scientific program of the conference will start on June 22 in the morning and end on June 26 in the evening. For more details, see the conference schedule page.

Contact, registration and financial support

To contact the organizers, send an email to milehigh@math.du.edu.

To register, to submit abstract of your talk, or to apply for financial support (graduate students, postdoctoral student, researchers from underrepresented/underpriveleged groups), go to the registration page.

Deadlines

The following deadlines apply:

March 21, 2009application for financial support (EXPIRED)
May 21, 2009registration with accommodation at the dormitories (EXPIRED)
June 4, 2009registration with accommodation at the conference hotel (EXPIRED)
June 4, 2009submission of abstracts of contributed talks (EXPIRED)
October 21, 2009submission of papers to the conference proceedings

Registration will remain open until the beginning of the conference but we cannot guarantee accommodation and slots for contributed talks past the above deadlines.

The organizers

The Program and Organizing Committee consists of:

  • Piroska Csörgő (Eotvos Lorand University, Hungary)
  • Kenneth W. Johnson (Penn State Abington, USA)
  • Michael K. Kinyon (co-chair, University of Denver, USA)
  • G. Eric Moorhouse (University of Wyoming, USA)
  • Jonathan D. H. Smith (Iowa State University, USA)
  • Petr Vojtěchovský (co-chair, University of Denver, USA).

The Local Organizing Committee consists of Daniel Daly, Jenya Kirshtein, and Kyle Pula (all at University of Denver).