Orderable Groups

The focus of these activities will be on the algebraic and dynamical aspects of ordered group theory. Introductory mini-courses will be given in the first week by Adam Clay (University of Manitoba), Tyrone Ghaswala (University of Waterloo), Thomas Koberda (University of Virginia) and Andés Navas (University of Santiago). The second week will be devoted to research talks covering recent advances in both the theory of ordered groups and their applications in group theory, dynamics and low-dimensional topology.