Confirmed Speakers for the Topology Special Sessions, Winter 1998 CMS meeting in Kingston as of August 17, 1998 Head Organizer: Eddy Campbell(Queens) 1. Differential Geometry and Global Analysis (14) Organizers: Muang Min-Oo (McMaster) and McKenzie Wang (McMaster) Speakers: Igor Belagradek (McMaster) Christoph Boehm (McMaster) Jeffrey Boland (University of Michigan (after summer: McMaster)) Jingyi Chen (UBC) Ailana Fraser (Stanford) Mike Gage (University of Rochester) W. Goldman (University of Maryland) Miroslav Lovric (McMaster) Ross Niebergall (University of Northern B.C.) Mohan Ramachandran (SUNY) P. Ryan (McMaster) Alina Stancu (Case Western Reserve (after summer: Courant Institute)) Patrice Sawyer (Laurentian) John Toth (McGill) 2. Homotopy Theory (14--19) (11 accepted, 8 outstanding) Organizers: Lisa Langsetmo (University of Ottawa) and Jim Shank (Queen's) Speakers: Dan Christensen (Johns Hopkins) Gustavo Granja (MIT) Steve Halperin (Toronto) Barry Jessup (Ottawa) Brenda Johnson (Union) Keith Johnson (Dalhousie) Kathryn Lesh (Toledo) Gaunce Lewis (Syracuse) John Martino (Western Michigan) Joe Neisendorfer (Rochester) Doug Ravenel (Rochester) 3. Set Theoretic Topology (11--23) (11 confirmed, 12 outstanding) Organizers: Juris Steprans (York) and Steve Watson (York) Speakers: Justin Moore (University of Toronto) Murray Bell (University of Manitoba) Ilijas Farah (York University) Gary Gruenhage (Auburn University) Frank Tall (University of Toronto) Grant Woods (University of Manitoba) Valery Miskin (Kemerovo State University) Wistar Comfort (Wesleyan University) Murat Tuncali (Nipissing University) Eduardo Santillan (UNAM - Mexico) Ed Tymchatyn (University of Saskatchewan) 4. Symplectic/Low Dimensional Topology (6) Organizers: Steve Boyer (UQAM), Jacques Hurtubise (McGill, CRM) and Fran\c ois Lalonde (UQAM, CRM) Speakers: TBA