The second workshop of the year-long Program in Commutative Algebra at MSRI will focus on the Local and Birational Theories. It will be held December 2-6.
The workshop is organized by: Craig Huneke (chair), Paul Roberts, Karen Smith, and Bernd Ulrich.
It will concentrate on several aspects of commutative algebra including birational algebra, tight closure and characteristic p methods, Rees algebra and their applications, intersection theory, multiplicities and mixed characteristic.
See the workshop page at the MSRI site for more information.
Update (06 Jan 2003): Streaming video and student lecture notes are now available for these lectures.