The main organizers are Józef Przytycki, Alexander Shumakovitch, Yongwu Rong and Valentina Harizanov, all of whom are at George Washington University.
[1] This conference has become an important topological event in the Washington Metropolitan Area and regularly attracts well-known topologists from other areas of the US and from other countries.
[2] For example, Knots in Washington XVIII, held in May 2004, was the first conference fully devoted to the Khovanov homology, with Mikhail Khovanov giving a series of talks and leading experts Dror Bar-Natan, Lev Rozansky, Oleg Viro, and Ciprian Manolescu giving plenary talks.
[3] Knots in Washington XX was dedicated to the 60th birthday of Louis H.
[6] Knots in Washington 50 will take place Dec 6th-8th, 2024 at the George Washington University with updated website: https://blogs.gwu.edu/ccas-knotsinwashington/