Dear friends and colleagues,

    We are pleased to announce a spring school at Nantes Université, which will take place from the 22nd to the 25th of April 2025. The school is part of the thematic semester 2025 Singularities, organised by the Centre Henri Lebesgue.

Our school, aimed at Master and PhD students, will focus on singularities in low-dimensional and symplectic topology. It will mainly revolve around two mini-courses, of four hours plus an exercise session each. The two courses will be given by Anne Pichon (Aix-Marseille Université), on the low-dimensional side, and by Jonathan Evans (Lancaster University), on the symplectic side.

Beside the two mini-courses, there will be a session for short talks. We invite participants who would like to talk about their research to submit a title and an abstract.

The schedule will be rather light, so enough time will be left for participants to discuss together and discover each other's research interests.

Registration is open until February 23rd 2024. We will be able to provide accommodation (in twin bedrooms) for a limited number of participants. You can register and apply for funding here.

More information on the school can be found at these pages: https://fabiogironella.com/events/25_04_spring_school_nantes_singularities/ and https://www.lebesgue.fr/en/lowdim-symp2025

Please forward this announcement to colleagues/students who might be interested in attending the spring school.

Best regards,
Fabio Gironella, Marco Golla and Stéphane Guillermou (the organisers)