Dear all,

We are pleased to announce a workshop on Simplicial volumes and bounded cohomology to be held online, funded by the SFB Higher Invariants of the University of Regensburg.

The aim of this virtual workshop is to bring together researchers and students interested in simplicial volumes, bounded cohomology and their applications.

The program will consist of live online talks, as well as discussion sessions and some informal activities. Our speakers are

• Michael Brandenbursky (Ben-Gurion University)
• Diego Corro (UNAM)
• Carlos De la Cruz (Weizmann Institute)
• James Farre (Yale University)
• Tsachik Gelander (Weizmann Institute)
• Nicolaus Heuer (University of Cambridge)
• Alessandra Iozzi (ETHZ)
• Michał Marcinkowski (Polish Academy of Sciences)
• Nicolas Monod (EPFL)
• Andreas Ott (Heidelberg University)
• Maria Beatrice Pozzetti (Heidelberg University)
• Stéphane Sabourau (University of Paris-Est Créteil)
• Roman Sauer (KIT)
• Alessio Savini (University of Geneva)
• Alessandro Sisto (Heriot-Watt University)
• Shi Wang (MPIM Bonn)

More information and the registration form are available on the conference website:

https://www-app.uni-regensburg.de/Fakultaeten/MAT/sfb-higher-invariants/index.php/Workshop_simvol2020

The schedule shall as much as possible be adjusted to the timezones of the registered participants.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the organizers at simvol2020@sfb-higher-invariants.de.

We look forward to virtually seeing you in September!

Best regards,

the organizers,

Caterina Campagnolo, Clara Löh, Roberto Frigerio and Marco Moraschini