Inoltro annuncio di convegno.

Paolo Lisca

________________________________ Da: Paul Seidel pseidel@mit.edu Inviato: mercoledì 5 gennaio 2022 22:36 Oggetto: PLEASE DISTRIBUTE: Research conference "Frontiers in Geometry and Topology", ICTP, Trieste (Italy), August 8-12, 2022; APPLICATIONS OPEN NOW, DEADLINE FEBRUARY 28, 2022

We are delighted to announce this conference, to be held at ICTP, Trieste (Italy), August 8-12, 2022. The conference will cover several areas of current research, including low-dimensional topology, gauge theory, and Floer homology in all its flavors. It is partly intended to celebrate the mathematical contributions of Tomasz Mrowka. The conference will be preceded by a summer school for graduate students (the week before).

Speakers: (* = to be confirmed) David Gabai, Lothar Goettsche, Larry Guth, Jen Hom, Cole Hugelmeyer, *Peter Kronheimer, Francesco Lin, Robert Lipshitz, Paolo Lisca, Ciprian Manolescu, Gordana Matic, Rafe Mazzeo, Maggie Miller, Emmy Murphy, *John Pardon, Lisa Piccirillo, Juanita Pinzon Caicedo, Jake Rasmussen, *Daniel Ruberman, Andras Stipsicz, Zoltan Szabo, *Cliff Taubes, Donghao Wang, Claudius Zibrowius.

Applications are open now, and the deadline is FEBRUARY 28, 2022. You can find the application page linked to from the main event web page

http://indico.ictp.it/event/9706/

A bit of practical information (some of which is still preliminary):

WHO CAN APPLY? The application process is open, but due to space limitations at ICTP, we may have to be selective. Prospective participants will be informed of the outcome of the application as soon as possible.

HOW ABOUT COVID AND REMOTE PARTICIPATION? We encourage in-person participation, but in view of current uncertainties, the conference is designed as hybrid, and allows remote participation if necessary. Note that remote participants have to go through the same application process as in-person ones.

WHERE WILL PARTICIPANTS STAY? ICTP has on-campus housingthat participants can book at a reasonable price. Alternatively, ICTP will be able to assist with finding a hotel in the town of Trieste.

HOW ABOUT REIMBURSEMENT FOR HOUSING AND TRAVEL? Unfortunately, for most conference participants, we will NOT beable to provide any kind of reimbursement. One exception are participants from developing countries, for whom ICTP will contribute a limited amount of resources (this is part of ICTP's mission of encouraging the worldwide development of mathematics and physics). The other exception are graduate students staying on from the summer school, where we have a small amount of funding for travel expenses from the Clay Mathematics Institute. We have a pending application for funding from the National Science Foundation, which if approved would provide additional resources for a small number of US-based graduate students and postdocs.)

Organizing committee: Paul Feehan, Lenny Ng, Peter Ozsvath, Yongbin Ruan, Paul Seidel