Dear Colleagues,

we are pleased to announce the conference

Geometric Topology, Art, and Science

to be held in Reggio Emilia (Italy) on June 9-10, 2023, with a pre-meeting in Modena on June 8, 2023.

The conference is jointly organised by the Department of Physics, Informatics and Mathematics (FIM) and the Department of Sciences and Methods for Engineering (DISMI) of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, on the occasion of 70th birthday of Luigi Grasselli, full professor of Geometry at DISMI.

The conference focuses on recent advances in Geometric Topology, with a particular attention to combinatorial descriptions of 3- and 4-manifolds (branched coverings, knots and braids, trisections, colored graphs, etc…), as well as to the interactions with other disciplines, ranging from physics (with the theory of random tensors) to geometrical aspects in classical and contemporary art.  

Confirmed speakers include

•       Bruno Benedetti (University of Miami)

•       Alessia Cattabriga (University of Bologna)

•       Antonio Costa (UNED, Madrid)

•       Massimo Ferri  (University of Bologna)

•       Luca Lionni (University of Heidelberg)

•       Josè Maria Montesinos Amilibia (Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales de España)

•       Daniele Zuddas (University of Trieste)

The conference will also host a poster session.

During the preliminary event (which will take place in Modena on June 8 afternoon, at the Department FIM) young researchers who intend to present a poster will be invited to give short talks on their own research.  In this occasion, we foresee ample room for discussion and informal interaction in order to facilitate the scientific exchange between participants.

More information and the detailed programme can be found at the webpage https://sites.google.com/view/gras70/

Participants are requested to register at https://sites.google.com/view/gras70/registration  and fill the related form.

No registration fee is required.

The deadline for talk/poster submission and registration is April 30, 2023.

A limited amount of funding is available for early-career researchers intending to participate in the session of talks and to present posters. Application for funding can be made through the registration form.

Finally, we would like to ask you to forward the announcement to any of your colleagues who might be interested.

We look forward to meeting you at the conference.

Maria Rita Casali  (on behalf of the Organisers)