Conference - Geometry and Topology in Low Dimensions: Lasting Trends and Emerging Directions

The conference will bring together experts from various fields of low-dimensional topology.
Each of the five days of the conference will focus on one of the following topics:

• Exotic phenomena
• Contact and symplectic geometry
• Heegaard Floer homology
• Gauge theory
• Knots and knotted surfaces

Each day will be introduced by a panoramic talk by a distinguished speaker on the day's special topic, followed by research talks on that topic.

Confirmed speakers

• John Baldwin (Boston College)
• Inanc Baykur (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
• Aliakbar Daemi (Washington University in St. Louis)
• Jen Hom (Georgia Institute of Technology)
• Peter Kronheimer (Harvard University)
• Hokuto Konno (University of Tokyo)
• Andrew Lobb (Durham University)
• Gordana Matić (University of Georgia)
• Maggie Miller (University of Texas at Austin)
• John Morgan (Columbia University)
• Tom Mrowka (MIT)
• Peter Ozsváth (Princeton University)
• Laura Starkston (UC Davis)
• Luya Wang (Institute for Advanced Study)
• Claudius Zibrowius (Ruhr University Bochum)

To be confirmed:

• Daniel Ruberman (Brandeis University)

Application

Application is not open yet. The expected deadline for application is 28th February 2026.

Acknowledgements

Organised in partnership with the Clay Mathematical Institute.
The conference is partially supported by the National Science Foundation CAREER grant DMS-2237131.