Kristin DeVleming, UC San Diego
Philip Engel, University of Illinois Chicago
Sheel Ganatra, University of Southern California
Dan Kaplan, Cal State Long Beach
Joshua Mundinger, University of Wisconsin
Rachel Pries, Colorado State University
Xinwen Zhu, Stanford
with a Friday afternoon colloquium from
Jarod Alper, University of Washington
titles, abstracts, and some slides
Here is a campus map. Friday's talks will be in Tykeson 32. Saturay and Sunday's talks will be in Lillis 282.
Friday, November 7: Tykeson 32
4:00 - 4:50: Colloquium from Jarod Alper: Evolution of Moduli
5:00 - 6:00: Pizza upstairs
6:00 - 7:00: Five-minute talks from junior participants
Saturday, November 8: Lillis 282
9:00 - 9:30: Coffee and registration
9:30 - 10:30: Rachel Pries: Four perspectives on rational points on one Shimura curve
10:30 - 11:00: Break
11:00 - 12:00: Dan Kaplan: Quiver varieties and symplectic resolutions
12:00 - 2:00: Lunch
2:00 - 3:00: Phil Engel: Matroids and the integral Hodge conjecture for abelian varieties
3:00 - 3:30: Break
3:30 - 4:30: Sheel Ganatra: Homological and enumerative mirror symmetry for Batyrev mirror pairs
4:45 - 6:30: Poster session and reception
Sunday, November 9: Lillis 282
8:30 - 9:00: Coffee
9:00 - 10:00: Kristin DeVleming: Weighted projective degenerations of projective space
10:00 - 10:15: Break
10:15 - 11:15: Joshua Mundinger: Hochschild homology of algebraic varieties in characteristic p
11:15 - 11:30: Break
11:30 - 12:30: Xinwen Zhu: Moduli space of Langlands parameters
Registration:
WAGS is partially supported by the National Science Foundation, with additional support form the University of Oregon Department of Mathematics.
We ask that all participants fill out the registration form to help us with NSF reporting; registration for WAGS is free. Funding requests received before October 8 will receive full consideration.
Feedback and Reimbursements:
If you attended WAGS, please fill out the feedback form, both to help us improve future WAGS meetings and to help with NSF reporting. A link to the reimbursement form is at the end of the feedback form. Please submit reimbursement requests by December 1.
Travel:
The nearest airport is Eugene (EUG). There is no public transit from the airport: only taxis, Lyft, and Uber.
Some people fly to Portland (PDX) and take the FlixBus to Eugene, but it might not save you time or money.
If you're coming from Seattle, consider taking Amtrak Cascades.
If you're coming from the Bay Area and feel like an adventure, consider taking Amtrak Coast Starlight overnight.
If you drive, parking in the university lot at 14th and Kincaid is free on the weekends.
Accommodation:
We have a discounted rate of $122 per night plus tax at Hayward Inn, which you can get by calling 541-485-2727 and mentioning WAGS or UO Math.
You are also welcome to find your own hotel or AirBnB.
Carpool/Roomshare:
Use the WAGS Discord server to organize carpools and roommates.
Local organizers:
Send questions to fall2025@wagsymposium.org.
Code of Conduct:
The Western Algebraic Geometry Symposium aims to create an environment that is stimulating, supportive, and welcoming to all participants. We build that environment through our community, with each of us playing an active role in creating a positive experience for all. We ask you to be welcoming, respectful, and generous towards all participants and to recognize that it is your responsibility to ensure that your actions match your intent.
While attending WAGS at the University of Oregon, all participants are expected to adhere to the university's policies against discrimination and harassment. Please visit our Office of Equal Opportunity and Access reporting page to learn more about reporting inappropriate behavior that you may have witnessed or experienced while participating in this event.
About WAGS:
WAGS is a twice-yearly meeting of algebraic geometers in the Western half of North America that traces its origins back to the Utah-UCLA Algebraic Geometry Seminar started in 1989. Long term planning for WAGS is currently being organized by Nicolas Addington, Roya Beheshti Zavareh, María Angélica Cueto, José González, Dustin Ross, Karl Schwede, Farbod Shokrieh, and Mark Shoemaker. For more information about WAGS, visit http://www.wagsymposium.org.