Symplectic topology meets representation theory

The general theme of the conference is actions of braid groups and their generalisations in symplectic geometry, in algebraic geometry and in representation theory.  This includes applications and related structures (spherical objects, stability conditions, quivers and cluster structures, ...). We are hoping to bring together mathematicians with shared interests in such questions from across these research communities. Please join us!

Speakers: 

• Anna Barbieri (University of Verona)

• Anya Nordskova (Kavli Institute, Tokyo)

• Asilata Bapat (Australian National University, Canberra)

• Bernhard Keller (Université Paris Cité)

• Cheuk-Yu Mak (University of Sheffield)

• Daniil Mamaev (Uppsala University)

• Edmund Heng ( University of Sydney)

• Fabien Haiden (Syddansk Universitet, Odense)

• Ilaria di Dedda (University of Edinburgh)

• Jeff Hicks (University of St Andrews)

• Jon Woolf (Liverpool)

• Karin Baur (Bochum and Leeds)

• Merlin Christ (Bonn)

• Nick Williams (University of Cambridge)

• Parth Shimpi (University of Glasgow)

• Sibylle Schroll (Köln and Trondheim) TBC

• Špela Špenko (Université Libre de Bruxelles)

Scientific Committee: Ailsa Keating (Cambridge, lead), YankI Lekili (Imperial College London), Bethany Marsh (Leeds), Michael Wemyss (Glasgow).

Registration: Registration is now closed. If you have missed this and are hoping to attend nevertheless, please contact Ailsa Keating (amk50@cam.ac.uk) to discuss.

Logistics: The conference will start on Monday 20/04/2026 at lunchtime and end on Friday 24/04/2026 also at lunchtime. A more detailed schedule will be published nearer the time. 

Funding: We gratefully acknowledge support from EPSRC Fellowship EP/W001780/1 and ERC Consolidator Grant 101001227 (MMiMMa).