South African-Japanese Discrete Homotopy Meeting 2026
7th and 8th of October 2026
Venue: Nishijin Plaza, 2-16-23 Nishijin, Sawara-ku, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka-ken, Japan (Kyushu University)
Organizers: Y. Bavuma (University of Cape Town, South Africa), F. G. Russo (University of Camerino, Italy) and S. Yamagata (Fukuoka University, Japan)
Provisional Program (last update 21st of April 2026)
Wednesday 7 October 2026
09.00 - 09.30 Registration and welcome message
HOD (Department of Applied Mathematics, Fukuoka, Japan)
Morning Session - Moderator: S. Yamagata
10.00 - 10.40 Chris Kapulkin* (University of Western Ontario, London, Canada) [talk, in person]
10.50 - 11.30 Yichen Tong (Westlake University, Hangzhou, China) [talk, in person]
Coffee break (around 20min)
11.50 - 12.30 Daisuke Kishimoto (Kyushu University, Kyusht, Japan)[talk, in person]
Lunch break (around 2h)
Afternoon Session - Moderator: Y. Bavuma
14.30 - 15.10 Luigi Caputi (University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy) [talk, in person]
15.20 - 16.00 Seid Kassaw Muhie (Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania) [talk, from remote]
16.10 - 16.40 Ilaria Svampa (Universität zu Köln, Köln, Germany) [talk, from remote]
Coffee break and social picture
Thursday 8 October 2026
Morning Session - Moderator: S. Yamagata
09.00 - 09.40 Toshiyuki Akita (Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan) [talk, in person]
09.50 - 10.30 Martin Mijangos (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico) [talk, in person]
Coffee break (around 20min)
10.50 - 11.40 Jeff Murugan (University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa) [talk, in person]
Lunch break (around 2h)
Afternoon Session - Moderator: F.G. Russo
14.00 - 16.00 Y. Bavuma (University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa) [minicourse on GAP for the participants]
16.10 - 16.30 Conclusion and greetings from the organizers
Social dinner around 20.00
* the speaker is available but confirmation is in progress.