June 13-17 2022
Geometric Structures (re)United
Higgs bundles, geometric structures, and character varieties
Organized by Brian Collier and Laura Schaposnik
University of Illinois at Chicago
Back in 2020 our yearly Higgs bundles meetings at Chicago had to be cancelled due to COVID-19. The year 2021 has not been much better in terms of in-person meetings, and so we have decided to skip these two years and re-unite in 2022.
This weeklong meeting will happen in place of the "Current trends..." and the "School on Higgs bundles" meetings.
A week-long international school and meeting of talks, activities, and workshops
Deadline for applying for funding: March 1st 2022
Mornings
Afternoons
The goal of this event is to bring leaders in geometry, geometric structures, and mathematical physics together from across the globe to give mini courses and exchange their novel findings with young researchers.
Mini Courses
University of Michigan
UniversitĂ di Trento
University of Chicago
Plenary talks
Leibniz Universität Hannover
McGill University
Universidade do Porto
University of Waterloo
Yale University
University of California at Davis
University of Massachusetts Amherst
CalTech
Universität in Frankfurt am Main
The Venue
University of Illinois at Chicago
The meeting will take in Chicago, USA, at the UIC campus.
The Social Activities
Conference Dinner
7:00 p.m. Conference dinnerGiordano's Chicago pizza banquetIsland Party Boat 355 East Riverwalk South
Only drinks will need to be ordered and paid by participants.
Evening Boat trip
7:00 p.m.Island Party Boat 355 East Riverwalk South
An evening on board of a boat to see the Chicago river.
Bar Food can be bought by the boat and taken for the cruise. Cruise leaves 7:30.
Other FRE & Outdoor Chicago Activities
Museum of Contemporary Art
5:30 p.m. 220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
FREE outdoor Jazz in the terrace
BYO Picnic & drinks -- no glass allowed. A bar is open at the museum.
Music & Fireworks outing
6:15 p.m.JAY PRITZKER PAVILION
Mozart Symphony No. 35 in Grand Park
BYO Picnic & drinks -- no glass allowed
10:00 p.m.fireworks in Navy Pier
The Organizers
The Meeting is funded by Laura Schaposnik's NSF CAREER Award DMS 1749013 and her UIC Start-up and by Brian Collier's NSF Award DMS 2103685 and the GEAR NETWORK. Further funding from the speaker's grants is generously contributing towards their costs.