The first edition of the Geometry Space Symposium took place in June 2026 at the University of Surrey. Jointly organised by the Surrey Space Centre and the School of Mathematics & Physics, it gathered 45 researchers from over 20 institutions to discuss recent developments at the intersection of symplectic geometry and astrodynamics.
Read the conference report for scientific proceedings, abstracts, and attendance statistics.
For further coverage of the event, see:
Pioneering Workshop Bridges Pure Mathematics and Space Mission Design (STRUCTURES Newsroom, June 22 2026)
International Conference on Symplectic Geometry and Astrodynamics held at Surrey (Surrey Mathematics Research Blog, June 15 2026)
Surrey Space Centre
Arthur Limoge is a symplectic geometer by formation, who completed his doctoral degree at the University of Heidelberg, on the use of Wrapped Floer Homology in the Circular Restricted Three-Body Problem.
He then joined the Surrey Space Centre on a post-doctoral position, supported by a London Mathematical Society early career fellowship, and worked with Nicola Baresi on the popularisation of symplectic tools in astrodynamics, and on space policy perspectives.
Surrey Space Centre
Nicola Baresi is a senior lecturer in Orbital Mechanics at the Surrey Space Centre, whose research focuses on spacecraft dynamics, formation flying, guidance, navigation, and control.
He earned his PhD at the University of Colorado Boulder, and went on to occupy various research positions, notably at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), before joining the University of Surrey and taking the lead of the STAG (Space Trajectory Analysis Group).
School of Mathematics & Physics
David J. B. Lloyd is a Professor of Mathematics in the School of Mathematics and Physics at the University of Surrey, where he leads research in nonlinear pattern formation, mathematical modelling and their applications to criminology, data science and space systems.
He was notably the recipient of the 2024 Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics T. Brooke Benjamin Prize, and co-founder and co-director of the Surrey Centre for Criminology.