13-17 October 2025, Seoul
The Korea Institute for Advanced Study will host the "Mapping Class Groups at KIAS" conference from October 13 to 17, 2025. The conference will bring together experts in mapping class groups of surfaces and related fields from around the globe, while promoting the understanding of the recent research developments and fostering the network among participants.
Mini-courses
Harry Baik (KAIST, Daejeon)
Sanghoon Kwak (Seoul National University)
Andrew Putman (University of Notre Dame)
Invited talks
Inhyeok Choi (KIAS)
Koji Fujiwara (OIST/Kyoto University)
Yusen Long (Paris-Est Créteil)
Masato Mimura (Tohoku University)
Rachel Skipper (University of Utah)
Wenyuan Yang (BICMR, Beijing)
To register, please fill the application form [here] before October 1, 2025.
The conference will be held in the room 8101 of KIAS (고등과학원), Building 8.
Hoegi-ro 85
Dongdaemun-gu
02455, Seoul, South Korea
The title and abstracts are available [here].
10:00 - 11:00: Coffee and pastries
11:00 - 12:00: Sanghoon Kwak (Part I)
12:00 - 13:00: Lunch at KIAS
13:00 - 14:00: Harry Hyungryul Baik (Part I)
14:00 - 14:30: Coffee break
14:30 - 15:30: Inhyeok Choi
9:00 - 9:30: Coffee and pastries
9:30 - 10:30: Rachel Skipper
10:30 - 11:00: Coffee break
11:00 - 12:00: Sanghoon Kwak (Part II)
12:00 - 13:00: Lunch at KIAS
13:00 - 14:00: Andrew Putman (Part I)
14:00 - 14:30: Coffee break
14:30 - 15:30: Harry Hyungryul Baik (Part II)
9:00 - 9:30: Coffee and pastries
9:30 - 10:30: Andrew Putman (Part II)
10:30 - 11:00: Coffee break
11:00 - 12:00: Wenyuan Yang
12:00 - 13:00: Lunch at KIAS
Free afternoon
9:00 - 9:30: Coffee and pastries
9:30 - 10:30: Koji Fujiwara
10:30 - 11:00: Coffee break
11:00 - 12:00: Andrew Putman (Part III)
12:00 - 13:00: Lunch at KIAS
13:00 - 14:00: Yusen Long
14:00 - 14:30: Coffee break
14:30 - 15:30: Harry Hyungryul Baik (Part III)
18:00 : Conference Dinner
9:00 - 9:30: Coffee and pastries
9:30 - 10:30: Masato Mimura
10:30 - 11:00: Coffee break
11:00 - 12:00: Sanghoon Kwak (Part III)
12:00 - 13:00: Lunch at KIAS
Free afternoon
Sang-hyun Kim (Korea Institute for Advanced Study, Seoul)
Sanghoon Kwak (Seoul National University, Seoul)
Carl-Fredrik Nyberg Brodda (Korea Institute for Advanced Study, Seoul)
Eugen Rogozinnikov (Korea Institute for Advanced Study, Seoul)
David Xu (Korea Institute for Advanced Study, Seoul)
Korea Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS)
June E Huh Center for Mathematical Challenges (HCMC)
National Research Foundation of Korea (RS-2023-00278510)
Seoul National University (SNU-700-20250069)