Mathematics of Fields and Strings 2026

About the Conference

Mathematics of Fields and Strings is a conference series aimed at bringing together researchers working at the interface of mathematics and quantum field theory. The 2026 edition places particular emphasis on holomorphic-topological field theories, vertex algebras, representation theory, BPS invariants, and integrability. Our goal is to foster in-depth discussions on recent developments and emerging connections among these topics. 

Speakers

• Mikhail Bershtein (SISSA)

• Jean-Emile Bourgine (SIMIS)

• Alexander Braverman (University of Toronto)

• Cyril Closset (University of Birmingham)

• Dongmin Gang (Seoul National University)

• Heeyeon Kim (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)

• Sungjay Lee (Korea Institute for Advanced Study)

• Si Li (Tsinghua University)

• Wei Li (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

• Pietro Longhi (Uppsala University)

• Vyacheskav Lysov (SIMIS)

• Fabrizio Del Monte (University of Birmingham)

• Seyed Faroogh Moosavian (University of Oxford)

• Yuto Moriwaki (RIKEN)

• Nikita Nekrasov* (Simons Center for Geometry and Physics)

• Takahiro Nishinaka (Osaka Metropolitan University)

• Wenjun Niu (Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics)

• Yiwen Pan (Sun Yat-Sen University)

• Mauricio Romo (SIMIS)

• Francesco Sala (University of Pisa)

• Eric Sharpe (Virginia Tech)

• Uhi Rinn Suh (Seoul National University)

• Meng-Chwan Tan (National University of Singapore)

• Philsang Yoo (Seoul National University)

*To be confirmed

Organizers

• Mykola Dedushenko (SIMIS)

• Saebyeok Jeong (IBS Center for Geometry and Physics)

• Masahito Yamazaki (The University of Tokyo)