Dates:  

February 9th--20th, 2026. 

Venue:  

Week 1 (February 9th to 13th): Kyushu University Nishijin Plaza (2-16-23 Nishijin, Sawara-ku, Fukuoka city, Fukuoka)

Week 2 (February 16th to 20th): Fukuoka University A201 in Building A (8-19-1 Nanakuma Jonan-ku, Fukuoka city, Fukuoka)

Confirmed Speakers (tentative):

Series Lectures:

Robert J. McCann (University of Toronto, Canada)

Mathav Murugan (University of British Columbia, Canada)

Daniele Semola (University of Vienna, Austria)

Nageswari Shanmugalingam (University of Cincinnati, USA)

Masaki Tsukamoto (Kyoto University, Japan)

Tianyi Zheng (University of California San Diego, USA)

Regular Talks:

Sylvester Eriksson-Bique (University of Jyväskylä, Finland)

Xi Geng (The University of Melbourne, Australia)

Maria Gordina (University of Connecticut, USA)

Nathael Gozlan (Université Paris Cité, France)

Bangxian Han (Shandong University, China)

Daisuke Kazukawa (Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan)

Petr Kosenko (University of British Columbia, Canada)

Man Chun Lee (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China)

Xiangdong Li (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China) 

Chikako Mese (Johns Hopkins University, USA)

Ilaria Mondello (Université de Paris Est Créteil, France)

Koichi Nagano (University of Tsukuba, Japan)

Ryosuke Shimizu (Kyoto University, Japan)

Stefan Sommer (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)

Kohei Suzuki (Durham University, UK)

Asuka Takatsu (The University of Tokyo, Japan)

Anton Thalmaier (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg)

Hiroshi Tsuji (Saitama University, Japan)

Registration: 

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Supported by: 

•  Seasonable Institute of Mathematical Society of Japan

•  JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S) Grant Number 22H04942

「最適輸送理論とマルコフ過程による測度距離空間の解析学」

Analysis on metric measure spaces by optimal transport theory and Markov processes

Principal Investigator: Kazuhiro Kuwae (Fukuoka University)

• JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) Grant Number 24K00523

「距離空間上の勾配流理論の新展開」

New developments in gradient flow theory on metric spaces

Principal Investigator: Shin-ichi Ohta (The University of Osaka)

• JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) Grant Number 23K25774

「行列式点過程の普遍性とランダム現象の解析」

Universality of determinantal point processes and analysis of random phenomena

Principal Investigator: Tomoyuki Shirai (Kyushu University)

Chair of the Conference:

Kazuhiro Kuwae (Fukuoka University)

Scientific Committee:

Takashi Shioya (Chair, Tohoku University)

Shouhei Honda (the University of Tokyo)

Yuzuru Inahama (Kyushu University)

Naotaka Kajino (Kyoto University)

Shin-ichi Ohta (The University of Osaka)

Tomoyuki Shirai (Kyushu University)

Karl-Theodor Sturm (University of Bonn)

Xiaodan Zhou (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology)

Proceedings Committee:

Naotaka Kajino (Chair, Kyoto University)

Satoshi Ishiwata (Yamagata University)

Qing Liu (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology)

Yohei Sakurai (Saitama University)

Asuka Takatsu (The University of Tokyo)

Ryokichi Tanaka (Kyoto University)

Local Organizers:

Syota Esaki (Oita University)

Tadashi Fujioka (Fukuoka University)

Masato Hoshino (Institute of Science Tokyo)

Daisuke Kazukawa (Tokyo Metropolitan University)

Ayato Mitsuishi (Fukuoka University)

Takuya Murayama (Kyushu University)

Kiyotaka Suzaki (Kumamoto Gakuen University)

Satoshi Yabuoku (Fukuoka University)