Orbit Meetings take place on Wednesday afternoons three times a year across the Universities of Birmingham, Manchester and Warwick. The meetings focus on topics in group theory and representation theory. Attendees from any university are welcome at the meetings.

Next meeting

Simple Groups

University of Birmingham
Wednesday 11 November 2026

Timings: meeting at 13:00–16:30, followed by drinks and dinner
Location: talks in Lecture Theatre A (G23), Watson Building (R15 on campus map)

13:00 Marina Anagnostopoulou-Merkouri (University of Bristol)
[title TBA]

14:00 Martin van Beek (University of Manchester)
[title TBA]

15:00 Tea & Coffee

15:30 Inna Capdeboscq (University of Warwick)
[title TBA]

No registration is required. If you would like to attend dinner (at roughly 18:00), then please complete this form by 28 October.

The School of Mathematics at the University of Birmingham is committed to providing a welcoming, inclusive and safe community for all. Please see their Inclusivity Charter for staff, students and visitors.

Future meetings

The following meeting will held at the University of Warwick on Wednesday 10 February 2027. 

PhD Students

We strongly encourage PhD students to attend Orbit Meetings. These meetings are a great way to get know other people working in the field at nearby universities. To enable this, we will help towards travel costs for PhD students (see details here).

Funding

The Orbit Meetings are supported by a London Mathematical Society Scheme 3 Grant and by the Isaac Newton Institute and the Heilbronn Institute (Additional Funding Programme for Mathematical Sciences, delivered by EPSRC EP/V521917/1).

Organisers

Scott Harper (Birmingham)
Jay Taylor (Manchester)
Gareth Tracey (Warwick)

General queries can be directed to Scott Harper.