The goal of the conference is to bring together world-renowned and early-career researchers working in the field of algebraic geometry, low-dimensional topology, complex geometry and commutative algebra and foster discussions around singularities in topology, metric geometry, algebraic geometry, dynamical systems and mirror symmetry. The meeting also seeks to provide an opportunity for young scholars from Eastern Europe to engage with cutting edge research in the area.

The conference will be held from June 8 to June 13, 2025, in the DoubleTree by Hilton Plovdiv Center Hotel, in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. 

If you wish to attend the conference, please register as soon as possible, since space is limited. Registration deadline: March 23, 2025.

We have some funding to cover the local expenses of young scholars who are encouraged to submit a poster through the registration form.

Invited Speakers

Fuensanta Aroca (Uneversidad Nacional Autónoma de México)

André Belotto da Silva (Université Paris Cité)

Andrei Bengus-Lasnier (IMI, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences)

Morgan Brown (University of Miami)

Steven Dale Cutkosky (University of Missouri)

Eleonore Faber (University of Graz)

Pedro González Pérez (Universidad Complutense Madrid)

Paul Horja (University of Miami, IMI-BAS)

Tamás László, (Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca)

David Massey (Northeastern University)

Mircea Mustaţă (University of Michigan)

María Pe Pereira (Universidad Complutense Madrid)

Anne Pichon (Institut de Mathématiques de Marseille)

Patrick Popescu-Pampu (Université de Lille)

Pablo Portilla (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid)

Matteo Ruggiero (IMJ-PRG)

Edson Sampaio (UFC, Brazil)

Mark Spivakovsky (Institut de Mathématiques de Toulouse)

Wim Veys (KU Leuven)

Juan Viu-Sos ((Universidad Politécnica de Madrid)

Jaroslaw Włodarczyk (Purdue University)

Why become a researcher?

French mathematicians meeting Bulgarian students

Prior to the conference (June 2-6, 2025),  there will be a satellite event that will take place at the headquarters of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in Sofia. The aim of the meeting is to promote research mathematics as a career path to talented Bulgarian high school students. Confirmed speakers:

• Patrick Popescu-Pampu (Université de Lille),

• Bernard Teissier (IMJ-PRG, CNRS),

• Cédric Villani (IHES).

Conference organizers

• Bernard Teissier (IMJ-PRG, CNRS)

• Hussein Mourtada (IMJ-PRG)

• Antoni Rangachev (IMJ-PRG, CNRS, IMI-BAS)

• Velichka Milousheva (IMI-BAS)

Secretaries: Lilia Simeonova (International Department, IMI-BAS); Ivanka Stoyanova (IMI-BAS), Ana Branzova (PR, IMI-BAS).

The conference is organized by the International Centre for Mathematical Sciences (ICMS–Sofia) at the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IMI-BAS), with the financial support of the Simons Foundation, the Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science, the Swiss National Science Foundation, and Institut de Mathématiques de Jussieu-Paris Rive Gauche.