Variational and Geometric Structures for Evolution

9-13 October 2023, Levico Terme (Trento, Italy)

Over the last years, the exploration and identification of variational and geometric structures for evolutionary problems has emerged with a prominent role in their mathematical analysis. The workshop will focus on the recent developments in this topic, with applications to dissipative models and systems governed by reaction-diffusion mechanisms.

The conference will also mark the 65th birthday of our colleague and friend Alexander Mielke, whose work has set a cornerstone in this field. 

Speakers     

John Ball (Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh)
Yann Brenier (U Paris-Saclay, Orsay)
Giulia Cavagnari (Politecnico, Milano)
Gianni Dal Maso (SISSA Trieste)
Georg Dolzmann (U Regensburg)
Matthias Erbar (U Bielefeld)
Julian Fischer (IST Austria, Klosterneuburg)
Irene Fonseca (Carnegie Mellon University)
Gilles Francfort (U Paris XIII, Villetanneuse)
Manuel Friedrich (U Erlangen-Nuremberg)
Katharina Hopf (WIAS Berlin)
Martin Kružík (UTIA Prague)
Jan Maas (IST Austria, Klosterneuburg)
Daniel Matthes (TU Munich)      

Alexander Mielke (WIAS Berlin)
Maria Giovanna Mora (U Pavia)
Matteo Negri (U Pavia)
Stefan Neukamm (TU Dresden)
Mark Peletier (TU Eindhoven)
Elisabetta Rocca (U Pavia)
Tomáš Roubíček (Charles University Prague)
André Schlichting (WWU Münster)
Ulisse Stefanelli (U Vienna)

Artur Stephan (WIAS Berlin)
Florian Theil (U Warwick)
Oliver Tse (TU Eindhoven)
François-Xavier Vialard (U G.Eiffel, Marne-la-Vallée)
Barbara Zwicknagl (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)

Organizers 

Dorothee Knees (U Kassel)
Riccarda Rossi (U Brescia)
Giuseppe Savaré (U Bocconi, Milano)
Marita Thomas (FU & WIAS Berlin)