Higher Structure Conferences higherstructure2014 (Rev #15)

Higher Structures in Geometry and Physics 2014

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October 27–31, Geneva

For the conference this year, we would like to have a focus on interaction between higher structures and field theory.

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Speakers

• Yuri Berest (Cornell)
• Adrien Brochier (Edinburgh)
• David Carchedi (MPI, Bonn; UBC, Vancouver)
• Alberto Cattaneo (Zurich)
• Tobias Ekholm (Uppsala)
• Giovanni Felder (ETH, Zurich)
• Pavel Mnev (St.Petersburg)
• Claudia Scheimbauer (ETH, Zurich)
• Florian Schätz (Aarhus)
• Christopher Schommer-Pries (MPI, Bonn)
• Christoph Schweigert (Hamburg)
• Thomas Strobl (Lyon)
• Hiro Tanaka (Harvard)
• Peter Teichner (MPI, Bonn)
• Konrad Waldorf (Greifswald)
• Katrin Wendland (Freiburg)

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Organisers

Anton Alekseev, Chenchang Zhu

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Scientific Committee

Alberto Cattaneo, Ezra Getzler, Giovanni Felder

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Registration

Online registration Deadline for registration with funding application is 30.09.2014, and that in general is 10.10.2014.

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Schedule (preliminary)

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
9:30–10:30		Berest	Tanaka	Wendland	Cattaneo
10:30–11:00		Break
11:00–12:00		Felder	Scheimbauer	Teichner	Mnev
12:00–13:00		Lunch	Ekholm	Lunch
13:00–14:00	Registration	Lunch	Excursion	Lunch
14:00–15:00	Strobl	Schweigert	Excursion	Waldorf
15:00–15:30	Break		Excursion	Break
15:30–16:30	Brochier	Carchedi	Excursion	Schätz
16:45–17:45		Qiu	Excursion	Schommer-Pries

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Previous Conferences

This series of conferences started in 2007 and here are some past events:

Higher Structures in Geometry and Physics, Paris

Higher Structures in Geometry and Physics, Lausanne

Higher Structures in Geometry and Physics, Zurich

Higher Structures in Geometry and Physics, Vienna

Higher Structures in Geometry and Physics, Goettingen

Higher Structures in Geometry and Physics, Newton Institute

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Sponsors

Swiss Map , European Research Council (erc), University of Geneva