Luminy
Workshop on Equivariant Gromov-Witten theory
and symplectic vortices


July 6-10, 2009, CIRM, Luminy, France

Organizing Committee:
Ionut Ciocan-Fontanine, University of Minnesota, ciocan@math.umn.edu,
Claude Sabbah, Centre de Mathematiques Ecole Polytechnique, sabbah@math.polytechnique.fr
Chris Woodward, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, ctw@math.rutgers.edu


Workshop Description: The focus of the workshop will be on the development of equivariant Gromov-Witten theory, including the study of moduli spaces of maps to quotient stacks by reductive groups, and from the symplectic point of view, moduli spaces of symplectic vortices. The workshop is organized around this specific direction, with an aim to bring together researchers in algebraic and symplectic geometry who have had no previous interaction. On the other hand, the workshop will promote discussion of the interaction of holomorphic maps, gauge theory, and group actions more broadly.

A partial program is available.

Participants: Bader Marcus, Zurich; Baptista, Joao, Amsterdam; Brini, Andrea, SISSA, Italy; Brown, Jeff, Berkeley; Buse, Olga, IUPUI; Chaput, Pierre-Emmanuel, Nantes; Cheong, Daewoong, KIAS; Chen, Linda, Swarthmore; Ciocan-Fontanine, Ionut, Minnesota; Corti, Alessio, Imperial College, London; Diaconescu, Duiliu, Rutgers; Frauenfelder, Urs, Munich; Frenkel, Ed, Berkeley; Fulghesu, Damiano, Scuola Normale Superiore Pisa; Gholampour, Amin, Caltech; Gonzalez, Eduardo, UMass Boston; Graber, Tom, Caltech; Holm, Tara, Cornell; Hori, Kentaro, Toronto; Hui, Li, Bourgogne; Iritani, Hiroshi, Kyushu; Keller, Julien, Univ. Aix-Marseille; Kim, Bumsig, Korean Institute of Advanced Study; Lee, Y.-P., Utah; Lin, Kevin, Berkeley; Mann, Etienne, Montpellier; Manolache, Cristina, SISSA, Italy; Mihalcea, Leonardo, Duke; Mundet i Riera, Ignasi, Barcelona; Okonek, Christian, Zurich; Ott, Andreas, Rutgers/ETH; Pandharipande, Rahul, Princeton; Perrin, Nicholas, Bonn; Romao, Nuno, Aarhus; Sabbah, Clause, Palaiseau; Salamon, Dietmar, ETH Zurich; Taipale, Kaisa, Minnesota; Teleman, Andrei, Marseille; Teleman, Constantin, Berkeley; Tolland, A.J., Berkeley/Stonybrook; Tseng, Hsian-Hua, Wisconsin; Tudor, Eva, Zurich; Venugopalan, Sushmita, Rutgers; Wehrheim, Jan, Strasbourg; Wehrheim, Katrin, MIT; Woodward, Chris, Rutgers; Ziltener, Fabian, Toronto; Zinger, Aleksey, Stony Brook

Lodging. The CIRM in Luminy is a restored Provencal mansion with a very good library and conference centre. It is located above the gorgeous calanques close to Marseille and Cassis. There are beautiful hikes in the cliffs, but hiking shoes might be recommended. The rates for CIRM lodging (for those not supported by conference funding) are here .

How to get there: Marseilles - in French Marseille - has an international airport -- Code : MRS -- as well as fast train connections to Paris. Click here for more information and here .

Support: A proposal for partial funding of lodging from CIRM, and a proposal for partial funding of travel/lodging expenses for US based participants, have been approved.

Registration: Registration is now closed.

CIRM webpage: Further information is available here .