Recent Developments in Geometry

International Conference

Start date: August 10, 2026
End date: August 13, 2026
Event location: Burgas, Bulgaria

The conference aims to bring together leading senior researchers and promising early career scholars working in the field of Geometry and to popularize recent developments and new achievements in this field. The event also seeks to provide an opportunity for young scholars from South-Eastern Europe to engage with cutting edge research in this area and to meet and interact with leading experts from around the world. The event is jointly organized by the International Centre for Mathematical Sciences (ICMS-Sofia) at the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, and the Institute for the Mathematical Sciences of the Americas (IMSA) at the University of Miami.

Organisers: Ludmil Katzarkov (IMI Sofia & University of Miami); Leonardo Cavenaghi (IMI Sofia); Tony Pantev (University of Pennsylvania); Velichka Milousheva (IMI Sofia).

Sponsors: Simons Foundation Grants of ICMS-Sofia and IMSA-Miami; National Science Foundation; Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Bulgaria; University of Miami.

More information is coming soon.

Confirmed speakers:

  • Andras Szenes (University of Geneva)
  • Artan Sheshmani (Harvard-MIT IAiFi and BIMSA)
  • Christopher Brav (Shanghai Institute for Mathematics and Interdisciplinary Sciences)
  • Dennis Borisov (University of Windsor, Canada)
  • Ernesto Lupercio (IMI Sofia and Cinvestav-IPN Mexico)
  • Fabrizio Catanese (University of Bayreuth, Germany)
  • Giovane Neto (IMI Sofia)
  • Grigory Mikhalkin (University of Geneva)
  • Jae Hwang Lee (BICMR, China)
  • Kyoung-Seog Lee (POSTECH, South Korea)
  • Leonardo Francisco Cavenaghi (IMI Sofia)
  • Lino Grama (UNICAMP)
  • Misha Shkolnikov (IMI Sofia)
  • Pedro Muniz (University of Campinas)
  • Phillip Griffiths (Institute for Advanced Study, USA)
  • Samir Santamaria Albus (University of Miami)
  • Samuel Grushevsky (Stony Brook University and Simons Center)
  • Stefan Ivanov (Sofia University and IMI)

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