FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT

The Workshop on Geometric Methods in Physics is the annual conference in the field of mathematical physics and mathematics organized by the Department of Mathematical Physics of the University of Białystok, Poland.

The topics covered at the Białowieża meetings span wide areas of mathematical physics and mathematics inspired by physical and mathematical problems. This year we intend to organize a special session on the relationship between the theory of integrable systems and geometry, with intensive focus on the geometric, algebraic and analytic features of completely integrable systems. Discussion on open problems is also planned.

The conference offers a good opportunity for exchange of ideas between physicists and mathematicians. We encourage participation of younger scientists.

The programme consists of invited plenary lectures (55 minutes), as well as other invited and contributed talks (40 or 25 minutes). Participants are also offered a possibility to present their contribution in the poster form.

TOPICS

harmonic analysis
infinite-dimensional groups
integrable systems
Lie groupoids and Lie algebroids
mathematical aspects of field theory
noncommutative geometry
operator algebras
quantization
symplectic and Poisson geometry

LECTURERS

Dorothea Bahns (Goettingen)
Ivan Cheltsov (Edinburgh)
Lisa Jeffrey (Toronto)
Sergei Merkulov (Luxembourg)
Ruben Mkrtchyan (Yerevan)
Nikolay Nessonov (Kharkov)
Michael Pevzner (Reims)
Emma Previato (Boston)
Claude Roger (Lyon)
Margit Rosler (Paderborn)
Richard Szabo (Edinburgh)
Leon Takhtajan (Stony Brook, NY)
Milen Yakimov (Florida)
Vladimir Zakharov (Arizona)
Genkai Zhang (Goteburg)
Weiping Zhang (Tianjin)

The list is not final and additional speakers may be included. The most recent list is always available at the webpage http://wgmp.uwb.edu.pl/.

PLACE AND TIME

The 2016 Workshop will take place in the heart of the Białowieża primeval forest - a site of great natural beauty. We plan a number of special events during the XXXV Workshop, including:

excursion to the Strictly Protected Area of Białowieża forest,
campfire,
banquet.

Last night in Białowieża is Kupala Night - with regional folk dances and music concluding in midnight search for "fern flower".

Please consult these links for more information about Białowieża forest and Kupala Night as well as some photos:
Photos from previous conferences and Białowieża
Wikipedia page about Białowieża Forest
Ivan Kupala Day

Arrival date will be Saturday, June 25. The scientific activity will run from Sunday, June 26 till Saturday, July 2. There will be a conference bus from Warsaw (about 4 p.m.) to Białowieża on June 25 and back from Białowieża to Warsaw on July 3.

ACCOMMODATION AND CONFERENCE FEE

The conference fee is 150 EUR and the cost of living expenses is 350 EUR. It covers full board and lodging (double room) within walking distance from the lecture hall, transportation from Warsaw to Białowieża and back. The accomodation in single room costs additional 100 EUR. However due to the limited hotel service in Białowieża it may not be possible in all cases. There is the cost of 300 EUR for each accompanying person.

The fees should be paid in cash and we can accept equivalent in USD or PLN. Unfortunately we cannot accept credit cards, personal checks, bank drafts or travelers checks. In some cases we offer the participants reduction of the conference fee (e.g. for graduate students).

SCHOOL FOR YOUNG RESEARCHERS

There will be a school for young researchers and graduate students in the week following the Workshop. The School on Geometry and Physics will start on July 4 and last till July 9. The total cost of the School is 300 EUR (includes transportation, board, and accomodation).

During the School we plan to organize several 3h courses by leading experts in mathematical physics. At the moment we have confirmed lectures by A. Bolsinov (Loughborough), M. Bożejko (Wrocław), T. Brzeziński (Swansea), J. Kijowski (Warszawa), E. Previato (Boston), Th. Voronov (Manchester). The rest of the speakers and subjects of lectures will be announced at later time.

ADVISORY COMMITTEE

S.T. Ali (Montreal), A. Antonevich (Minsk/Białystok), M. Bertola (Montreal), A. Bolsinov (Loughborough), D. Beltiţă (Bucharest), T. Brzeziński (Swansea), V. Buchstaber (Moscow), A. Bytsenko (Londrina), L. Chekhov (Moscow), A. Domrin (Moscow), V. Dragovic (Belgrade), D.J. Fernandez (Mexico City), F. Gay-Balmaz (Paris), A. Gayfullin (Moscow), G.A. Goldin (Rutgers), N. Hounkonnou (Cotonou), T. Iwai (Kyoto), A. Karabegov (Abilene, TX), H. Khudaverdian (Manchester), J. Kijowski (Warszawa), T. Lada (Raleigh), A. Lazarev (Lancaster), S. Lyakhovich (Tomsk), K. Mackenzie (Sheffield), B. Mielnik (Mexico City), A. Mikhailov (Leeds), I. Mladenov (Sofia), V. Molchanov (Tambov), N. Moshchevitin (Moscow), K.-H. Neeb (Erlangen), Yu. Neretin (Moscow), A. Odesskii (Brock), A. Orlov (Moscow), V. Ovsienko (Lyon), A. Pasquale (Metz), S. Paycha (Potsdam), F. Pelletier (Cognin), E. Previato (Boston), F. Radulescu (Rome), J. Rembieliński (Łódź), A.G. Sergeev (Moscow), G. Sewell (London), A. Sharapov (Tomsk), A. Shafarevich (Moscow), K.B. Sinha (Bangalore), S. Stepin (Moscow/Białystok), D. Sternheimer (Tokyo/Dijon), T. Tate (Sendai), G. Tuynman (Lille), A. Veselov (Loughborough), A. Voronov (Minneapolis), S.L. Woronowicz (Białystok), S. Wu (Hsinchu), A. Yoshioka (Tokyo), M. Zabzine (Uppsala), M. Zelikin (Moscow), N.T. Zung (Toulouse)

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

A. Odzijewicz (Białystok) - chairman, T. Goliński (Białystok) - secretary, P. Bieliavsky (Louvain), A. Dobrogowska (Białystok), P. Kielanowski (Mexico City), M. Schlichenmaier (Luxembourg), A. Sliżewska (Białystok), Th. Voronov (Manchester)

Interested participants are requested to complete the registration form on-line before May 31, 2016, but early registration would be very helpful to the organizers.

The Organizers
XXXV WGMP
Institute of Mathematics
University of Białystok
Ciołkowskiego 1M
15-245 Białystok, Poland
e-mail: wgmp@uwb.edu.pl

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