LMS 150th Anniversary Northern Regional Meeting and Workshop on Homotopical Algebra and Geometry

Tuesday 7th April 2015, 2pm: LMS 150th Anniversary Northern Regional Meeting
Wednesday 8th-Saturday 11th April 2015: Workshop on Homotopical Algebra and Geometry

Homotopical algebra was created in the 1960s in seminal works of Quillen, Grothendieck-Verdier and Dold-Puppe. Since then it has found innumerable applications in various fields of mathematics, most notably in algebraic topology and algebraic geometry.

In the last couple of decades, the influence of homotopical algebra has extended to representation theory, differential geometry and aspects of theoretical physics; its role and importance has been steadily increasing. This workshop aims to bring together experts from all these areas and more, to explore ideas of 'higher algebra' and foster new collaboration.

The LMS Northern Regional Meeting will be commemorating the of the Society. There will be three talks at the Meeting: one exploring the history of algebra and geometry in the UK and the other two given by mathematicians who helped shape our modern understanding of homotopical algebra and related fields. The meeting will also incorporate a Wikipedia Editathon.

Invited Speakers

Regional Meeting

  • , University of Oxford
  • , SUNY, Stony Brook
  • , Radboud University Nijmegen/University of Sheffield

Workshop

  • , University of Glasgow
  • Michael Batanin, Macquarie University
  • , University of Glasgow
  • , Universität Münster
  • Kei Yuen Chan, Universiteit van Amsterdam
  • , University of Toulouse
  • Carmelo di Natale, University of Cambridge
  • , Trinity College Dublin
  • , University of Leeds
  • Victor Ginzburg, University of Chicago
  • , Cambridge University
  • , Cambridge University
  • , University of Haifa
  • , University of Oxford
  • , University of Bath
  • , Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
  • , Université Paris-13
  • , Universiteit Antwerpen
  • , University of Edinburgh
  • Ana Rovi, University of Glasgow
  • , University of Sheffield
  • Bruno Vallette, Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis

If you would like to participate in the meeting, please contact the organisers with details of your anticipated arrival and departure dates.

Organising Committee