Thematic Programmes at the ESI in 2026

Published on April 17, 2025

The following thematic programmes have been scheduled for 2026:

February 16 — March 27, 2026: Amplitudes and Algebraic Geometry
Organizers: Daniele Agostini (U Tübingen), Lara Bossinger (UNAM, Oaxaca), Ruth Britto (Trinity College, Dublin), Joahnnes Henn (MPP, Munich), Jianrong Li (U of Vienna), Anna-Laura Sattelberger (MPI MIS, Leipzig), Oliver Schlotterer (Uppsala U)

April 20 — June 5, 2026: Differential Complexes: Theory, Discretization, and Applications
Organizers: Andreas Cap (U of Vienna), Ralf Hiptmair (ETH Zurich), Kaibo Hu (U of Edinburgh), Joachim Schöberl (TU Vienna)

June 15 — July 17, 2026: The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Toric Geometry: Bridging Mathematics, Computation, and String Theory
Organizers: Magdalena Larfors (Uppsala U),Gary Shiu (U of Wisconsin-Madison), Harald Skarke (TU Vienna), Michael E. Stillman (Cornell U, Ithaca)

July 27 — August 28, 2026: New Paradigms for Harnessing Quantum Field Theory at Colliders
Organizers: Alessandro Broggio (U of Vienna), André H. Hoang (U of Vienna), Simon Plätzer (U of Graz), Massimiliano Procura (U of Vienna), Rudi Rahn (U of Vienna), Malin Sjödahl (Lund U), Iain W. Stewart (MIT, Cambridge)

September 14 — October 30, 2026: Statistical Mechanics and Combinatorics of Discrete Planar Structures
Organizers: Nathanael Berestycki (U of Vienna), Michael Drmota (TU Vienna), lse Fischer (U of Vienna), Mihyun Kang (TU Graz), Christian Krattenthaler (U of Vienna), Marcin Lis (TU Vienna), Benedikt Stufler (TU Graz), Fabio Toninelli (TU Vienna)

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