Australian-German Workshop on Differential Geometry in the Large 4-15 February 2019. 

This two-week workshop will be held at the MATRIX research and conference center located on 
the Creswick campus of the University of Melbourne. 

https://www.matrix-inst.org.au/events/australian-german-workshop-on-differential-geometry-
in-the-large/ 

The first week will be an international conference to highlight recent advances in global 
Riemannian and metric geometry, topology, and geometric analysis to foster communication 
between experts and early career researchers. Keynote speakers will include Ben Andrews, 
Christian Baer, Christoph Boehm, Robert Bryant, Fuquan Fang, Thomas Farrell, Rod Gover, 
Bernhard Hanke, Frances Kirwan, Claude LeBrun, Peter Petersen, Neil Trudinger, Guofang Wei, 
and Burkhard Wilking. 

The second week will focus on new problems and potential directions of future research that 
came up in the first week. There will be parallel sessions on the following four broad themes:
 - Geometric evolution equations and curvature flow
 - Structures on manifolds and mathematical physics
 - Higher invariants and positive scalar curvature
 - Recent developments in non-negative sectional curvature
In the mornings, in each session, there will be a couple of specialist talks, and then 
researchers will split in yet smaller groups to attack research problems throughout the day.

Sources of support for this workshop include the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute, 
the Australian Mathematical Society, the Ian Potter Foundation, and La Trobe University, as 
well as the German Research Foundation's SPP 2026: Geometry at Infinity and a grant to 
support U.S.-based participants from the National Science Foundation. 

Participation is by formal invitation only and space is very limited. At this time, thanks to 
support from the National Science Foundation, there are a few additional spots for U.S.-based 
participants. The grant will cover flights, meals, and accommodation. U.S.-based researchers, 
especially graduate students, postdocs, and other early-career researchers, as well as women 
and others from groups underrepresented in mathematics, are encouraged to contact Lee 
Kennard ( [log in to unmask] ) to express their interest in attending the conference. Based on 
these responses and further consultation with the workshop organizers, formal invitations will 
follow. 

Best wishes and happy holidays, 

Lee Kennard, on behalf of the workshop organizers: 

Owen Dearricott, University of Melbourne 
Diarmuid Crowley, University of Melbourne 
Thomas Leistner, University of Adelaide 
Yuri Nikolayevsky, La Trobe University 
Wilderich Tuschmann, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

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