We are pleased to invite you to the (virtual) 18th Graduate Student Topology and Geometry Conference (GSTGC), to be held online and organized by students of Indiana University (Bloomington), on April 9-11, 2021. This is the first announcement for this conference.

After careful thought and deliberation, the GSTGC organizers have decided that the conference will be held entirely online due to the pandemic. The registration deadline to give a talk or participate in the poster session is March 12, 2021. The registration deadline for all other participants is April 2, 2021.

This conference is a venue for graduate students interested in topology and geometry to be exposed to new research areas, present their own work in a productive and welcoming environment, network with their peers, and meet experts in the field. While the conference will be entirely online, its structure will closely follow that of previous years. In line with past conferences, GSTGC-2021 will feature many graduate student talks, along with invited talks by plenary and young faculty speakers. New to this year’s conference is a poster session, which will allow us to incorporate many more presenters into the weekend.

To register or to look up more information about the conference, please go to: 

https://gstgc2021.iu.edu.

Early grad students, women, and members of historically underrepresented groups are especially encouraged to apply.

Plenary Speakers:
Sarah Koch (University of Michigan)
Kate Ponto (University of Kentucky)
Daniel Ruberman (Brandeis University)

Young Faculty Speakers:
Bahar Acu (ETH Zürich)
Viveka Erlandsson (University of Bristol)
Dami Lee (University of Washington)
Clover May (UCLA)
Lisa Piccirillo (MIT)
Inna Zakharevich (Cornell University)

You can contact the organizers at [log in to unmask].

We hope to see you in April!

The GSTGC-2021 Organizers
Vinicius Ambrosi
Hayley Bertrand
Homin Lee
InSung Park
Noah Riggenbach
Ryan Stees
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