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Conference: String Mathematics Conference Time: December 31, 2015- January 4, 2016 Venue: Tsinghua Sanya International Mathematics Forum (TSIMF) http://msc.tsinghua.edu.cn/sanya/Default.aspx Organizers: Local Organization Committee chair Shing Tung Yau Harvard University Shiu Yuen Cheng Tsinghua University Chiu-Chu Melissa Liu Columbia University Kefeng Liu University of California, Los Angeles Wenxuan Lu Tsinghua University Yat Sun Poon University of California,Riverside Steering Committee Ron Donagi University of Pennsylvania Dan Freed University of Texas at Austin Nigel Hitchin University of Oxford Sheldon Katz University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Maxim Kontsevich Institut des Hautes ¨¦tudes Scientifiques David Morrison University of California, Santa Barbara Edward Witten Princeton University Shing Tung Yau Harvard University International Organization Committee Katrin Becker Texas A&M University College of Science Ron Donagi University of Pennsylvania Charles Doran University of Alberta Dan Freed University of Texas at Austin Davide Gaiotto Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics Marco Gualtieri University of Toronto Nigel Hitchin University of Oxford Shinobu Hosono University of Tokyo Sheldon Katz University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Albrecht Klemm Hausdorff Center for Mathematics David Morrison University of California, Santa Barbara Yong-Geun Oh IBS Center for Geometry and Physics Hirosi Ooguri California Institute of Technology Kyoji Saito Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe Howard Schnitzer Brandeis University Ashoke Sen Harish-Chandra Research Institute Edward Witten Princeton University Plenary Speakers: Jorgen Ellegaard Andersen Aarhus University Lara.B. Anderson Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University Cheol-Hyun Cho Seoul National University * Robbert Dijkgraaf University of Amsterdam Ron Donagi University of Pennsylvania Charles Doran University of Alberta Anton Kapustin California Institute of Technology Conan NC Leung The Chinese University of Hong Kong Jun Li Stanford University Si Li Tsinghua University Bong Lian Brandeis University Alina Marian Northeastern Unversity Shiraz Minwalla Tata institute for fundamental research, India * Andrew Neitzke The University of Texas at Austin Nikita Nekrasov Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques Hirosi Ooguri California Institute of Technology Vasily Pestun Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques Ashoke Sen Harish-Chandra Research Institute in Allahabad Bernd Siebert University of Hamburg Jake Solomon Hebrew University James Sparks Oxford Meng-Chwan Tan National University of Singapore Yukinobu Toda IPMU of Japan Chin-Lung Wang National Taiwan University Edward Witten Princeton Eric Zaslow Northwestern University * To be confirmed Synopsis: String theory plays a central role in theoretical physics as a candidate for the quantum theory unifying gravity with other interactions. It has profound connections with broad branches of modern mathematics ever since the birth. In the last decades, the prosperous interaction, built upon the joint efforts from both mathematicians and physicists, has given rise to marvelous deep results in supersymmetric gauge theory, topological string, M-theory and duality on the physics side as well as in algebraic geometry, differential geometry, algebraic topology, representation theory and number theory on the mathematics side. The interplay is two-fold. The mathematics has provided powerful tools to fulfill the physical interconnection of ideas and clarify physical structures to understand the nature of string theory. On the other hand, ideas from string theory and quantum field theory have been a source of significant inspirations to reveal surprising mathematical structures and create new spectrums of mathematics. The aim of the String-Math annual conference is to bring together researchers working at the rapidly developing interface of these two academic fields to exchange current significant ideas and explore future directions. See the website for more detail£º http://msc.tsinghua.edu.cn/sanya/StringMath2015/home.aspx =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- This message was sent to you via the Geometry List, which announces conferences in geometry and closely related areas to over 1200 mathematicians worldwide. At http://listserv.utk.edu/archives/geometry.html there are many functions available, including checking the archives since November 2005, changing your e-mail address or preferences, and joining/leaving the list. If you have problems that cannot be resolved at this website, send a message to [log in to unmask] Before sending an announcement, please carefully read the following. 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