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*Geometric Structures on 3 and 4 manifolds* *When*: June 11-15, 2018 *Where:* Inter University Center, Dubrovnik, Croatia ( http://iuc.hr/conference-details.php?id=320) *Conference Website:* https://www.maths.gla.ac.uk/~awand/dubrovnik2018/ *Conference description:* The study of smooth, contact, and symplectic topology in low-dimensions was transformed in the 1980’s by work of Gromov using pseudo-holomorphic curves to study symplectic structures, and by Donaldson's use of moduli spaces of Yang-Mills instantons to study smooth 4-manifolds. The following decades have seen many spectacular results arise from deep connections made between these approaches by, among others, Eliashberg, Floer, Giroux, Fintushel-Stern, Gompf, Kronheimer-Mrowka, Ozsváth-Szabó, Taubes and Witten. The purpose of this meeting is to bring together a diverse range of experts and early-career researchers working in these and related fields. Points of focus will include contact and symplectic structures, knot concordance, Engel structures and the relation of these to unifying notions such as rigidity and flexibility, and Floer–theoretic frameworks of study. The workshop will have a strong contingent of early-career researchers, and this will be reflected in the format of talks, which will include many short talks. There will also be discussion sessions scheduled throughout the week. *Confirmed Participants* - *Paolo Aceto*, MPIM - *Roger Casals*, MIT - *Daniele Celoria*, Oxford - *Baptiste Chantraine*, Nantes - *Kyle Hayden*, Boston College - *Min Hoon Kim*, KIAS - *Ana Lecuona*, Marseille - *Paolo Lisca*, Pisa - *Irena Matkovič*, CEU - *Allison Miller*, Texas - *Emmy Murphy*, Northwestern - *Jo Nelson*, Rice - *Brendan Owens*, Glasgow - *Burak Ozbagci*, Koc - *Lisa Piccirillo*, Texas - *Fran Presas*, ICMAT - *Sarah Rasmussen*, Cambridge - *Jon Simone*, Virginia - *Laura Starkston*, Stanford - *Bulent Tosun*, Alabama - *Jeremy Van Horn-Morris*, Arkansas Logistics To register, email [log in to unmask] Please indicate if you are in need of financial support. Limited funds are available for travel and accommodation, particularly for graduate students and early career researchers. Participants are encouraged to make travel and lodging reservations as soon as is practical, since Dubrovnik is a popular tourist destination and hotel rooms can become scarce. Lodging options are fairly numerous, through travel sites such as booking.com or airbnb.com. * Funding* We gratefully acknowledge support from the EPSRC and the National Science Foundation Hope to see you there! *Organisers* *Inanc Baykur, Tom Mark, Gordana Matić, Andy Wand* =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- This message was sent to you via the Geometry List, which announces conferences in geometry and closely related areas to over 1600 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. 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