Arrangements in Ticino

Geometry, topology, algebra and their applications.
June 27 - July 1, 2022

Venue: SUPSI campus, Locarno, Switzerland (Mo,Tue,Wed,Fr) [Map];
USI-SUPSI campus East, Lugano-Viganello, Switzerland (Thursday) [Map]
[click here for detailed directions, incl. train ride]
Here is a map with pins at Lugano Campus and Lugano train station
Program: The talks will focus broadly around topological, geometrical and combinatorial aspects of the theory of hyperplane arrangements, with special emphasis on applications and on the recent solution of Brieskorn's conjecture for affine-type Artin groups.
Click for: Titles and abstracts of talks and posters // Schedule;
Organizers: Christin Bibby (Louisiana State University, USA); Filippo Callegaro (University of Pisa, Italy); Emanuele Delucchi (SUPSI, Switzerland); Masahiko Yoshinaga (Hokkaido and Osaka U, Japan)
Invited speakers: Takuro Abe (Kyushu U, Japan); Daniel C. Cohen (Louisiana State U, USA); Patty Commins (U Minnesota, USA); Michael Cuntz (Hannover, Germany); Alessio D'Alì (Osnabrück, Germany); Graham Denham (Western Ontario, Canada); Alexandru Dimca (U Nice, France); Galen Dorpalen-Barry (U Minnesota, USA); Clément Dupont (U Montpellier, France); Christopher Eur (Harvard U, USA); Michael Falk (Northern Arizona U, USA); Nir Gadish (U Michigan, USA); Giovanni Gaiffi (U Pisa, Italy); Lukas Kühne (U Bielefeld, Germany); Caitlin Lienkaemper (Penn State, USA); Jon McCammond (UC Santa Barbara, USA); Luca Moci (U Bologna); Roberto Pagaria (Bologna, Italy); Giovanni Paolini (Amazon / Caltech, USA); Gerhard Roehrle (Bochum, Germany); Mario Salvetti (Pisa, Italy); Henry Schenck (Auburn U, USA); Alexandru Suciu (Northeastern U, USA); Tan Nhat Tran (U Bochum, Germany)
Participants: Nancy Abdallah (U Boras, Sweden); Ahmed Ashraf* (U Ghent, Belgium); Jose Bastidas* (LACIM Montreal, Canada); Evienia Bazzocchi* (U Bologna, Italy); Alessio Borzí* (U Warwick, UK); Anita Buckley (USI); Pragnya Das* (Hokkaido U, Japan); Federica Gavazzi (U Bologna, Italy); Paul Mücksch* (Kyushu, Japan); Leonie Mühlherr* (U Bielefeld, Germany); David Munkacsi* (U Hannover, Germany); Anastasia Nathanson* (U Minnesota); Georges Neaime (U Bielefeld, Germany); Luis Paris (U Bourgogne, France); Maddalena Pismataro* (U Bologna, Italy); Takuya Saito* (Hokkaido U); Alessandro Schena* (U Tromso); Avi Steiner* (U Western Ontario); Sakumi Sugawara* (Hokkaido U, Japan); Hasan Suluyer* (METU, Turkey); Lorenzo Vecchi* (U Bologna, Italy)
Activities on Wednesday: Some informations about the conference dinner: [here] (time and bus schedules TBA); Some activities you might do on Wednesday afternoon [here]
Travel to Ticino: The Swiss Canton of Ticino is nested between the peaks of the central Alpine massif and the lakes bordering Northern Italy. The whole region is pleasant and interesting.; The closest international airports are Zurich Airport and Milano Malpensa. Both airports have a direct rail link to Bellinzona train station (the Canton's capital). From there, a short ride on a regional train will take you to Locarno. From Malpensa you can also first go to Milan Central Station and from there you'll have hourly direct trains to Locarno. Also accessible are Milan Linate airport (direct train from Locarno to Milan Central Station, then taxi to the airport) and Milan Orio Al Serio airport (low-cost flights; direct bus link to Bellinzona station) From Locarno train station a leisurely walk through the beautiful Piazza or a short bus ride will take you to the conference venue.
On the website of the Swiss Federal Railways you can access timetables for all public transportation in the country and neighboring regions, including connections to Zurich's and Milan's airports. The name of the bus stop near the main conference venue is Locarno, Cinque vie.
On Thursday the talks will be in the newly built USI-SUPSI campus in Lugano (bus stop: Lugano, Campus Universitario). Lugano is a quick commute away by train -- and note that a free pass for all public transportation in Canton of Ticino is included in all hotel rates. This pass is valid in particular for all city busses and regional transit sistem: see the "Ticino ticket" website for further details.
Host
Sponsors: Swiss National Science Foundation; Japanese society for the promotion of science; Foundation Compositio Mathematica, The Netherlands; Ministero italiano università e ricerca; Stiftung zur Förderung der mathematischen Wissenschaften in der Schweiz.