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Introductory Workshop: Representation Theory Under the Influence of Quantum Field Theory & Motivic Homotopy Theory August 24, 2026 - August 28, 2026

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Aug 24, 2026
Monday
09:15 AM - 09:30 AM
  Welcome to SLMath
09:30 AM - 10:30 AM
  The A^1-fundamental group, its group ring, Whitehead torsion and A^1-h-cobordism
Fabien Morel (LMU München)
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
  Morning Break
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  Around the motivic Satake equivalence
Timo Richarz (Technische Universitat Darmstadt)
12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
  Lunch
02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
  Physics for representation theory
David Ben-Zvi (University of Texas, Austin)
03:00 PM - 03:30 PM
  Afternoon Tea
03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
  Representation theory and the geometric Langlands program
Gurbir Dhillon (University of California, Los Angeles)
Aug 25, 2026
Tuesday
09:30 AM - 10:30 AM
  The A^1-fundamental group, its group ring, Whitehead torsion and A^1-h-cobordism
Fabien Morel (LMU München)
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
  Morning Break
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  Around the motivic Satake equivalence
Timo Richarz (Technische Universitat Darmstadt)
12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
  Lunch
02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
  Six-functor formalisms
Germán Stefanich (Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik)
03:00 PM - 03:30 PM
  Afternoon Tea
03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
  Representation theory and the geometric Langlands program
Gurbir Dhillon (University of California, Los Angeles)
04:30 PM - 06:20 PM
  Reception
Aug 26, 2026
Wednesday
09:30 AM - 10:30 AM
  Around the motivic Satake equivalence
Timo Richarz (Technische Universitat Darmstadt)
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
  Morning Break
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  Physics for representation theory
Pavel Safronov (University of Edinburgh)
Aug 27, 2026
Thursday
09:30 AM - 10:30 AM
  Motivic stable homotopy theory
Toni Annala (University of Toronto)
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM
  Group Photo
10:40 AM - 11:00 AM
  Morning Break
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  Using A^1 homotopy to address problems in algebra
Benedict Williams (University of British Columbia)
12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
  Lunch
02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
  Six-functor formalisms
Germán Stefanich (Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik)
03:00 PM - 03:30 PM
  Afternoon Tea
03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
  Representation theory and the geometric Langlands program
Gurbir Dhillon (University of California, Los Angeles)
Aug 28, 2026
Friday
09:30 AM - 10:30 AM
  Motivic stable homotopy theory
Toni Annala (University of Toronto)
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
  Morning Break
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  Using A^1 homotopy to address problems in algebra
Benedict Williams (University of British Columbia)
12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
  Lunch
02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
  Six-functor formalisms
Germán Stefanich (Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik)
03:00 PM - 03:30 PM
  Afternoon Tea
03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
  Physics for representation theory
Pavel Safronov (University of Edinburgh)
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