From Poisson to String Geometry

Photograph by Johanna Kulzer

Both, applications in mathematical physics and the study of Poisson geometry have lead to the consideration of higher categorical geometrical structures, for example higher generalizations of bundles. A profound source for such structures has been the study of sigma models, in particular in its application to the quantization of Poisson manifolds. We plan to bring together people working on Poisson geometry, on higher categorical structures and mathematical physicists. A direction that we want to emphasize for future research are higher categorical structures occurring in the description of geometric string structures.

Confirmed speakers include:

• Christian Becker, Universität Potsdam
• Lawrence Breen, Université Paris 13
• Ulrich Bunke, Universität Regensburg
• Henrique Bursztyn, IMPA, Rio de Janeiro
• Marius Crainic, Utrecht University
• Giovanni Felder, ETH Zürich
• Ezra Getzler, Northwestern University
• Gerd Laures, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
• Pavel Mnev, ETH Zürich
• Jouko Mickelsson, University of Helsinki
• Dmitry Roytenberg, University of Nijmegen / Utrecht University
• Urs Schreiber, Utrecht University
• Danny Stevenson, University of Glasgow
• Christian Voigt, University of Glasgow
• Tilmann Wurzbacher, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
• Marco Zambon, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, ICMAT

• Catherine Meusburger,
  Department Mathematik, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg,
  catherine.meusburger@math.uni-erlangen.de


• Thomas Nikolaus,
  Fakultät für Mathematik, Universität Regensburg,
  thomas1.nikolaus@mathematik.uni-regensburg.de


• Ulrich Pennig,
  Mathematisches Institut, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster,
  u.pennig@uni-muenster.de


• Christoph Schweigert,
  Fachbereich Mathematik, Universität Hamburg,
  christoph.schweigert@uni-hamburg.de


• Christoph Wockel,
  Fachbereich Mathematik, Universität Hamburg,
  Christoph.Wockel@math.uni-hamburg.de

The workshop will take place in Erlangen, which is a university town in the south-east of Germany in the region of Franconia. It is easy to reach by a combination of air and train travel. For detailed travel instructions, see our travel and directions page. The conference venue is the Department of Mathematics, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Cauerstraße 11, 91058 Erlangen. (Map, Campus Map ) The talks will take place in the lecture theatre Hörsaal 13 on the first floor.

This workshop is an activity of the Research Network String Geometry and the Emerging Fields Project Quantum Geometry and funded by the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg via its Emerging Fields Programme.