Geometric Flows and Related Topics (26w5638)

The Banff International Research Station will host the "Geometric Flows and Related Topics" workshop in Banff from August 2 to August 7, 2026.

The subjects in this workshop are closely related to the world we live in. For example, the Einstein metrics - describing gravitational fields and mirror symmetry - a phenomenon discovered to describe our physical universe. To understand them, we need to find solutions to equations that involve many unknowns and their derivatives. It is highly challenging to construct solutions for these equations. Many basic questions remain open despite great efforts have been devoted and significant progress has been made.

In attempts to solve the equations, a powerful way is the geometric flows. These are equations which evolve the key quantities that we try to understand along with time, and as time moves on the evolutions eventually get close to the true solutions. This approach has been fruitful and providing deep insights. It it timely to gather some of the leading experts and young talents to share their results and imitate new projects.

The Banff International Research Station for Mathematical Innovation and Discovery (BIRS) is a collaborative Canada-US-Mexico venture that provides an environment for creative interaction as well as the exchange of ideas, knowledge, and methods within the Mathematical Sciences, with related disciplines and with industry. The research station is located at The Banff Centre in Alberta and is supported by Canada's Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and Alberta's Technology and Innovation.