IMSA Conference Dates: May 4-8, 2026
Location: Frost Institute for Chemistry and Molecular Science & Ted Anison Hall, Merrick Bldg
Miami Live Video Available via Zoom
To register, please click here.
Organizers: Leonardo Cavenaghi, Lino Grama, Ludmil Katzarkov, Jaqueline Mesquita, Ricardo Miranda & Misha Verbitsky
This is an IMSA, UNICAMP and IMPA event, supported by the Simons Foundation, National Science Foundation and the University of Miami.
The Institute of Mathematical Sciences of the Americas (IMSA) at the University of Miami will host the first part of the international conference Hodge Theory, Birational Geometry & Atoms from May 4–8, 2026. The event will bring together leading researchers from around the world to discuss recent developments at the intersection of Hodge theory, birational geometry, and emerging ideas related to the theory of atoms.
The Miami meeting will feature an outstanding group of speakers from institutions including Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania, Imperial College London, Brown University, the University of Michigan, the University of Edinburgh, Stony Brook University, IHES, and many others. Participants will include Maxim Kontsevich, Brendan Hassett, Tony Pantev, Robert Lazarsfeld, Yuri Tschinkel, and additional leading experts in algebraic geometry and related areas.
Organized by Leonardo Cavenaghi, Lino Grama, Ludmil Katzarkov, Jaqueline Mesquita, Ricardo Miranda, and Misha Verbitsky, the conference is supported by the Simons Foundation, the National Science Foundation, and the University of Miami.
This meeting at IMSA will serve as Part I of a three-part international conference unfolding across the Americas, with subsequent meetings scheduled at UNICAMP (May 10–13, 2026) and IMPA (May 14–16, 2026) in Brazil.
Schedule
Monday, May 4, 2026 Frost Institute
| 10:00am |
Tony Pantev, University of Pennsylvania
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| 11:15am |
Tony Pantev, University of Pennsylvania
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| 2:00pm |
Leonardo Cavenaghi, ICMS
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| 3:15pm |
Leonardo Cavenaghi, ICMS
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| 4:30pm |
Ivan Cheltsov, University of Edinburgh
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| 5:30pm |
Robert Śmiech, University of Edinburgh
|
| 6:30pm |
Refreshments
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Tuesday, May 5, 2026, Frost Institute
| 10:00am |
Yuri Tschinkel, NYU Courant & the Simons Foundation
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| 11:15am |
Brendan Hassett, Brown University
|
| 12:15pm |
Alexander Perry, University of Michigan
|
| 2:30pm |
Daniel Pomerleano, UMass Boston
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| 3:35pm |
Daniel Pomerleano, UMass Boston
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| 4:40pm |
Constantin Teleman, UC Berkeley
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Wednesday, May 6, 2026, Ted Anisson Hall
| 10:00am |
Jenia Tevelev, UMass Amherst
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| 11:15am |
Paul Hacking, UMass Amherst
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| 2:00pm |
Shayoun Bai, MIT
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| 3:15pm |
Shayoun Bai, MIT
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| 4:20pm |
Andrew Harder, Lehigh University
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| 5:20pm |
Andrew Harder, Lehigh University
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Thursday, May 7, 2026, Ted Anisson Hall
| 10:00am |
Paolo Cascini, Imperial College London
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| 11:15am |
Ron Donagi, University of Pennsylvania
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| 2:00pm |
Enrique Becerra, CINVESTAV
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| 3:15pm |
Giovanni Neto, ICMS Sofia
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| 4:30pm |
Pedro Muniz, ICMS Sofia
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| 5:30pm |
Coll FAPESPI - IMSA
Followed by Refreshments
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Friday, May 8, 2026, Ted Anisson Hall
| 10:00am |
Vladimiro Benedetti, Université Côte d'Azur
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| 11:15am |
Jérémy Guéré, University of Grenoble
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| 12:15pm |
Antoine Pinardin, University of Basel
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| 2:30pm |
Zhijia Zhang, NYU Courant
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| 3:35pm |
Thorgal Hinault, CalTech
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| 4:35pm |
Paul Horja, IMSA
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Miami Speakers
| Shaoyun Bai, Princeton |
Enrique Becerra, CINVESTAV |
| Paolo Cascini, Imperial College London |
Leonardo Cavenaghi, IMI-BAS |
| Ivan Cheltsov, University of Edinburgh |
Ron Donagi, UPenn |
| Lino Grama, UNICAMP |
Paul Hacking, UMass Amherst |
| Brendan Hassett, Brown University |
Thorgal Hinault, CalTech |
| Paul Horja, UM |
Ludmil Katzarkov, UM |
| Maxim Kontsevich, IHES |
Robert K. Lazarsfeld, Stony Brook |
| Ernesto Lupercio, CINVESTAV |
Pedro Muniz, ICMS Sofia |
| Giovanni Neto, ICMS Sofia |
Tony Pantev, UPenn |
| Alexander Perry, University of Michigan |
Daniel Pomerleano, University of Massachusetts |
| Constantin S. Teleman, Berkeley |
Jenia Tevelev, UMass Amherst |
| Yuri Tschinkel, NYU Courant and Simons Foundation |
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