Conference on "New Perspectives on Stable Homotopy and Beyond"

Conference on "New Perspectives on Stable Homotopy and Beyond", September 7-11, 2026

The goal of this conference is to bring together researchers working in and around stable and chromatic homotopy theory, higher categories, and their geometric counterparts. It will serve both to highlight recent advances in these fields and to celebrate the fundamental contributions of Neil Strickland to their development.

A particular focus will be placed on emerging directions at the interface of homotopy theory and algebraic geometry, especially with an equivariant flavour, as well as on foundational and categorical aspects of the subject, such as formalization in proof assistants like Lean. The program will feature a series of invited research talks, a gong show, and a selection of contributed talks.

Speakers include:

Mario Carneiro (Chalmers University of Technology)
Natàlia Castellana (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Maria Ines de Frutos-Fernandez (University of Bonn)
Paul Goerss (Northwestern University)
John Greenlees (University of Warwick)
Michael Hopkins (Harvard University) (TBC)
Clover May (University of Bristol)
Lennart Meier (Utrecht University)
Fernando Muro (University of Seville)
Emily Riehl (Johns Hopkins University)
Birgit Richter (Universität Hamburg)
Stefan Schwede (University of Bonn)
Jordan Williamson (Charles University, Prague)

Organisers:

Tobias Barthel (MPIM Bonn)
James Cranch (University of Sheffield)
Luca Pol (MPIM Bonn)
Sarah Whitehouse (University of Sheffield)

Application:

The application form will follow at a later point.

Contact:

nps60$@$mpim-bonn$.$mpg$.$de

This conference has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under Horizon Europe (grant No.101042990).

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