Aspects of geometry
10 AM, 14 Jul 2026
The London Institute hosts a workshop on algebraic geometry focusing on deformation theory, representation theory and birational geometry.
Algebraic geometry continues to develop through its interactions with representation theory, topology, singularity theory and mathematical physics. This workshop brings together researchers working across these neighbouring fields to explore the geometric structures, methods and ideas that connect them, as well as the questions they open.
The programme ranges from the birational geometry of singular varieties and the topology of hyperplane arrangement complements to geometric representation theory, symplectic duality and finite W-algebras. Rather than focusing on a single theme, the workshop highlights the breadth of modern geometry and the value of bringing diverse perspectives into dialogue.
By creating opportunities for discussion across different areas of geometry, the workshop aims to deepen participants’ understanding of contemporary research, encourages interdisciplinary exchange and opens new routes to future collaboration through lasting shared problem-solving.
Event information
This workshop takes place on Tuesday 14 July at the London Institute for Mathematical Sciences, which is on the second floor of the Royal Institution in Mayfair. All researchers with an interest in these topics are invited to attend. No registration is required.
Programme
- 10:00am Arrival
- 10:30am Dr Matt Booth, “Classifying singular threefold flops”
- 11:45am Dr Matt Westway, “One-dimensional representations of finite W-algebras”
- 12:45pm Lunch break
- 1:30pm Dr Vasya Krylov, “Higgs, Coulomb branches and Symplectic duality”
- 2:30pm Prof. Dmitri Panov, “Classifying singular threefold flops”
- 3:30pm Discussion
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Speakers
Dr Matt Booth is a Heilbronn Research Fellow at Imperial College London. He works in noncommutative geometry, using ideas from derived algebraic geometry, deformation theory, homotopy theory, representation theory and topology to study singularities and rich algebraic structures.
Dr Matt Westaway is a representation theorist at the University of Bath. He did a PhD at the University of Warwick and was a research fellow at Birmingham. His research interests span the theory of Lie algebras, algebraic groups, finite W-algebras and modular representation theory.
Dr Vasily Krylov is a fellow at Harvard CMSA and a Mendeleev visitor at LIMS. He studies symplectic singularities and quantizations, combining representation theory, algebraic geometry, mathematical physics, particularly three-dimensional topological quantum field theories.
Dmitri Panov is a professor of geometry at Kings College London. He works in complex, symplectic and hyperbolic geometry, studying polyhedral Kähler structures and definite connections, and the links they reveal between smooth four-manifolds and symplectic six-manifold geometry.