20th Seminar on Conformal Field Theory

The speakers of the 20th Seminar on Conformal Field Theory are Tomoyuki Arakawa (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology), Terry Gannon (University of Alberta) and Luis García Martinez (University College London). It takes place on May 29, 2026 in Erlangen.

Program

Time Speaker Title
10:30-11:30 Luis García Martinez Vertex algebras and special cycles in Shimura varieties
lunch
13:30-14:30 Terry Gannon What comes after Lie algebras?
15:00-16:00 Tomoyuki Arakawa Chiral differential operators on classical invariant rings

The seminar takes place in lecture hall H21 on the 1st upper floor of the lecture hall building.
The building is located at Cauerstrasse 5b, 91058 Erlangen.

Abstracts of the talks can be found here (PDF file) (opens in new tab).

After the seminar there is a joint dinner.

Sponsors

The seminar is supported by the CRC GAUS.