The 2026 Early Career Complex Dynamics Workshop will take place Thursday, Friday, Saturday June 18, 19, 20 at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor. The goal is to have a small group of 15-20 participants, with limited talks, to foster collaboration. The theme this year is connections to mapping class groups and surface topology, broadly interpreted. The schedule, including participants and abstracts, for past years’ Workshops are available at https://pilgrim.pages.iu.edu/Research.html#Conferences%20and%20Workshops . The structure of the June 2026 workshop will be similar. Funding is provided in majority by the NSF, with additional contributions from Indiana University. Funding is available, with priority to applications received before May 1, 2026.
Inquiries, including funding requests, please email: pilgrim@iu.edu
Kevin M. Pilgrim, Indiana University Bloomington
Rebecca R. Winarski, College of the Holy Cross
Yvon Verberne, University of Western Ontario
Confirmed Participants:
Jim Belk, University of Glasgow
Chloe Clohosey, University of Western Ontario
Eriko Hironaka, Florida State University
Walter Parry, Eastern Michigan University
Eduardo Sodre, Brown University
Logistics:
• Participants are recommended to arrive in the latter part of Wednesday June 17 and depart the morning of Sunday June 21.
• Accommodations at U Michigan will be single rooms in the North Quad https://conferences.umich.edu/conferences/accommodations/ and are direct-billed to us.
• Meals will be a mixture of (i) on-your-own at local eateries, compensated by a per diem, and (ii) catered on-site.
