The workshop is devoted to categorical aspects of birational geometry and singularity theory.

We plan to gather experts to discuss problems on the structure of the categories of coherent sheaves on algebraic varieties and their derived categories in relation to birational structure of algebraic varieties and their singularities. Relevant abelian categories will be in the focus. Among the categories of special interest will be the null-categories of birational morphisms, the categories of noncommutative resolutions of singular varieties and quotient categories by subcategories of torsion sheaves. We expect that this workshop will contribute to categorical interpretation of the Minimal Model Program.

The workshop will be held in Zoom. Note that the schedule below uses Moscow time.

Please use the following link to connect in Zoom: https://mi-ras-ru.zoom.us/j/98958873229

Alternatively, one can use the Meeting ID: 989 5887 3229

The password is as follows: a7924b where ab is the number of points in the projective plane over F_5.

Speakers:

1. Nicolas Addington (University of Oregon, USA)
2. Federico Barbacovi (Uni College London, UK)
3. Agnieszka Bodzenta (Warsaw University, Poland)
4. John Calabrese (independent, the planet Earth)
5. Will Donovan (Tsinghua Univeristy, China)
6. Zheng Hua (University of Hong Kong, China)
7. Martin Kalck (independent, the planet Earth)
8. Alexander Kuznetsov (Steklov Math Institute, Russia)
9. Amnon Neeman (Australian National University, Australia)
10. Shinnosuke Okawa (Osaka University, Japan)
11. Evgeny Shinder (Unversity of Sheffield, UK)
12. Yukinobu Toda (Kavli IPMU, Japan)
13. Michael Wemyss (Univeristy of Glasgow, UK)

Financial support. The conference is supported by the Simons Foundation and the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (the grant to the Steklov International Mathematical Center, Agreement no. 075-15-2019-1614).

Program Committee
Bondal Alexey Igorevich
Kawamata Yujiro

Organizing Committee
Bondal Alexey Igorevich
Kawamata Yujiro
Loginov Konstantin Valerievich

Organisations
Steklov Mathematical Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
Steklov International Mathematical Center