General information

This workshop is on configuration spaces and braid groups in algebraic topology. It is aimed at graduate students and early-career researchers in geometry, topology, and related fields. The schedule will include research talks, in addition to talks delivered by participants in the style of the Talbot Workshops.

Dates:	25–29 May 2026
Location:	University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, USA
Organizers:	Jeremy Miller and Jenny Wilson

This conference is supported by the National Science Foundation (CAREER DMS-2142709) and the University of Michigan.

Invited talks

Nir Gadish
Zachary Himes
Rita Jiménez Roland (to be confirmed)
Jeremy Miller
Peter Patzt
Andreas Stavrou
Phil Tosteson
Nick Wawrykow

Expository participant talks

TBA

Participants can apply to give expository talks on pre-assigned topics. Provisional descriptions of these talks are given in this document:

Topics for expository talks

Participant speakers will be asked to submit notes on their talk for feedback, and give a practice talk to another participant, several weeks before the summer school.

Participant non-speakers will be asked to watch a participant's practice talk and provide feedback, and to tex up notes one of the talks from the workshop.