THEMATIC PROGRAM
on Toric Topology &
Polyhedral Products
January - June, 2020
Toric topology developed from the study of topological spaces with well-behaved toric symmetries. It has swelled well
beyond its confines as a topological generalization of toric geometry, and precipitated investigation into new areas of
manifold and orbifold theories centred around toric actions. The subject nurtured the development of spaces known as
polyhedral products, which appear now in homotopy theory and the study of asphericity in group cohomology, right-angled
Artin and Coxeter groups, graph products in geometric group theory, cyclometric identities and arachnid mechanisms.
EVENTS
Winter Graduate School on Toric Topology Jan 13-17, 2020
Workshop on Polyhedral Products in Homotopy Theory Jan 20-24, 2020
Workshop on Torus Actions in Topology Mar 23-27, 2020
Spring Graduate School on Polyhedral Products in Geometric Group Theory May 25-29, 2020
Distinguished Lecture Series: Victor Buchstaber Mar 17-19, 2020
COURSES
The Homotopy Theory of Polyhedral Products Jan 6-Apr 5, 2020
Topology and Geometry of Toric Actions and Related Combinatorics Jan 10-Mar 30, 2020
Algebraic Geometry and Convex Geometry Jan 10-May 10, 2020
Classifying Spaces and Cohomological Finiteness Conditions of Groups Mar 9-May 1, 2020
REGISTRATION
www.fields.utoronto.ca/activities/19-20/toric
ORGANIZERS
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Anthony Bahri (Rider University), Jelena Grbić (University of Southampton), Lisa Jeffrey (University of Toronto), Taras Panov
(Moscow State University), Donald Stanley (University of Regina), and Stephen Theriault (University of Southampton).