Topological Quantum Field Theory thematic sessions — 2020

The TQFT Club is planning to host online some informal thematic sessions in July, to replace the thematic period we had originally planned. The topics will be broadly related to our research project on Higher Structures and Applications.

Each session will have two 40 minute talks each followed by a 20 minute discussion period / coffee break. To join the session on zoom a password is required. Please subscribe to the mailing list for our regular TQFT Club seminars to receive password information and updates about the mini-workshop. Further sessions will be announced here and via the mailing list.

The goal is to facilitate discussion during and around the talks using facilities in Zoom. We request people to enter with a proper name, e.g. Peter Smith, not Peter or PS, or change their name suitably after entering. For discussions we may well use the zoom whiteboard, so if you have a pen tablet that will facilitate participation.

Schedule
	Mon, 6 Jul 2020	Wed, 15 Jul 2020	Wed, 22 Jul 2020	Wed, 29 Jul 2020
14:30 — 15:10	Jeff Morton SUNY Buffalo State, USA Some Categorical Considerations in Extending TQFT via Higher Gauge Theory	Gonçalo Quinta & Rui André Physics of Information and Quantum Technologies Group - IST (GQ); Center for Astrophysics and Gravitation - IST (RA) Topological Links and Quantum Entanglement	Vanessa Miemietz University of East Anglia, UK 2-representation theory of Soergel bimodules	Wendy Lowen Univ. Antwerp, Belgium Linear quasi-categories as templicial modules (joint work with Arne Mertens)
15:30 — 16:10	Alex Bullivant Univ. Leeds, UK A categorification of the tube algebra	Mauro Spera Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Brescia, Italy Symplectic geometry, geometric quantization and the HOMFLYPT polynomial	Walter Mazorchuk Uppsala University, Sweden Adjunction in the absence of identity	Rune Haugseng Norwegian University of Science and Technology Iterated spans and classical topological field theories

Current organisers

Aleksandar Mikovic
João Faria Martins
John Huerta
Marco Mackaay
Marko Stosic
Pedro Brito
Roger Picken