The Summer School Poisson 2026 takes place during Aug 3-7, 2026 in Antwerp/Belgium (which is about 40km north of Brussels/Belgium). It is the 14th in a series of international summer schools on Poisson geometry and part of the Poisson 2026 event which consists of this Poisson 2026 Summer School in Antwerp followed by the Poisson 2026 Conference during Aug 10-14, 2026 in Leuven/Belgium (which is about 25km east of Brussels/Belgium). This event brings together both junior and senior researchers interested in Poisson geometry and related areas in the broad sense.

Minicourses and Speakers

There will be several minicourses around Poisson geometry and related topics (more details TBA):

Organizers and Scientific Committee of Poisson 2026

Local organizing committee:

  • Miquel Cueca Ten (KU Leuven)
  • Sonja Hohloch (University of Antwerp)
  • Federico Zadra (University of Antwerp)
  • Marco Zambon (KU Leuven)
  • Luka Zwaan (KU Leuven)

Scientific committee:

  • Anton Alekseev (University of Geneva)
  • Henrique Bursztyn (IMPA, Rio de Janeiro)
  • Marta Mazzocco (UPC, Barcelona)
  • Eva Miranda (UPC, Barcelona) – Chair
  • Brent Pym (McGill University, Montreal)
  • Chenchang Zhu (University of Göttingen)​​

Registration and funding deadlines

There will be a certain amount of funding to support housing of junior participants. More info about registration and funding deadline soon!

Date & Venue & Lecture halls

The Poisson 2026 Summer School will take place during August 3-7, 2026 "on campus only", i.e., there will not be any online/hybrid options for participation!

  • Summer school venue: in the very city center of Antwerp/Belgium on the campus "stadscampus" of the University of Antwerp. The exact building and lecture halls will be announced soon. Here is a map of campus "Stadscampus"ATTENTION: the summer school does thus NOT take place on Campus Middelheim where the math department is located!
  • Summer school lecture halls: TBA soon.

Travel instructions and practical information

See HERE for travel information to Antwerp/Belgium. Additional info TBA soon!

Schedule & Booklet

To be announced soon!

About Antwerp...

  • Click HERE for some information (touristic and otherwise) provided by the Tourist Information of Antwerp.
  • Click HERE for what wikipedia claims to know about Antwerp.
  • Click HERE for some information about the park & fortress "Fort 4" in Mortsel, about 25min by tram 15 from Antwerp City center.

Sponsors

The Poisson 2026 Summer School is sponsored by the University of Antwerp, the FWO-FNRS Excellence of Science project "Beyond symplectic geometry", and the Flemisch Research Foundation (FWO).