New developments in symplectic geometry

Overview

An international conference covering a broad range of recent developments in symplectic geometry, open to all interested participants.

Confirmed Speakers

Mohammed Abouzaid
Stanford University

Cengiz Aydin
Heidelberg University

Aleksander Doan
University College London

Yoel Groman
Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Yusuf Barış Kartal
National University of Singapore

Grigory Mikhalkin
University of Geneva

Alex Oancea
University of Strasbourg

Kaoru Ono
Kyoto University

Pedro Salomão
Southern University of Science and Technology

Kazushi Ueda
University of Tokyo

Jun Zhang
University of Science and Technology of China

Yoosik Kim
Pusan National University

Yong-Geun Oh
IBS Center for Geometry and Physics / POSTECH

Program

Sessions will run Tuesday–Friday (Nov 25–28).

Note: This schedule is tentative and is likely to change closer to the conference date.

Venue

More details building and room information will be announced soon.

Practical Information

• Registration: Please register here (especially if you wish to receive any relevant email announcements).
• Support: We may some limited support for travel and lodging to help interested participants (especially junior ones) without other funding sources. To request support please use the above registration link.
• Accommodation: Hoam faculty house
• Travel:
  directions to Hoam

  Directions

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  The main airport in Korea is Incheon, about 90 minutes from Seoul. Most flights arrive here, and you should come here unless you are coming from East-Asia. In the latter case, another option is Gimpo airport, which is essentially in Seoul, albeit on the outskirts. Immigration is almost always faster at Gimpo. Public transport is somewhat more complicated from Gimpo.

  From Seoul, Incheon

  Take bus 6017 to its final destination, the Hoam faculty house.

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  From Seoul, Gimpo

  Public transport: Take bus 6003, and get off at the Seoul National University station (you can get out at the last stop, but this is almost in the middle of nowhere). After that (either of the above two options work), take a taxi to the Hoam Faculty House - 서울대학교 호암교수회관. Most, but not all taxi drivers, know how to get there.

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  From the Hoam Faculty House to the lecture hall

  Go to the main road in front of the Hoam faculty House, turn left, and walk uphill. At the peak take the stairs down. The buildings are not ordered in any simple way, so take a look at the campus map. You need to go to building 129, next to building 27.

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  Going back

  For Incheon, take bus 6017 in front of the Hoam faculty House. Check the schedule at the Hoam Faculty House for the precise times. The bus trip takes about 90 minutes, and it is probably good to get to the airport three hours in advance. For Gimpo, eiher invert the procedure you used earlier or take subway line 2 to Hongik university and change to the subway line bound for Gimpo and Incheon. This takes longer, though.

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• Otto's recommendations: hiking, transportation, sightseeing, food.
  Hiking

  • Closest option: Directly next to the university and the Hoam faculty house: mount Gwanak

  Transportation

  • Public transport: you can buy tickets/cards at any subway station. Keep your card until you exit the subway. If you plan to travel a lot by subway or want to use the bus, then you probably want to buy a T-money card.
  • The closest subway station to the Hoam faculty house is Nakseongdaeyeok, the station of Nakseongdae = 낙성대 = 落星垈, exit 4. Here is a map of the subway.
  • Take care with names. Several places have very similar names.

  Sightseeing

  • South (Gangnam)
    • There are not so many interesting places in Seoul that are south of the river, but all of them are easily reached by line 2. The simplest place of interest to visitors who have never been to East-Asia is probably the local market. It is very close to the subway station of Nakseongdae, so you can simply walk there. The park and shrine is also nice. See google maps.
    • You will find the Seolleung tombs (Seolleung station) and Bongeunsa (Samseong station). Gangnam is only interesting (I think) for its name, reputation and highrise glass buildings. The latter can also be found at Samseong.
  • North (Gangbuk)
    • Most interesting places are north of the river.
    • The national museum at Ichon, take line 2 to Sadang, change to line 4.
    • Gyeongbokgung, take line 2 to Seoul National University of Eduation, change to line 3 (or check the subway map). This palace is somewhat similar to the forbidden city in Beijing. If you have been to Beijing, then I recommend the palace below instead. The Hanok village, next to the village, is nice. Insadong is very tourist-oriented (maybe useful if you need presents). An alternative palace is Changdeokgung. All these places are in walking distance.
    • Dongdaemun. This is the former east gate, and one of the few pieces of the city wall that is still remaining. The south gate, Namdaemun, was burned down not so long ago, but has been repaired recently. Not so far from Dongdaemun is Gwangjang market, who is basically a big local market. You can get your cooked silk worms here, although you can of course also get them near Nakseongdae.

  Food

  • The simplest solution is to have dinner at the university or at the Hoam faculty house. If you want something more interesting, go to the Nakseongdae subway station. The streets there have many places.
  • Nakseongdae fresh water eel=낙성대 풍천장어=落星垈 風川長魚. This place has only eel, with three variations. The marinated (양념, say yang-nyeom) one is probably best. On the map look at =낙성대 풍천장어. I like this place, but it is slightly expensive (25000 28000 won).
  • Milhyanggi kalgugsu=밀향기 칼국수. See 밀향기 칼국수. This place is cheap and certainly authentic. Yuko likes this place. There is more choice here, but the pictures should explain what you are getting.
  • Korean barbecue at Nakseongdae. This is one such place, 낙성대 고기구이새마을식당 낙성대점.
  • There are other places such as skewered lamb. Note that this is Chinese, and there are a couple of other Chinese places.

Organizers