Symmetry and Topology in Particle Physics

Symmetry and Topology in Particle Physics    March 9-12, 2026    at IHES – Marilyn and James Simons Conference Center    How to get to IHES

 
In the past decade, sweeping progress in our understanding of quantum field theory (QFT) has revealed new organizing principles whose impact is already being felt across high energy, condensed matter, and mathematical physics. These include the generalization of the conventional principle of symmetries to include those that act on extended objects and/or do not come with an inverse. The goal of this workshop is to bring these new theoretical developments to bear on the problems of particle physics. The workshop aims to establish a new bridge between the formal and phenomenological high-energy physics communities, which will drive progress in both directions. 
 

 
Organizers:
Lea Bottini (IHES), Julio Parra Martinez (IHES), Alessandro Podo (IHES), Giovanni Rizi (IHES)
Scientific Committee:
Nathaniel Craig (UCSB), Clement Delcamp (IHES), Henriette Elvang (Michigan), LianTao Wang (Chicago)
Invited speakers:

Daniel Brennan (University of Birmingham)

Yichul Choi (Institute for Advanced Study)

Clay Córdova (University of Chicago)

Lucia Córdova (University of Amsterdam)

Nathaniel Craig (UC Santa Barbara)

Raffaele Tito D’Agnolo (IPhT, CEA Saclay/ENS)

Isabel García García (University of Washington)

Ben Gripaios (Cambridge University)

Diego García-Sepúlveda (Harvard University)

Sungwoo Hong (KAIST)

Po-Shen Hsin (King’s College London)

Seth Koren (University of Notre Dame)

Ho-Tat Lam (Stanford University) REMOTE TALK
Vazha Loladze (Oxford University)
Mario Reig (CERN)

Ling-Xiao Xu (ICTP)