Gérard Besson's friends gather for his sixtieth birthday. They will discuss the mathematics that Gérard likes : differential geometry, analysis, topology...

The conference will be held in Samothrace, a greek island, from May 30th to June 4th, 2016.

• Richard Bamler, U. Cal. Berkeley.
• Christophe Bavard, Bordeaux Univ.
• Charalampos Charitos, Agricultural U. of Athens,
  
• Fernando Codá Marques, Princeton Univ.
• Jian Ge, BICMR
• Pengfei Guan, Mc. Gill Univ. 
• Matt Gursky, Univ. Notre Dame
• Ursula Hamenstädt, Rienische-Friedrich-W.-Univ. Bonn
• Hans J. Hein, Univ. Maryland
• Gerhard Knieper, Ruhr-Univ. Bochum
• Carlo Mantegazza, Univ. Stud. Napoli Frederico II
• Rafe Mazzeo, Standford Univ.
• Aaron Naber, Northwestern Univ.
• Hugo Parlier, Fribourg Univ.
  
• Stefano Pigola, Univ. Insubria, Como
• Joan Porti, Univ. Autonoma Barcelona
• Alessandro Savo, Sapienza Univ. Roma
• Andrea Sambusetti, Sapienza Univ. Roma
• Harish Seshadri, IISc Bangalore
• Juan Souto, Univ. Rennes 1
• Gang Tian, Princeton Univ.

We had some coverage from the local TV :

We have also been on some local news websites and blogs :

http://www.ypaithros.gr/diethnes-ergastiri-gewmetrias-analysis-samothraki/

https://liveyourmaths.com/2016/05/26/διεθνές-συνέδριο-γεωμετρίας-και-ανάλ/

http://dimitris-ver.blogspot.gr/2016/05/305-46.html

To go to Samothrace:

• First you need to go to the city of Alexandroupolis.
• Then one takes a ferry (around 2h30) from the port of Alexandroupolis to the port of Samothrace, Kamariotissa.

The conference will  take place in the old olive mill of village of Chora.

There are few accomodation in the village of Chora, hence most participant will have to stay close by the sea. We will have buses taking the participant to the village and back. There is also a very nice camping near Therma. More informations to come.

The village of Chora is about 5km from Kamariotissa. Should you feel up to it, renting a bicycle is a good option.

Some more informations:

• Taxi from the airport to the city of Alexandroupolis is about 10€ (fare on the counter + 3euros)
• The docks were the ferry leaves from is quite easy to find (close to the Faros)
• Bring hiking shoes and swimwear

Any question can be addressed to besson60@sciencesconf.org.

• Michel Boileau, Aix-Marseille Univ.
• Gilles Carron, U. Nantes
• Gilles Courtois, U. Paris 6

Julien Maubon U. Lorraine, Jean-Claude Picaud U. Tours, Stratos Prassidis Aegean U., Thomas Richard U. Paris Est Créteil, Samuel Tapie U. Nantes, Constantin Vernicos U. Montpellier 1. Honorary organiser: Gérard Besson.

ERC, Samothrace Island, Aegean Univeristy, Agence Nationale de la Recherche.

 © Édouard Thomas