The East Asian Conference on Algebraic Topology (EACAT) is a biannual conference on the broad area of Algebraic Topology. The seventh conference of this series was held at IISER Mohali, India, during December 01-06, 2017. The conference was organised jointly by IISER Mohali and IIT Ropar. There were a total of 33 talks on various aspects of Algebraic Topology by experts from 07 countries. A proceedings of EACAT consisting of contributed articles by some speakers and some well-known topologists from the region is under preparation and will be published by Springer. We gratefully acknowledge support from the CDC of IMU. The conference was partially supported by the Abel Board.

For the abstract booklet go here.

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The scientific topics discussed during this research school approved by CIMPA were Complex Geometry and their Applications. The objective was an introduction to recent developments in complex multi-variable geometry (with analytical concepts such as positivity, currents, pluri-sub-harmonicity and operators of Lelong-Poincaré and Monge-Ampère, etc.) in various directions: the holomorphic dynamics into several complex variables, the deformation of complex geometrical structures into "tropical" structures, the toric geometry and its relation to the real convex geometry, and finally the transposition to the real framework of concepts until then inherent in the complex framework (pluri-sub-harmonicity, operator of Monge-Ampere, positive currents, Lelong-Poincaré or Monge-Ampère equations); the questions of diophantine geometry (heights of schemes or arithmetic cycles, theory of the arithmetic intersection or Arakelov, the theory of pluri-potential in the framework non-Archimedean) were also be mentioned.

The report (in French) can be found here.

The "9na Escuela de Matemática de América Latina y el Caribe" in Bolivia took place at Universidad Mayor de San Andrés in La Paz, located at an elevation of about 11,811 feet above sea level. The aims of the school were to put young students in contact with relevant topics of current interest and to encourage the most outstanding to continue postgraduate studies.  Professors Wolfgang Kliemann (Iowa State Universtity), Rafael Labarca (Universidad de Santiago de Chile), Martin Sambarino (Universidad de la República de Uruguay) and  Daniel Juan Pineda (Universidad Nacional de México) gave two talks each one. Professors Milton Jara (Instituto de Matemática Pura e Aplicada), Luz de Teresa (Universidad Autónoma de México), Mario Ponce (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile) and Adolfo Guillot (Universidad Autónoma de México) gave four courses of six sessions each. Nine students from Peru and thirty students from Bolivia, from whom ten were not from La Paz, participares of this two weeks undergraduate school.

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This CIMPA school has been of great importance to the region, as it allowed fruitful interactions among many of professors and students from Latin-America working in Algebraic Geometry. Equally important is the fact that they had the chance to interact with well-known experts from France and Russia, crucial for networking and future joint projects. From the opinions collected from the participants and lecturers, it is safe to say that this CIMPA School was a success, for it open the way for future interaction between Latin-American researchers and their European counterparts, and it motivated students to start or continue working in Algebraic Geometry. Moreover, since this area of mathematics is at an initial stage in Peru, the CIMPA School has provided many research ideas and projects to be developed by potential undergraduate and graduate students.

The report can be found here.

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The aim of this conference was to bring various experts on the subject at one place and provide young number theorists an opportunity to learn the techniques in the subject. This four day conference was begun with a keynote talk on September 04, 2017 and end with a valedictory function on September 07, 2017. There were 15 sessions consisting of one keynote, 6 plenary, 12 invited and 12 young scholar's talks. The details about this conference is available on the conference web page. The conference received very good feedback from speakers as well as participants, and as a request from experts a second version of will be organized and be held at the same place during October 08 -11, 2018.

The conference Topology Ecuador provided a meeting point for over 60 topologists from Latin America, North America and around the world. The scope was broad, ranging from homotopy theory to noncommutative geometry, with the goal of establishing collaborations and boundary crossings both geographically and between areas of expertise. The conference created an inviting atmosphere for informal interactions going beyond sharing mathematical work. The talk “Diversity and Inclusivity in Mathematics” by Moira Chas initiated discussions about the mathematical community and raised awareness. Students got to know potential PhD supervisors and vice-versa. For the report go here.