Fernando C. Marques (IMPA - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and André Neves (Imperial College - London, UK) have recently given a proof of the Willmore conjecture. In this workshop these authors will give a detailed survey on their proof.
Additionally, related aspects of the Willmore conjecture will be covered in the meeting.

Intived speakers

• Fernando C. Marques (Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada):
  • Canonical family I
  • Canonical family II
  • Bound on Width
• Ernst Kuwert (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg): Variational problems for the Willmore functional
• André Neves (Imperial College):
  • Min-max theory I
  • Min-max theory II
  • Theorems A and B
• Franz Pedit (University of Tuebingen (Germany) and University of Massachussets, Amherst (USA)): Integrable systems aspects of Willmore surfaces
• Antonio Ros (Universidad de Granada): The isoperimetric problem and The Willmore conjecture: the symmetric case
• Francisco Urbano Pérez-Aranda (Universidad de Granada): The Willmore conjecture: 1965-2012. A brief introduction