<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear colleagues, <br><br></div>It is a pleasure to announce the<span class="gmail-m_6298131541254318271gmail-il"> CIMPA</span> Research School <br><br><b>"Group actions on algebraic varieties"</b> <br><br>to be held in <b>Lima</b>, Peru, during the period <b>September 4th to 15th, 2017. </b><br><div><br><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The school is aimed at PhD students, advanced master students and postdocs. </font><br><br><div>There will be the 5 mini-courses: <br></div><br>- Actions of linear algebraic groups, Michel Brion (Institut Fourier, France) <br><div>- The vector bundle method, Olivier <span>Debarre</span> (ENS, France) <br>- Introduction to spherical varieties, Nicolas Perrin (U. Versailles, France) <br></div><div>- Dynamical moduli spaces and abelian varieties, Laura De Marco (Northwestern U., USA) <br></div>- Actions of discrete groups on projective spaces, Jose Seade (UNAM, Mexico) <br><br></div><div>and some talks on related topics by: <br></div><div><br>- Clementa Alonso (U. Alicante, Spain) <br>- Dave Anderson (Ohio State Univ., USA) <br>- Jaime Cuadros (PUCP, Peru) <br>- Fernando Cukierman (U. Buenos Aires, Argentina) <br>- Arturo Fernandez (U. Federal Minas Gerais, Brazil) <br>- Evelia Garcia (U. de la Laguna, Spain) <br>- Elizabeth Gasparim (U. Catolica del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile)<br>- Richard Gonzales (PUCP, Peru) <br>- Antonio Laface (U. de Concepcion, Chile) <br>- Sam Payne (Yale, USA) <br>- Alvaro Rittatore (Centro de Matemáticas, Uruguay) <br>- Rudy Rosas (PUCP, Peru) <br>- Alexander Samokhin (HHU Dusseldorf, Germany) <br><br><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">
There might be short talks or poster sessions by young participants on
related topics, that will be organised during the school. <br><br></font>The official<b> web page</b> with all updated information, as well as a registration form is now online. You can find it at the URL <br><br><b><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/cimpaperu2017/" target="_blank"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font color="#000000">https://sites.google.com/site/<wbr>cimpaperu2017/ </font></font></a><br></b><br></div><div>The <b>deadline </b>for registration and funding request is <b>May 28, 2017</b>. <br><br>Limited
financial support will be available, <i>especially for graduate students
and Post-Docs coming from developing countries</i>, who are strongly
encouraged to apply.<br>
<br>We kindly ask you to forward the present announcement to your colleagues and your usual mailing lists.<br><br>We look forward to seeing you in Lima! <br><br></div><div>With our best regards, <br><br></div>The organizers <br>Richard Gonzales, Clementa Alonso </div>