SMRI Special Semester Perspectives on Mathematics: Modern perspectives in representation Theory Sydney Mathematical Research Institute Special Semester 5 May â 13 June 2024 Organisers: Charlotte Chan (University of Michigan), Thomas Lam (University of Michigan), and Geordie Williamson (University of Sydney) A special semester on "Modern Perspectives in Representation Theory" at the Sydney Mathematical Research Institute from May 5 through June 13, 2025. As part of the program, we are planning two workshops, in Week 3 May 19-23 and Week 5 June 2-6. The aim will be a focused program on several aspects of interest in representation theory. Focuses include: 1. Total positivity 2. Representation theory of p-adic groups and emerging geometric methods 3. Combinatorics of Coxeter groups and Kazhdan-Lutsztig theory