Zhiyun Cheng, Beijing Normal University
Jiajun Wang, Peking University
Zhiqing Yang, Dalian University of Technology
Ying Zhang, Soochow University
Andrei Vesnin, Sobolev Institute of Mathematics &Tomsk State University & Novosibirsk State University
Andrei Malyutin, St. Petersburg Department of Steklov Institute of Mathematics
Vassily Manturov, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Knot theory is a rapidly developing field of geometry and topology, dating back to the classical work of Dehn, Reidemeister, and Alexander. Modern knot theory is characterized by a combination of methods from three-dimensional topology, algebraic topology, group theory, representation theory, and non-Euclidean geometry. Currently, knot theory finds application in physics, chemistry, biology, and engineering.
The purpose of the conference is to present new results and discuss open problems related to current trends of knot theory.

Main topics:

1. Properties and invariants of classical knots and their generalizations
2. Geometric structures on three-dimensional manifolds and orbifolds
3. Braid groups and quandles, Yang-Baxter equations
4. Applications of knot theory

The conference will be the twelfth in the ongoing series of annual Sino-Russian conferences on knot theory and related topics, which are held alternately in China and Russia.