The topics and principal lecturers for the 5 minicourses are:

1. “Quantum topology and hyperbolic geometry”, Francis Bonahon, University of Southern California, USA.
2. “Introduction to Topological Quantum Field Theories, semisimple and non-semisimple”, Francois Costantino, University of Toulouse, Toulouse, France.
3. “Introduction to the 3d-index”, Stavros Garoufalidis, SUSTech International Center for Mathematics, Shenzhen, China.
4. “Spines of Teichmuller space”, Ingrid Irmer, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China.
5. “Introduction to Khovanov homology and skein lasagna modules”, Ciprian Manolescu, Stanford University, USA.