Dear colleagues, As part of the trimester on "Geometric and noncommutative methods in functional analysis" organized by the "Laboratoire de Mathematiques de Besancon" during the Autumn 2014, we wish to announce the two following events. 1) The Autum school on "Nonlinear geometry of Banach spaces and applications", in Metabief (October 20-24, 2014). The following mathematicians have kindly accepted our invitation to deliver a short course: Gilles Godefroy (Université Paris 6), Petr Hajek (Czech Academy of Sciences and Czech Technical University), Manor Mendel (Open University of Israel - to be confirmed), Nirina Lovasoa Randrianarivony (Saint Louis University - to be confirmed), Guoliang Yu (Texas A&M University). 2) The conference on "Geometric functional analysis and its applications" in Besancon (October 27-31, 2014). The following main speakers have already agreed to deliver a plenary lecture: Fernando Albiac (Univ. Publica de Navarra), Florent Baudier (Texas A&M University, Paris 6) , Robert Deville (Univ. Bordeaux) , Stephen Dilworth (Univ. South Carolina), Valentin Ferenczi (Univ. Sao Paulo) , Bill Johnson (Texas A&M University), Beata Randrianantoanina (Miami Univ Ohio), Gideon Schechtman (Weizmann Institute), Thomas Schlumprecht (Texas A&M University), Alain Valette (Univ. Neuchatel). Other participants will have the opportunity to give a short talk. The purpose of these meetings is to bring together researchers and students with common interest in the field. They will offer many possibilities for informal discussions. Graduate students and others beginning their mathematical career are encouraged to participate. You can visit the following websites: trimester: http://trimestres-lmb.univ-fcomte.fr/af.html School in Metabief: https://trimestres-lmb.univ-fcomte.fr/Autumn-School-on-Nonlinear.html?lang=e... Conference in Besancon: https://trimestres-lmb.univ-fcomte.fr/Conference-on-Geometric-Functional.htm... Registration for both events is now open. The organizers, Gilles Lancien and Tony Prochazka ----- Fin du message transféré -----