This workshop is part of the Bernoulli Center programme at EPFL, to be held from 20 to 23 October 2026.

The workshop aims to bring together leading experts and promising junior scientists in the fields of nonlinear Dirichlet forms and nonlinear Markov processes, two emerging research areas at the interface between stochastic analysis, functional analysis, and PDEs. These areas appear well suited for a unified treatment and further development into a coherent theory of nonlinear forms, equations, and processes, in analogy with the established theory of (conservative parabolic) linear PDEs, Dirichlet forms, and Markov processes. The goal of the workshop is to pave the way for such a deep nonlinear theory by initiating and fostering scientific exchange among the respective communities. We envision a broad range of applications of this theory, including some to Hamiltonian, Finslerian, fractal and nonsmooth geometry, whose communities will also be represented among the participants of the workshop.