Symplectic Barriers In this talk we discuss the existence of a new type of rigidity of symplectic embeddings coming from obligatory intersections with symplectic planes. This is based on a joint work with P. Haim-Kislev and R. Hind. Date March 24, 2023 Speakers Yaron Ostrover, Institute for Advanced Study Affiliation Tel Aviv University Joint IAS/Princeton/Montreal/Paris/Tel-Aviv Symplectic Geometry Zoominar School of Mathematics