The generalized Franchetta conjecture for hyperkaehler varieties

The generalized Franchetta conjecture as formulated by O’Grady is about algebraic cycles on the universal K3 surface. It is natural to consider a similar conjecture for algebraic cycles on universal families of hyperkaehler varieties. This has close ties to Beauville’s conjectural ``splitting property’’, and the Beauville-Voisin conjecture (stating that the Chow ring of a hyperkaehler variety has a certain subring injecting into cohomology). In my talk, I will attempt to give an overview of these conjectures, and present some cases where they can be proven. This is joint work with Lie Fu, Charles Vial and Mingmin Shen.