The 2021 Fields Medal Symposium will honour the work and achievements of Peter Scholze. At 24, Scholze became the youngest full professor in Germany when he took up a teaching post at the University of Bonn. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 2018 at the age of 30, making him one of the youngest medallists in the history of the award.

Scholze’s research has great range, but his work has had particular impact on arithmetic geometry and its applications. He first gained notice as a graduate student for finding proofs to several fundamental theorems in more compact form. His PhD thesis on perfectoid spaces, which he created as a unifying concept, solidified his reputation as “a rare talent that only emerges every few decades.”

Recently, Scholze has been in the news for his astonishing result on the geometrisation of the local Langlands correspondence. Join us for what promises to be an illuminating week of mathematical discovery.

The 2021 Fields Medal Symposium will take place online and will consist of:

• Public Opening Lecture: October 25, 2021
• Scientific Program: October 25 – 29, 2021

The Public Opening will feature an introduction to Peter Scholze's work by Jared Weinstein (Boston University), a one-on-one chat with Peter and Megumi Harada (McMaster University), and a panel of distinguished mathematicians discussing his work. Welcome and introductions will be given by guests from academia and government. Both the Public Opening and Scientific Program are open to the public and free of charge, but attendees must register beforehand. The entire Symposium will be streamed live, then will be made available on our website and YouTube channel at a later date.