Forward From the Fields Medal
Description
In 2024 we celebrate the centenary of the 1924 International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) held in Toronto, Canada. The first ICM held in North America, the conference was brought to Toronto by John Charles Fields as part of his vision of mathematics as a unifying force in the traumatic aftermath of World War I.
For Canada, it was a step onto the world stage in math and science. But its impacts would reach far beyond our borders: a direct result of the conference was John Charles Fields’ idea of creating an award. Like Canada itself, the award – with the condition that it be given before the awardee’s 40th birthday – recognized not just achievement but also future promise.
John Charles Fields kept an abiding faith in young people as the architects of a better tomorrow. Since the first awarding of the Fields Medal in 1936, the ICM has recognized young mathematicians who have made enormous contributions to their respective areas and inspired countless more to strive for excellence.
Join us as we celebrate the legacy of the 1924 ICM and 100 years of its impact on mathematics – locally and globally. This six-day event will bring living Fields medallists and the international mathematics community back to Toronto for a look at how far mathematics has come and where we may go forward from here.
Topics:
- Monday - Number Theory (all day)
- Tuesday - Mathematical Physics (morning) and Analysis (afternoon)
- Wednesday - Geometry and topology (morning) and History (afternoon)
- Thursday - Dynamical systems (morning) and Probability (afternoon)
- Friday - Combinatorics and theoretical computer science (morning) and New Paradigms in Mathematics (afternoon)
- Saturday - Algebra
Social Events
- August 12 - Reception at Massey College
- August 13 - Concert by Purna Loka Ensomble
- August 14 - Kajama Boat Cruise (Dinner and drinks included)
- Multi-Day Film Screening at the Fields Institute
Registration Instruction:
Please register here. Early Bird pricing currently in effect until April 1, 2024.
Price:
- Registration Fee - $500
- Bringing an additional person - $200 (for social events only)
Schedule
09:00 to 09:40 |
Welcome
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09:50 to 10:30 |
De Rham Theorem, Geometry and Analysis
Jim Arthur, The Fields Institute |
10:30 to 11:00 |
Coffee Break
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11:00 to 11:40 |
Sujatha Ramdorai, University of British Columbia |
11:50 to 12:30 |
Title TBA
Ritabrata Munshi, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata |
12:30 to 14:00 |
Lunch
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14:00 to 14:40 |
Gaurav Patil, University of Toronto |
14:50 to 15:30 |
Title TBA
Jacob Tsimerman, University of Toronto |
15:30 to 16:00 |
Coffee Break
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16:00 to 17:00 |
Panel Discussion: Forward from the Fields Medal
Moderator: Kumar Murty | Panelist: Sujatha Ramdorai, Jim Arthur, Camillo DeLellis, Ulrike Tillmann |
17:30 to 19:00 |
Reception at Massey College
Location:4 Devonshire Pl, Toronto, ON M5S 2E1 |
09:00 to 09:40 |
From physics to topology and back
Ulrike Tillmann, University of Oxford |
09:50 to 10:30 |
Title TBA
Ron Donagi, University of Pennsylvania |
10:30 to 11:00 |
Coffee Break
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11:00 to 11:40 |
Title TBA
Igor Rodnianski, Princeton University |
11:50 to 12:30 |
Robert McCann, University of Toronto |
12:30 to 14:00 |
Lunch
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14:00 to 14:40 |
Charles Fefferman, Princeton University |
14:50 to 15:30 |
Stanislav Smirnov, Université de Genève |
15:30 to 16:00 |
Coffee Break
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16:00 to 17:00 |
Panel Discussion: Forward from the Fields Medal
Moderator: Kostya Khanin | Panelist: Robert McCann, Igor Rodnianski, Svetlana Jitormiskaya |
19:30 |
Concert by Purna Loka Ensemble
Location: |
09:00 to 09:40 |
(Online)
Shing-Tung Yau, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
09:50 to 10:30 |
Richard Schoen, University of California, Irvine and Stanford University |
10:30 to 11:00 |
Coffee Break
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11:00 to 11:40 |
Title TBA
Tobias Holck Colding, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
11:50 to 12:30 |
Camillo De Lellis, Institute of Advanced Study, Princeton |
12:30 to 14:00 |
Lunch
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14:00 to 14:30 |
Title TBA
Marcus Emmanuel Barnes, University of Toronto |
14:30 to 15:00 |
Elaine Riehm, McMaster University |
15:00 to 15:30 |
Dimitry Anastakis, Rotman School of Management, UofT |
15:30 to 16:00 |
Coffee Break
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16:00 to 17:00 |
Panel Discussion: History
Moderator: Sylvia Nickerson | Panelist: Marcus Emmanuel Barnes, Elaine Riehm, and Dimitry Anastakis |
18:30 to 22:00 |
Dinner Reception - Kajama Boat Cruise
Location:Harbourfront Piers |
09:00 to 09:40 |
Title TBA
Alex Eskin, University of Chicago |
09:50 to 10:30 |
Title TBA
Mikhail Lyubich, Stony Brook University |
10:30 to 11:00 |
Coffee Break
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11:00 to 11:40 |
Title TBA
Svetlana Jitomirskaya, University of California Berkeley |
11:50 to 13:20 |
Lunch
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13:20 to 14:00 |
Title TBA
Horng-Tzer Yau, Harvard University |
14:00 to 14:40 |
Gregory Lawler, University of Chicago |
14:50 to 15:30 |
Title TBA
Martin Hairer, Imperial College London |
15:30 to 16:00 |
Coffee Break
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16:00 to 17:00 |
Panel Discussion: Forward from the Fields Medal
Moderator: Shubhangi Saraf | Panelist: Avi Wigderson and Madhu Sudan |
09:00 to 09:40 |
Maria Chudnovsky, Princeton University |
09:50 to 10:30 |
Mark Braverman, Princeton University |
10:30 to 11:00 |
Coffee Break
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11:00 to 11:40 |
Madhu Sudan, Harvard University |
11:50 to 12:30 |
The value of errors in proofs
Avi Wigderson, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton |
12:30 to 14:00 |
Lunch
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14:00 to 14:40 |
How will AI affect mathematical research? (Online)
David Mumford, Brown University |
14:00 to 14:40 |
(Online)
Mikhael Gromov, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University |
15:30 to 16:00 |
Coffee Break
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16:00 to 17:00 |
Panel Discussion: New Paradigms in Mathematics
Panelist: Heather Macbeth (others TBA). Moderator: Maia Fraser |
09:00 to 09:40 |
Efim Zelmanov, University of California at San Diego |
09:50 to 10:30 |
Alexander Merkurjev, University of California, Los Angeles |
10:30 to 11:00 |
Coffee Break
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11:00 to 11:40 |
Title TBA
Parimala Raman, Emory University |
11:50 to 12:30 |
Title TBA
Hiraku Nakajima |
12:30 |
Closing remarks
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