DETAILS

http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/activit...

WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS

V. Kumar Murty, Director, Fields Institute

Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada

His Excellency Claudio Taffuri, Ambassor of Italy to Canada

Mona Nemer, Chief Science Advisor of Canada

Alejandro Adem, President, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

Carlos E. Kenig, President, International Mathematical Union

Feridun Hamdullahpur, President, University of Waterloo

Greg Kelly, Executive Producer, CBC Radio IDEAS

INTRODUCTION

Introduction to the work of Alessio Figalli

Francesco Maggi, Professor, University of Texas at Austin

INTERVIEW

Interview of Alessio Figalli, Professor, ETH Zürich

Interviewer: Hannah Fry, Associate Professor, University College London

PANEL DISCUSSION

Moderator: Hannah Fry

Panellists:

Maria Colombo, Assistant Professor, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Ingrid Daubechies, Professor, Duke University

Alessio Figalli, Professor, ETH Zürich

Robert McCann, Professor, University of Toronto

Cédric Villani (Fields Medal 2010), Member of Parliament, French National Assembly

TIME AND LOCATION

Time: 12:30 pm - 2:40 pm EDT, Monday, October 19, 2020

Location: Online at https://youtu.be/au2IFRKe15Q

This event is FREE and OPEN to the public.

GOVERNMENT SUPPORT

Government of Ontario

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)

GOLD LEVEL SPONSORS

Elsevier

Great-West Life, London Life and Canada Life

SILVER LEVEL SPONSOR

James Stewart

BRONZE LEVEL SPONSORS

Edward Bierstone, George Elliott, John R. Gardner, Dan Rosen, Phillip Siller

WITH SUPPORT FROM

Istituto Italiano di Cultura Toronto

Embassy of Italy Ottawa