2016 Fields Medal Symposium - Public Opening
Free event - Registration required
Speaker: Manjul Bhargava
Princeton University - 2014 Fields Medallist
"Patterns in Numbers and Nature"
Join us at the Public Opening of the 2016 Fields Medal Symposium,
which includes a lecture for a general audience by Professor Manjul
Bhargava (Fields Medal 2014) and welcome and introductory remarks
by distinguished guests from academia and government:
- Professor Ian Hambleton, Director, Fields Institute
- Professor Vivek Goel, Vice President, Research and Innovation, University of Toronto
- The Honourable Dr. Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science (by video)
- The Honourable Reza Moridi, Minister of Research, Innovation and Science, Ontario
- Professor Vaughan Jones, Vice-President, International Mathematical Union, (1990 Fields Medallist)
- Professor Benedict Gross, George Vasmer Leverett Professor of Mathematics at Harvard University
The Fields Medal is considered the highest honour in mathematics.
It is awarded every four years by the International Mathematical
Union; The Symposium is held annually by the Fields Institute to
celebrate the work and impact of Fields Medallists. The Symposium
brings together brilliant researchers to support and further the
research areas of Fields Medallists, while raising public awareness
of mathematics, the Fields Medal, and to inspire new and upcoming
researchers.
This event is a unique opportunity for the general public and
academics to engage with this prominent scholar, his ideas, and
cutting-edge research in mathematics.