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 C (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 |
Title TBA
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 |
Title TBA
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
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17:30 to 19:00 |
Dinner Reception at Massey College
Location:4 Devonshire Pl, Toronto, ON M5S 2E1 |
09:00 to 09:40 |
Title TBA
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 |
Title TBA
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12:30 to 14:00 |
Lunch
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14:00 to 14:40 |
Charles Fefferman, Princeton University |
14:50 to 15:30 |
Title TBA
Stanislav Smirnov, Université de Genève |
15:30 to 16:00 |
Coffee Break
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16:00 to 17:00 |
Panel Discussion
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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 |
Title TBA
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 |
Title TBA
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 |
Title TBA
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
Panelist: Marcus Emmanuel Barnes, Elaine Riehm, and Dimitry Anastakis. Moderator: Sylvia Nickerson |
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-Tze Yau, Harvard University |
14:00 to 14:40 |
Title TBA
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: Probability
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09:00 to 09:40 |
Title TBA
Maria Chudnovsky, Princeton University |
09:50 to 10:30 |
Title TBA
Mark Braverman, Princeton University |
10:30 to 11:00 |
Coffee Break
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11:00 to 11:40 |
Title TBA
Madhu Sudan, Harvard University |
11:50 to 12:30 |
Title TBA
Avi Wigderson, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton |
12:30 to 14:00 |
Lunch
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14:00 to 14:40 |
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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 |
Title TBA
Efim Zelmanov, University of California at San Diego |
09:50 to 10:30 |
Title TBA
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
Bhargav Bhatt, IAS |
11:50 to 12:30 |
Title TBA
Hiraku Nakajima |
12:30 |
Closing remarks
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