The Inaugural FIELDS MEDAL SYMPOSIUM FUNDAMENTALS OF THE LANGLANDS PROGRAM In honour of 2010 Fields Medallist Ngô Bảo Châu PUBLIC OPENING Monday, October 15, 2012 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Isabel Bader Theatre, 93 Charles Street W., Toronto
The Fields Medal is the world’s highest honour in EVENING PROGRAM mathematics. Each year, a recent Fields Medallist will Opening remarks by Ingrid Daubechies, President of the be honoured at the Fields Medal Symposium — a International Mathematical Union, His Excellency Le Sy celebration of mathematics and scientific discovery, Vuong Ha, Ambassador of Vietnam to Canada, and the with events for the general public, students, and Honourable Glen Murray, Minister of Training, Colleges, mathematicians alike. The goal of the Symposium is to and Universities, Government of Ontario bring the Medallist’s area of study to a broader public audience, and to highlight its current and potential Two public lectures by James Arthur, University of impact. The 2012 Fields Medal Symposium is the first in Toronto, on The Langlands Program: Number Theory, the series, and honours 2010 Medallist Ngô Bảo Châu. Geometry and the Fundamental Lemma, and Ngô Bảo Châu, University of Chicago, on The Fundamental Lemma
SPEAKERS
Ingrid Daubechies Le Sy Vuong Ha Glen Murray James Arthur Ngô Bảo Châu President of the IMU Vietnamese Ambassador Minister of Training, Colleges Mossman Chair, University of Chicago; to Canada and Universities University of Toronto 2010 Fields Medallist
Admission is free, but advance tickets are required. To register, please visit: www.fields.utoronto.ca/programs/scientific/fieldsmedalsym/12-13/opening.html
Gold Level Sponsor Silver Level Sponsor Bronze Level Sponsors James Stewart, Prof. Emeritus, Edward Bierstone, Fields Institute and the University of Toronto McMaster University, text book author, George Elliott, Fields Institute and the University of Toronto donor of the Fields Institute Library John R. Gardner Philip Siller, BroadRiver Asset Management, L.P.
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