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.
Group photo from the 2024 Forward from the Fields Medal event, Day 3 (August 14, 2024).
Group photo from the 1924 International Congress of Mathematicians meeting on the University of Toronto campus.
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 Ensemble at Trinity-St. Paul's United Church (427 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON M5S 1X7)
- August 14 - Kajama Boat Cruise (Appetizers and drinks included)
- August 15 - Film double feature: Secrets of the Surface and Journeys of Black Mathematicians
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)
Participation Instruction:
Please join us online via zoom at https://zoom.us/j/92223058398
Schedule
| 09:00 to 09:40 |
Welcome
|
| 09:50 to 10:30 |
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 |
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 |
Jacob Tsimerman, University of Toronto |
| 15:30 to 16:00 |
Coffee Break
|
| 16:00 to 17:00 |
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 |
Ulrike Tillmann, University of Oxford |
| 09:50 to 10:30 |
Ron Donagi, University of Pennsylvania |
| 10:30 to 11:00 |
Coffee Break
|
| 11:00 to 11:40 |
Igor Rodnianski, Princeton University |
| 11:50 to 12:30 |
Robert McCann, University of Toronto |
| 12:30 to 14:00 |
Lunch
|
| 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
|
| 16:00 to 17:00 |
Moderator: Kostya Khanin | Panelist: Robert McCann, Igor Rodnianski, Svetlana Jitormiskaya |
| 19:30 to 21:00 |
Location:Trinity St. Paul's United Church (427 Bloor St W |
| 09:00 to 09:40 |
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
|
| 11:00 to 11:40 |
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
|
| 14:00 to 14:30 |
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
|
| 16:00 to 17:00 |
Moderator: Sylvia Nickerson | Panelist: Marcus Emmanuel Barnes, Elaine Riehm, and Dimitry Anastakis |
| 18:30 to 22:00 |
Location:Harbourfront Piers |
| 09:00 to 09:40 |
Alex Eskin, University of Chicago |
| 09:50 to 10:30 |
Mikhail Lyubich, Stony Brook University |
| 10:30 to 11:00 |
Coffee Break
|
| 11:00 to 11:40 |
Svetlana Jitomirskaya, University of California Berkeley |
| 11:50 to 13:20 |
Lunch
|
| 13:20 to 14:00 |
Horng-Tzer Yau, Harvard University |
| 14:00 to 14:40 |
Gregory Lawler, University of Chicago |
| 14:50 to 15:30 |
Martin Hairer, Imperial College London |
| 15:30 to 16:00 |
Coffee Break
|
| 16:00 to 17:00 |
Moderator: Shubhangi Saraf | Panelist: Avi Wigderson, Madhu Sudan, Lenore Blum, and Mark Braverman |
| 18:30 to 20:30 |
Film Screenings: Secrets of the Surface and Journeys of Black Mathematicians
|
| 20:30 to 21:00 |
Panelist: George Csicsery (Zala Films), Jude Kong (York University), Masoud Khalkhali (Western University), Tina Torkaman (University of Chicago) |
| 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
|
| 11:00 to 11:40 |
Madhu Sudan, Harvard University |
| 11:50 to 12:30 |
Avi Wigderson, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton |
| 12:30 to 14:00 |
Lunch
|
| 14:00 to 14:40 |
Mikhael Gromov, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University |
| 14:50 to 15:30 |
David Mumford, Brown University |
| 15:30 to 16:00 |
Coffee Break
|
| 16:00 to 17:00 |
Panelist: Heather Macbeth, Ravi Vakil, and Misha Belkin. Moderator: Maia Fraser and Colin McLarty |
| 09:50 to 10:30 |
Alexander Merkurjev, University of California, Los Angeles |
| 10:30 to 11:00 |
Coffee Break
|
| 11:00 to 11:40 |
Parimala Raman, Emory University |
| 11:50 to 12:30 |
Hiraku Nakajima, International Mathematical Union and Kavli IPMU, University of Tokyo |
| 12:30 |
Closing remarks
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