This event was attended by more than 30 people, including academic, professional and support staff, students and visitors to the department. A toast was raised, "to the continued health of mathematics and the London Mathematical Society". The department gratefully acknowledges financial support for this event from the LMS.
The reception took place between two seminars. Before the reception, Professor Alexander Helemskii (Moscow State University) gave a talk entitled, "On the way, with A. Lambert, from classical to quantum functional analysis". After the reception, Professor Maria Fragoulopoulou (University of Athens) spoke on "Some recent results on Allan's GB*-algebras". The visit of Professors Fragoulopoulou and Helemskii to the UK is supported by an LMS Scheme 2 grant.