British Mathematical Colloquium
Monday 8th-Thursday 11th April 2019
Speakers
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Michel Broué
Université Paris Diderot, France
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Alice Guionnet
École normale supérieure de Lyon, France
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Kathryn Hess
EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Gil Kalai
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
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Nicolas Monod
EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Janos Pach
EPFL, Switzerland and Renyi Institute, Hungary
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Vicky Neale
University of Oxford
Public Lecturer
The morning speakers will include C. Martínez-Pérez (Zaragoza), M. Wemyss (Glasgow), C. Pech (Kent), P. Koszmider (Warsaw), M. Capitaine (Toulouse), E. Steingrimsson (Strathclyde), G. Arzhantseva (Vienna), C. Stripp (MEI) and C. Crisan (UCL).
The BMC will also include subject-specific workshops on:
AlgebraC. Eaton (Manchester), L. Gregory (Caserta), E. Henke (Aberdeen), S. Mattarei (Lincoln), D. Pauksztello (Lancaster), N. Petrosyan (Southampton), I. Webster (Leeds)GeometryN. Broomhead (Plymouth), T. Ducat (Bristol), A.-S. Kaloghiros (Brunel), M. Logares (Plymouth), N. Nabijou (Glasgow), A. Rizzardo (Liverpool), E. Segal (UCL)AnalysisJ. Bannon (Siena College, NY), V. Fischer (Bath), A. Khukhro (Cambridge), X. Li (QMUL), A. Martini (Birmingham), D. Seifert (Oxford), M. Whittaker (Glasgow)ProbabilityU. Franz (Besançon), C. Hughes (York), A. Kula (Wroclaw), V. Sohinger (Warwick)CombinatoricsK. Clinch (Tokyo), K. Grace (Bristol), T. Huynh (Brussels), A. Kupavskii (Oxford), M. Sharifzadeh (Warwick), S. Stevens (Bristol), L. Theran (St Andrews)Mathematics EducationC. Dunning (Kent), T. Gardiner, K. Houston (Leeds), E. McCoy (Imperial), P. Rowlett (Sheffield Hallam), C. Sangwin (Edinburgh)The Algebra workshop is organised in conjunction with the Algebra and Representation Theory in the North (ARTIN) network.
The LMS Joint Research Group Functor Categories for Groups will have a satellite meeting on Stable Categories on the afternoon of Thursday 11th April. The North British Functional Analysis Seminar (NBFAS) will have a satellite meeting on the afternoon of Thursday 11th and morning of Friday 12th April. Please see the previous links for registration information.
Accordion
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Monday
12:30 Registration George Fox Foyer 14:00 Welcome George Fox LT1 14:30 Guionnet George Fox LT1 15:30 Tea & Coffee George Fox Foyer 16:00 Speed talks George Fox LT1 17:00 Break 17:15 Pach George Fox LT1 18:30 Early Career Networking Event Graduate College -
Tuesday
09:00 Wemyss George Fox LT1 Capitaine LEC Biology LT 10:00 Tea & Coffee George Fox Foyer 10:30 Broue George Fox LT1 11:40 Stripp George Fox LT1 12:40 Lunch George Fox Foyer 14:00 Workshops 19:00 Neale (Public Lecture) Storey Institute -
Wednesday
09:00 Arzhantseva George Fox LT1 Pech LEC Biology LT 10:00 Tea & Coffee George Fox Foyer 10:30 Monod George Fox LT1 11:40 Martinez-Perez George Fox LT1 Steingrimsson LEC Biology LT 12:40 Lunch George Fox Foyer 14:00 Workshops 16:40 LMS Meeting George Fox LT1 17:00 Hess George Fox LT1 18:00 Reception, sponsored by CUP George Fox Foyer 19:30 Conference dinner Barker House Farm -
Thursday
10:00 Tea & Coffee George Fox Foyer 10:30 Crisan George Fox LT1 Koszmider LEC Biology LT 11:35 Annual General Meeting of the BMC George Fox LT1 11:45 Kalai George Fox LT1 12:45 Close George Fox LT1 -
Algebra workshop
Tuesday
14:00 Mattarei George Fox LT2 14:40 Gregory George Fox LT2 15:10 Tea & Coffee George Fox Foyer 15:30 Webster George Fox LT2 16:10 Petrosyan George Fox LT2 Wednesday
14:00 Pauksztello George Fox LT2 14:40 Eaton George Fox LT2 15:10 Tea & Coffee George Fox Foyer 15:30 Henke George Fox LT2 -
Geometry workshop
Tuesday
14:00 Kaloghiros George Fox LT3 14:40 Ducat George Fox LT3 15:10 Tea & Coffee George Fox Foyer 15:30 Segal George Fox LT3 16:10 Rizzardo George Fox LT3 Wednesday
14:00 Logares George Fox LT3 14:40 Nabijou George Fox LT3 15:10 Tea & Coffee George Fox Foyer 15:30 Broomhead George Fox LT3 -
Analysis workshop
Tuesday
14:00 Fischer George Fox LT4 14:40 Whittaker George Fox LT4 15:10 Tea & Coffee George Fox Foyer 15:30 Khukhro George Fox LT4 16:10 Martini George Fox LT4 Wednesday
14:00 Bannon George Fox LT4 14:40 Seifert George Fox LT4 15:10 Tea & Coffee George Fox Foyer 15:30 Li George Fox LT4 -
Probability workshop
Tuesday
14:00 Franz George Fox LT5 15:00 Tea & Coffee George Fox Foyer 15:30 Kula George Fox LT5 Wednesday
14:00 Sohinger George Fox LT5 15:00 Tea & Coffee George Fox Foyer 15:30 Hughes George Fox LT5 -
Combinatorics workshop
Tuesday
14:00 Grace George Fox LT6 14:40 Clinch George Fox LT6 15:10 Tea & Coffee George Fox Foyer 15:30 Sharifzadeh George Fox LT6 16:10 Huynh George Fox LT6 Wednesday
14:00 Kupavskii George Fox LT6 14:40 Stevens George Fox LT6 15:10 Tea & Coffee George Fox Foyer 15:30 Theran George Fox LT6 -
Mathematics Education workshop
Tuesday
14:00 Discussion Panel Charles Carter A15 15:30 Tea & Coffee George Fox Foyer 16:00 Rowlett Charles Carter A15 Wednesday
14:00 Sangwin Charles Carter A15 15:00 Tea & Coffee George Fox Foyer 15:30 Houston Charles Carter A15
Registration
Registration is now closed. For late registration, please contact the organisers (bmc2019@lancaster.ac.uk).
The registration fee will be £100, with a reduced rate of £60 for PhD students. The registration fee will include a buffet lunch on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
Please note that we have now allocated our financial support for PhD students.
The conference dinner will take place on the university campus on Wednesday 10th April and will cost £40. Bookings for this closed on Friday 29th March.
Accommodation
Participants may book on-campus accommodation via the University Visitor Room Booking website. The Visit Lancaster site provides links to a variety of other local accommodation.
For those staying on campus and arriving on Monday 8th, you will be able to collect your keys from the conference venue (the George Fox Building, GFX) during registration (12.30pm-2pm). A luggage storage room will also be available. Outside of these times, you can collect your keys from Bowland Hall (BLH on the campus map).
Contact and Travel
Please contact bmc2019@lancaster.ac.uk with any queries.
The University provides information on travelling to Lancaster. The BMC will principally be based in the George Fox Building (GFX on the campus map).
Financial Support
For UK-based mathematicians with caring duties the LMS has a Caring Supplementary Grant scheme which allows participants to apply for help covering caring costs.
Thanks to support from our partners, we have funding to support the participation of PhD students. However this has now been allocated.
Partners
We are grateful for financial support from the London Mathematical Society, the Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical Research, ARTIN and Lancaster University. BMC2019 is organised in partnership with the Clay Mathematics Institute.
Organising Committee
The organising committee consists of Jan Grabowski (Chair), Tony Nixon, Nadia Mazza, David Pauksztello, Yemon Choi, Derek Kitson, Natasha Blitvic, Martin Lindsay, Dirk Zeindler, James Groves and David Towers.