World Meeting for Women in Mathematics
The IMU Committee for Women in Mathematics (CWM) welcomes the mathematical community to the World Meeting for Women in Mathematics – (WM)², a satellite event of the ICM 2018.
The (WM)² will bring together mathematicians from all over the world to think about and discuss gender issues in mathematics, its challenges, initiatives, and perspectives for the future, with a strong focus on Latin America.
The (WM)² will take place at Riocentro convention center on July 31, 2018. Its program includes research talks, group discussions about gender issues in mathematics, a panel discussion and poster presentation. There will also be a tribute to Maryam Mirzakhani.
SCHEDULE
8:00 – 9:00
Registration + Welcome coffee
9:00 – 9:20
Welcome to (WM)²
9:20 – 10:05
Lecture: Monique Laurent
10:10 – 10:30
Memorial for Maryam Mirzakhani
10:30 – 11:30
Group discussions + Coffee break
11:30 – 12:15
Lecture: Alicia Dickenstein
12:20 – 14:20
Lunch + Posters
14:30 – 15:15
Lecture: Salomé Martínez
15:15 – 16:00
Lecture: Maria Eulália Vares
16:00 – 16:40
Coffee break
16:40 – 17:25
Public Lecture: Maria J. Esteban
17:30 – 18:45
Panel discussion
19:00
ICM opening cocktail
INVITED LECTURES
Alicia Dickenstein
(Universidad de of Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Maria Esteban
(Université Paris-Dauphine, France)
Monique Laurent
(Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica and Tilburg University, Netherlands)
Salomé Martínez
(Universidad de Chile, Chile)
Maria Eulália Vares
(Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
GROUP DISCUSSIONS
PANEL DISCUSSIONS
POSTERS
https://www.worldwomeninmaths.org/