World Meeting for Women in Mathematics

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/