The annual symposium following the final meeting of the Abel Prize Committee will this year take place at the Institute of Advanced Study, Princeton, USA. Karen Uhlenbeck, the 2019 Abel Prize laureate, will give a lecture, along with Dan Spielman, Hong Wang, and Curt McMullen.
Date: Wednesday January 28, 2026
Time: 10:00AM – 3:10PM
Venue: Simonyi Hall
Registration:
The event is free, but registration is required.
A light lunch will be served.
Registration link TBA
Programme
10:00-10:10 Welcome by Helge Holden, chair of the Abel Committee, moderator
10:10-11:10 Karen Uhlenbeck, University of Texas at Austin, Abel Prize laureate 2019
11:10-11:20 break
11:20-12:20 Daniel Spielman, Yale University
12:20-13:00 Light lunch
13:00-14:00 Hong Wang, IHES
14:00-14:10 break
14:10-15:10 Curtis McMullen, Harvard University: “Quintics, braids and billiards, after Abel”
15:10 Conclusion of symposium
Abstracts and more info TBA
The Abel Prize Committee will also be present:
• Helge Holden, NTNU (Chair)
• Hee Oh, Yale University
• Jonathan Pila, Oxford University
• Yoshiko Ogata, Kyoto University
• Benny Sudakov, ETH, Zürich