Joint EWM/EMS Worskhop, Amsterdam, July 13th 2008

This one-day workshop (on sunday afternoon, 2pm-6pm), organized under the
auspices of the EMS and EWM, aims at introducing the audience to the
topics of the two main women speakers at the European Congress of Mathematics, Christine Bernardi and Matilde Marcolli. Its program will be
organized around three to four introductory talks on their research areas,
and will end with a social gathering and informal discussions. The
speakers at the workshop
will include Christine Bernardi and Alina Vdovina.

We encourage young women mathematicians to attend this one-day
meeting before the Congress itself. It will provide an opportunity to get
acquainted with two areas of research represented by two of the main
speakers at the ECM; namely, applied mathematics (spectral and variational
problems) on the one hand, and applications of
noncommutative geometry (e.g. to quantum field theory and number theory) on
the other.

We want to draw your attention to the fact that early registration at the ECM
lowers the costs (”earlybird” fee) and that you can ask for help
from the ECM to find accommodation via the university, n case you apply before
January 1.
We encourage those of you who can benefit from a grant delivered by the
EMC, to apply for a “one-day” extension, in order to be able to attend this meeting.

Hoping to see you in Amsterdam,
Best wishes,
Colette Guillopé (Femmes et Mathématiques), Frances Kirwan (convenor of EWM), Sylvie Paycha (Coordinator of the EMS committee for women in mathematics)