The Abel Prize Laureate 2025 Masaki Kashiwara opens the Abel Prize lectures.

Time: May 21, 2025 10:00 – 15:00
Venue: University of Oslo, Georg Sverdrups hus, Moltke Moes vei 39, 0851 Oslo
The Abel Prize lectures is a tradition during the Abel week.
The Abel Prize Laureate 2025 and specially invited mathematicians give academically relevant lectures.
The Abel Prize lectures is open to the general public, but registration is required.
The lectures will later be made available on YouTube and on Abelprize.no
Program
09:30 Coffee and tea | |
10:00 Welcome remarks by: Vice-rector Mette Halskov Hansen, Vice-rector, University of Oslo Annelin Eriksen, President of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, Professor, University of Bergen Helge Holden, Chair of the Abel Committee and moderator, Professor, NTNU | |
10:15 Abel Prize Laureate Masaki Kashiwara Professor at the Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences (RIMS), Universitetet i Kyoto, Japan and Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study (KUIAS), Japan Monoidal categories (non-commutative case) | ![]() |
11:15 Professor Catharina Stroppel Professor, University of Bonn, Germany From Crystals to Categorification | |
12:15 Lunch | |
13:00 Professor Andrea D'Agnolo University of Padua, Italy Algebraic Analysis for beginners | |
14:00 Professor David Nadler University of California, Berkeley, USA Gaining momentum: on the global influence of Masaki Kashiwara's microlocal perspective | |
15:00 – 15:10 Avslutning, ved Ingrid Glad, leder Abelstyret, Professor, Universitetet i Oslo |
Events during the Abel Prize week
Monday 19 May
11.00-12.00: Holmboe Prize ceremony
Oslo Katedralskole, Ullevålsveien 31
Open for all
17.00: Wreath laying ceremony by the Abel monument, Royal Palace Park
Open for all
Tuesday 20 May
14.00: Abel Prize Ceremony
Oslo University Aula
Registration
19.00: Governmental Banquet
Akershus Castle
By invitation only
Wednesday 21 May
10.00-16.00: Abel Prize Lectures, Georg Sverdrup's house, Blindern
Registration
19.00: Abel party
The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters,
Drammensveien 78
Registration
Thursday 22 May
The Abel Day in Trondheim, by NTNU