Abel at IAS

Karen Uhlenbeck recieved the Abel Prize for 2019. Photo: Trygve Indrelid/Scanpix

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 Dan 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 Curt McMullen, Harvard University
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