From April 21 to 25, the ICMAT is hosting the Conference on Geometry at Large, co-organized with the Institute of the Mathematical Sciences of the Americas at the University of Miami (IMSA). This is the first scientific event under the program ‘Enhancing Mathematical Bridges between Spain and Latin America’, launched by ICMAT. The event brings together leading researchers from across Latin America and Spain in the field of geometry. It also includes a session with the participation of the Ambassador of Mexico to Spain, among other institutional representatives.

As part of the Geometry at Large conference, the ICMAT hosted an institutional session to strengthen cooperation between institutions on both sides of the Atlantic. Image: Laura M. Iraola/ICMAT

The mathematical community of Spain and Latin America has “a strong relationship, based on cultural and linguistic affinity, with fluid contact between researchers, student mobility, and active scientific networks,” says Javier Aramayona, Director of the Institute of Mathematical Sciences (ICMAT). However, this collaboration has significant untapped potential to leverage the complementary capabilities of both communities. To this end, the ICMAT has launched a new mathematical collaboration program between Spain and Latin America: ‘Enhancing Mathematical Bridges between Spain and Latin America’. The program is supported by the Institute of the Mathematical Sciences of the Americas at the University of Miami.

As the first step of this program, ICMAT is holding the Conference on Geometry at Large from April 21 to 25. The event, organized in collaboration with IMSA, brings together prominent researchers from Spain and Latin America working on a wide range of topics in the broad field of geometry, presenting recent developments in these areas. The goal is to foster scientific collaboration between the mathematical communities of Spain and Latin America, promote cross-border exchanges, and identify new areas for joint research.

Topics addressed at the conference include algebraic geometry and differential geometry, and their interactions with other branches of mathematics such as topology, group theory, and dynamics. “All of these are active and evolving areas, with already established collaborations between researchers from Spain and Latin America, and they can act as catalysts for new synergies,” Aramayona explains.

As part of the conference, on Wednesday, April 23, ICMAT will host an institutional session featuring Quirino Ordaz Coppel, Ambassador of Mexico to Spain; Flávio Bettarello, Counsellor of the Embassy of Brazil in Spain; Félix García Lausín, Coordinator of the Ibero-American Knowledge Space, SEGIB; Purificación Causapié, Secretary General of the Carolina Foundation; Jaqueline Mesquita, President of the Brazilian Mathematical Society and UMALCA; Isabel Díaz, Deputy Vice President for Internationalization and Cooperation at CSIC; and Aramayona. “The purpose of this session is to strengthen cooperation between mathematical institutions on both sides of the Atlantic, explore synergies, and design joint actions in the medium and long term,” says the ICMAT Director.

Throughout the week, scientific sessions will be delivered by Rodolfo Aguilar (Institute for Mathematics and Applied Sciences, USA), Carolina Araujo (Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics, Brazil), Macarena Arenas (University of Cambridge, UK), Leticia Brambila Paz (Center for Research in Mathematics, Mexico), Philip Candelas (University of Oxford, UK), Leonardo Cavenaghi (University of Miami, USA), Xenia de la Ossa (University of Oxford, UK), Alicia Dickenstein (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina), Marcos Jardim (University of Campinas, Brazil), Jorge Lauret (National University of Córdoba, Argentina), Ernesto Lupercio (Center for Research and Advanced Studies, Mexico), Eva Miranda (University of Barcelona, Spain), Ana Peón (University of Santiago, Spain), Rafael Potrie (University of the Republic, Uruguay), Henrique Sá Earp (University of Campinas, Brazil), José Seade (National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico), Bernardo Uribe (University of the North, Colombia), and Franco Vargas Pallete (Institute for Advanced Scientific Studies, France).