1923-2023, the centenary of the birth of René Thom

The year 2023 marks the centenary of the birth of René Thom, a permanent professor at IHES from 1963 to 1990. On this occasion, IHES organizes a three-day conference on September 20, 21, and 22, 2023.

Several presentations will be given by lecturers during this three-day:

• Norbert A’Campo, Univ. De Bâle
• Daniel Bennequin, Institut Mathématique de Jussieu (IMJ-PRG)
• Alain Chenciner, IMCCE/Observatoire de Paris
• Antoine Danchin, Institut Pasteur
• Ivar Ekeland, Université Paris-Dauphine
• Sara Franceschelli, ENS Lyon
• Emmanuel Giroux, CNRS et ENS
  
• Mikhail Gromov, IHES
• Krzysztof Kurdyka, Université Savoie Mont Blanc
• Cherif Matta, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, Canada
• Jean Petitot, EHESS
• Oscar Randal-Williams, Université de Cambridge
• Ana Rechtman, Université Grenoble-Alpes
• Dennis Sullivan, City University of New York, Graduate Center                     
• Bernard Teissier, IMJ-PRG
• Wolfgang Wildgen, Université de Brême

Scientific Committee: Marie-Claude Arnaud, IMJ-PRG, Marc Chaperon, IMJ-PRG, coordinateur, Antoine Danchin, Institut Pasteur, Yakov Eliashberg, Stanford University, Maxim Kontsevitch, IHES, Cédric Villani, Université Lyon I & IHES.

Registration and information on the dedicated web page.

A colloquium is also organized on September 19, 2023, at the Académie des Sciences, from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. which will explore the intellectual legacy of René Thom (registration).