A conference in honor of Felix Otto’s 60th birthday
May 26 - 29, 2026
Venue: Großer Hörsaal Mathematik, Wegelerstraße 10, 53115 Bonn
Organizers: Antoine Gloria (LJLL Sorbonne University and ULB), Tim Laux (University of Regensburg), Angkana Rüland (University of Bonn), Martin Rumpf (University of Bonn), Theo Sturm (University of Bonn), Maria G. Westdickenberg (RWTH Aachen)
The conference focuses on recent developments in applied mathematics. Topics will include challenges from materials and fluids, singular stochastic models, homogenization, optimal transport and regularity theory.
The conference seeks to create interaction at the interface of these fields bringing together international experts and junior scientists.
Speakers
- Luigi Ambrosio (Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa)
- John Ball (Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh)
- Yann Brenier (Université Paris-Saclay)
- Bjoern Bringmann (Princeton University)
- Antonin Chambolle (Université Paris-Dauphine)
- Peter Constantin (Princeton University)
- Camillo DeLellis (Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton)
- Mitia Duerinckx (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
- Selim Esedoglu (University of Michigan)
- Alessio Figalli (ETH Zürich)
- Julian Fischer (IST Austria)
- Adriana Garroni (Sapienza Università di Roma)
- Martin Hairer (EPFL, Lausanne)
- Jiangfeng Lu (Duke University)
- Svitlana Mayboroda (University of Minnesota)
- Alexander Mielke (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
- Andrea Nahmod (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
- Nicolas Perkowski (Freie Universität Berlin)
- Panagiotis Souganidis (University of Chicago)
- Vladimir Sverak (University of Minnesota)
- Hendrik Weber (Universität Münster)
- Barbara Zwicknagl (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
Participation is free. If you are interested, please fill out the application form. Successful applicants are selected based on research background. For a limited number of participants financial support is available upon request.
