School of Mathematics, Statistics & Actuarial Science

2012 British Mathematical Colloquium (BMC)

Photograph of Alan Turing, commemorating the centenary of his birthThe 2012 British Mathematical Colloquium (BMC) will take place at the Canterbury campus of the University of Kent on 16-19 April 2012. The deadline for booking is 26 March 2012. If you book before 16 March 2012 you will receive a £30 Early Bird registration discount. Book online via the University's Conferences and Events website.

What is the BMC?

  • The BMC is the annual meeting of the British Pure Mathematics community.
  • It attracts participants from across the UK and around the world.
  • The meetings began in 1949 and recent conferences have included those held at Leicester in 2011 and at Edinburgh in 2010.
  • The BMC was last held at the University of Kent in 1971.
  • A comprehensive listing of past conferences can be accessed online at http://www.gap-system.org/~history/BMC

BMC 2012 Programme

  • The schedule for the event is currently being finalised but to help you plan for the event we anticipate that the opening lecture by Professor Robert Soare will commence at 4 p.m. on Monday 16 April.
  • The event will finish in the early afternoon of Thursday 19 April. The closing talk by Professor Martin Lorenz, "Prime ideals and group actions in noncommutative algebra", commences at 11:30 a.m.
  • BMC 2012 will include a celebration of the centenary of the birth of Alan Turing.
  • Dr Andrew Hodges, Fellow at Oxford University and author of "Alan Turing: the Enigma", will give a public lecture on Turing's life and work.
  • Professor Robert Soare of the University of Chicago will give a plenary lecture on "Mathematics and the Turing Renaissance".
  • There will be a workshop on Turing's Legacy in Mathematics and Computer Science.

The logo of the London Mathematical SocietyWe wish to acknowledge the support of the London Mathematical Society who have provided grant funding for BMC 2012.

Plenary Lecturers

Morning Speakers

Workshops

For registration details and online booking, deadline 26 March 2012, book online via the University's Conferences and Events website.

For further information please contact either Professor Peter Fleischmann or Dr Jim Shank

School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science, Cornwallis Building, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NF.

Contact us on +44(0)1227 827181 or e-mail the department

Last Updated: 22/02/2012