17 November 2026 | BMS/MATH+ Celebration Ceremony

This event is part of the celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of BMS and the launch of the 2nd funding period of MATH+.

Join us for an evening looking back and glimpsing into the future!

Registration and Venue

  • To attend, please register via the registration form.
    Registration Deadline: 16 November 2026, 11:00 AM CET (UTC+01:00)
  • Venue: Bolle Festsäle, Alt-Moabit 98, 10559 Berlin
    The venue is wheelchair accessible.

Program

5:00 pm Doors Open
5:30 pm Welcome by the Chairs’ Team
  Keynote by Dr. Ina Czyborra, Berlin Senator for Higher Education and Research, Health, and Long-Term Care
  Spotlight Talks: Mathematical Success Stories
Christoph Spiegel, Benedikt Jahnel, Nataša Djurdjevac Conrad
  Looking Back on 20 Years and Looking Forward Towards the 2nd Funding Period
Julia von Blumenthal, President of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Fatma Deniz, President of Technische Universität Berlin
Michael Hintermüller, Director of the Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics (WIAS)
Christof Schütte, President of Zuse Institute Berlin (ZIB)
Günter M. Ziegler, President of Freie Universität Berlin
7:00 pm Reception and Party with Live Music