International Workshop on Operator Theory and its Applications (IWOTA 2026) – An ICM Satellite Conference
International Workshop on Operator Theory and its Applications (IWOTA 2026)
An ICM Satellite Conference
August 3–7, 2026
Université Laval, Quebec City
The International Workshop on Operator Theory and its Applications (IWOTA) brings together leading specialists from around the world for an intensive exchange of recent results, ideas, and perspectives, while outlining directions for future developments in the field. The conference gathers mathematicians and engineers working on operator-theoretic aspects of functional analysis and their applications, including differential and integral equations, complex and harmonic analysis, linear systems and control theory, mathematical physics, signal processing, and numerical analysis. IWOTA meetings offer participants, including young researchers, the opportunity to present their work through invited talks and contributed presentations, to interact with colleagues from around the globe, and to broaden their expertise. A distinctive feature of IWOTA is its emphasis on interdisciplinary exchanges between mathematicians, electrical engineers, and mathematical physicists.
Plenary speakers:
- Akram Aldroubi – Vanderbilt University, USA
- Ilia Binder – University of Toronto, Canada
- Emmanuel Fricain – University of Lille, France
- Pam Gorkin (Israel Gohberg Lecturer) – Bucknell University, USA
- Matthew Kennedy – University of Waterloo, Canada
- Lajos Molnár – University of Szeged, Hungary
- Nilima Nigam (ICM Speaker) – Simon Fraser University, Canada
- Marek Ptak – University of Krakow, Poland
- Thomas Ransford – Laval University, Canada
- Felix Schwenninger – University of Twente, Netherlands
- William Slofstra – University of Waterloo, Canada
- Joel Tropp (ICM Speaker) – California Institute of Technology, USA
This event is generously sponsored by the Université Laval, Centre de recherches mathématiques (CRM), the Fields Institute, Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS), National Science Foundation (USA), International Linear Algebra Society (ILAS), and the Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS).
For more information and to register, please see:
https://iwota-2026.fsg.ulaval.ca/
We look forward to welcoming you to Quebec City.
The organizers: Ludovick Bouthat, Javad Mashreghi, Frédéric Morneau-Guérin, Mostafa Nasri, Marcu-Antone Orsoni
