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The IMA and the Ri celebrate mathematics and its applications at the Royal Institution in 2014, the year of the IMA’s 50th Anniversary, with this inspirational mathematics event. Dame Celia Hoyles, IMA President, will welcome attendees and chair the programme.
The talks will be followed by a reception with drinks, canapés and an opportunity to see some of the Ri’s incredible collections with Curator of Collections, Charlotte New.
Programme
16.40: Registration
17:00: Vision for science and mathematics education by Dame Julia Higgins FREng, FRS, Former Vice-President, The Royal Society
17:20: Big data by Richard Pinch, IMA Vice-President, Professional Affairs and Industry
17:45: The mathematics manifesto (first draft) by Paul Glendinning, IMA Vice-President, Learned Society
18:15: Tea and coffee break
18:35: Mathematics at the Ri by Diane Crann, Ri Clothworkers’ Fellow in Mathematics
18:40: Eight great reasons to do maths by Chris Budd, IMA Vice-President, Communications
19:25: The IMA today and tomorrow by Dame Celia Hoyles, IMA President
19:35 – 21:00: Evening Reception (Reception ticket required).