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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>----------------------------------------------------</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>The 2012 PIMS Hugh Morris Lecture</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Henri Darmon, McGill University, will deliver a talk entitled, "Numbers and Shapes." The lecture will take place on November 1, 2012 at the University of Calgary.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Henri Darmon specializes in number theory, working on Hilbert's 12th problem and its relation with the Birch-Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture. He is currently a James McGill Professor of Mathematics at McGill University. He was elected to the Royal Society of Canada in 2003 and in 2008, awarded the Royal Society of Canada's John L. Synge Award. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>The Hugh Morris Lecture Series has been generously endowed by Dr. Hugh Morris, former Chair of the PIMS Board of Directors, and long-time friend of the mathematical sciences. The Series attracts the world's top mathematical scientists, who deliver presentations on current research topics to PIMS sites in Western Canada and Washington State.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Dr. Morris served on the PIMS Board for over ten years. He has more than 40 years of experience in the mineral industry, including a term as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Imperial Metals, and is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Dr. Morris has demonstrated special interest in national and international scientific and professional associations and has been a member of NSERC's Council and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Lithoprobe Project.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>November 1, 2012</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>3:00 pm</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>University of Calgary</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Room ICT 122</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>----------------------------------------------------</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Clare Kiernan</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Communications Manager</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Web: <a href="http://www.pims.math.ca">www.pims.math.ca</a> | Twitter: @pimsmath</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>