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--></style></head><body lang=EN-CA link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><strong><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal'>**FOR CMATH TEAM: Please share the below message with universities in Ontario only, if possible.**<o:p></o:p></span></i></strong></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0cm'><strong><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></strong></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white'>Join us for the Public Opening of the 2019 Fields Medal Symposium!<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#202020;background:white;font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#202020;background:white;font-weight:normal'>Monday, November 4, 2019 – 7:00 - 9:00 PM<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#202020;background:white;font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#202020;background:white;font-weight:normal'>Isabel Bader Theatre<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#202020;background:white;font-weight:normal'>93 Charles Street West<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#202020;background:white;font-weight:normal'>Toronto, ON M5S 2C7<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white'>Free event – </span></strong><strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#008E30;background:white;font-weight:normal'><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/public-opening-of-the-2019-fields-medal-symposium-tickets-71072438577"><b>registration</b></a> </span></strong><strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white'>required.</span></strong><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#008E30;background:white'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#202020;background:white'>The Fields Medal, first awarded in 1936, is considered by the mathematical community as the Nobel Prize of Mathematics. Since 2012, the Fields Institute has hosted the<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black;background:white'>annual Fields Medal Symposium to<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#202020;background:white'>celebrate the achievements of a recent Fields Medallist. Each year, the </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black;background:white'>Public Opening</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#202020;background:white'> kicks off the Symposium with a public lecture. This event aims to help demystify the medallist’s area of research and to provide an opportunity for the general public to enjoy, learn from, interact with, and be inspired by the “rock stars” of mathematics. This year, the public lecture will be given by honoree <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Artur Ávila</span></strong><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal'>, </span></strong>2014 Fields medallist<span class=apple-converted-space>.</span></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#202020;background:white'> </span></strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#202020;background:white;font-weight:normal'>Artur Ávila</span></strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#202020;background:white'> is a world-renowned mathematician who at 36 years old became the first Latin American — he is from Brasil — to win the Fields medal, for "his profound contributions to dynamical systems theory, which have changed the face of the field." Dynamical systems theory is the branch of mathematics that considers how a point in space moves over time through the iterative application of a fixed rule to it. This leads naturally to the study of iteration, and to many applications, such as fractals and the Theory of Chaos.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#202020'><br><br><span style='background:white'>In this public lecture, Ávila will reflect on how his field has changed over time, and examine current questions at the forefront of dynamical systems theory.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><b>To join us at the Public Opening, please register at<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/public-opening-of-the-2019-fields-medal-symposium-artur-avila-on-dealing-with-chaos-tickets-71072438577"><span style='color:#954F72'>this link</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0cm'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>To find out more, please visit the Fields Institute <a href="http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/activities/19-20/fieldsmedalsym-opening">website</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0cm'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>