Barcelona Mathematical Days – BMD 2026

WELCOME /

The Catalan Mathematical Society (SCM) welcomes the participants to the fifth edition of the Barcelona Mathematical Days, the triennial international research conference of the SCM, which focuses on current research topics in several areas of mathematics.

Contact:
scm@iec.cat (general matters)
scm.bmd@correu.iec.cat (lectures, posters,...)

📢 Last days of discount on REGISTRATION!

NEWS: Social activities for participants!
(Booking required on the registration portal.)

Reception at Barcelona City Hall
Special visit to the Sagrada Família led by Dr. Jordi Faulí (limited places, booking essential)
Conference dinner (booking and payment required)

POSTER CALL

Poster acceptance notifications sent.
Last week for applications! through the platform actes.iec.cat.

DIFFUSION

Have you shared the announcement with your mathematics colleagues?
Download the poster (horizontal o vertical), hang it up, and spread the word.

Since: 16/06/2026

COORDINATORS:

Gemma Huguet, Polytechnic University of Catalonia
Marc Masdeu, Autonomous University of Barcelona

Montserrat Casals, University of the Basque Country
Núria Fagella, University of Barcelona
Salvador Ortiz-Latorre, University of Oslo

Montserrat Alsina, UPC
Santiago Barbieri, UdG
Giulia Binotto, UAB
Roser Homs, UPC
Margarida Mitjana, UPC
Ainoa Murillo, UB
Alejandro Poveda, UB
Josep Vives, UB

Marco Abate, University of Pisa
Ruth Charney, Brandeis University
Dan Crisan, Imperial College London
Xavi Ros-Oton, University of Barcelona

SPECIAL SESSIONS

Elba Garcia-Failde, Polytechnic University of Catalonia
Nuno Crato, University of Lisbon

Combinatorics and interactions
Dynamical Systems
Geometric and algorithmic aspects of groups
Interactions between analysis, probability, and PDE
Mathematical modeling
Diverse aspects of arithmetic geometry
Stochastic analysis
Topological data analysis

PLENARY TALKS

University of Pisa

Holomorphic iterated function systems and hyperbolic derivative

Brandeis University

Artin Groups: A Playground for Geometric Group Theory

Imperial College

Stochastic Partial Differential Equations in Fluid Dynamics

Universitat de Barcelona

Regularity theory for PDE: an overview

THEMATIC SESSIONS

ORG: Anna de Mier, UPC – Alberto Espuny, UB – Arnau Padrol, UB

ORG: Kostya Drach, UB – Pau Martín, UPC – Jordi Villadelprat, UAB

ORG: Andre Carvalho, University of Évora – Jordi Delgado, UPC – Mallika Roy, Harish-Chandra Research Institute

ORG: Juan Carlos Cantero, UAB – Odí Soler i Gibert, UPC

ORG: Jezabel Curbelo, UPC – Gemma Huguet, UPC

ORG: Roberto Gualdi, UPC – Santiago Molina, UdL

ORG: Lluís Quer, UAB – Sara Solanilla, UB

ORG: Carles Casacuberta, UB – Aina Ferrà, UIB

SPECIAL PROGRAM

EMYA – SCM, Wednesday 7 October, 4:00 PM

MOSS – special hybrid session SCM – EMYA
Speaker: Elba Garcia-Failde (UPC)

Panel: Challenges of being an early career researcher in math today

EMS-SCM, Friday 9 October, 16:00 h

Speaker: Nuno Crato (Univ. Lisboa)

Why mathematicians should care about European PISA results?

Presentation Thursday 8 October 10:00 h

Poster acceptance notifications sent.
Last week for applications! through the platform actes.ec.cat.

Challenges and trends in mathematical research

Participants:
Ruth Charney, Joaquim Ortega, Jan Philip Solovej

Since: 16/06/2026

Registration ends on 30/09/2026

Early registration discount available until 11 September 2026.

The registration is managed through the platform actes.iec.cat. Participants must select the registration category corresponding to their situation (student, speaker, SCM member, etc.) and provide the required personal and payment data.

The form also offers the option of full registration, which includes the conference dinner (additional cost of 50 €). Alternatively, the dinner can be added at a later step of the registration process or at a later date.

You can now register for the optional social activities through the same platform.

BMD 2026 Registration	Until September 4	From September 4
Students / SCM Members / Invited Speakers	75 €	100 €
New SCM members	125 €	150 €
General participants	150 €	180 €

Participants who wish to register as new SCM members must first fill in their personal data in the SCM registration request form.

Current members can verify their membership status and update their data using their Tax ID via the corresponding link.

Special activities:
(1) Free
(2) Limited places for conference participants. Free. Prior registration required via form at actes.iec.cat.
(3) Additional payment.

PROGRAM

07/10/2026

Time	Activity	Place
13:30	Registration
14:30 – 15:30	Plenary Session 1	Prat de la Riba
15:30 – 16:00	Coffee break
16:00 – 18:00	Special SCM and EMYA session Thematic sessions	Prat de la Riba Pi i Sunyer Nicolau d’Olwer
18:30	Reception at Barcelona City Hall	Sala de Cròniques

08/10/2026

Time	Activity	Place
9:00 – 10:00	Plenary Session 2	Prat de la Riba
10:00 – 10:20	Poster presentation	Prat de la Riba
10:20 – 11:00	Coffee break + posters	Claustre
11:00 – 13:00	Thematic sessions	Nicolau d’Olwer Pi i Sunyer Pere i Joan Coromines Prat de la Riba
13:00 – 14:30	Lunch	Claustre
14:30 – 15:30	Plenary Session 3	Prat de la Riba
15:30 – 16:00	Coffee break	Claustre
16:00 – 18:00	Thematic sessions	Nicolau d’Olwer Pi i Sunyer Pere i Joan Coromines Prat de la Riba
19:15	Special visit to the Sagrada Família (2)	Sagrada Família
20:00	Conference dinner (3)

09/10/2026

Time	Activity	Place
9:30 – 10:30	Plenary Session 4
10:30 – 11:00	Coffee break + posters
11:00 – 13:00	Thematic sessions	Nicolau d’Olwer Pi i Sunyer Pere i Joan Coromines Prat de la Riba
13:00 – 14:30	Lunch
14:30 – 15:30	Challenges and trends in mathematical research	Prat de la Riba
15:30 – 16:00	Coffee break
16:00– 18:00	Thematic sessions Special session Nuno Crato	Pi i Sunyer Pere i Joan Coromines Prat de la Riba