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,...)

📢 COMPTE ENRERE PER AL CONGRÉS!

No us perdeu el programa especial, coorganitzat amb l’EMS, EMYA i el CRM:

Recepció a l’Ajuntament de Barcelona, dc 7 d’octubre 19:00 h, Sala de Cròniques and refreshments in the Gothic Cloister.
Special visit to the Sagrada Família led by Dr. Jordi Faulí, dj 8 d’octubre a les 19:45 h (limited places),
Congress dinner, dj 8 d’octubre a les 21:00 h Els Porxos Restaurant (reservation and payment required)

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
Xavier 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, 16:30 h

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

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

CRM-SCM Friday 9 October, 14:30 h

Participants: Ruth Charney, Joaquim Ortega, Jan Philip Solovej, Antonio Huerta (conductor)

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

Since: 16/06/2026

Registration ends on 30/09/2026

The registration is managed through the platform actes.iec.cat.
The corresponding registration category must be selected, personal data provided, and payment made by bank card.

The form offers the full registration option, with full access to all congress activities.

BMD 2026 Registration	Ordinary access	Full access
Students / SCM Members / Invited Speakers	100 €	150 €
New SCM members	150 €	200 €
General participants	180 €	230 €

Participants who wish to register as new SCM members must first fill in their personal data in the SCM registration request form. Current SCM members can verify their membership status and update their data using their NIF: link.

Participation in the activities indicated with (1), (2) and (3) in the programme must be indicated on the form at actes.iec.cat.
Notes: (1) free; (2) free, but with limited places for congress participants; (3) paid activity.

PROGRAM

07/10/2026

Time

Activity

Place

14:00	Registration – accreditation collection
14:45 – 15:00	Opening of the congress
15:00 – 16:00	Plenary: Xavier Ros-Oton	Prat de la Riba
16:00 – 16:30	Coffee break
16:30 – 18:30	Arithmetic Geometry Geometric Group Theory Early Career Researchers Session (EMYA-SCM)	Nicolau d’Olwer Pi i Sunyer Prat de la Riba
19:00	Reception at Barcelona City Hall (1)	Sala de Cròniques, Gothic Cloister

08/10/2026

Time

Activity

Place

9:00 – 10:00	Plenary: Dan Crisan	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	Combinatorics and Interactions Dynamical Systems Mathematical Modelling Stochastic Analysis	Pi i Sunyer Prat de la Riba Pere i Joan Coromines Nicolau d’Olwer
13:00 – 14:30	Lunch	Claustre
14:30 – 15:30	Plenary: Ruth Charney	Prat de la Riba
15:30 – 16:00	Coffee break	Claustre
16:00 – 18:00	Analysis, Probability and PDE Geometric Group Theory Mathematical Modelling Topological Data Analysis	Prat de la Riba Nicolau d’Olwer Pere i Joan Coromines Pi i Sunyer
19:45	Visit to the Sagrada Familia (2)	Façana Naixement, Carrer Marina
21:00	Congress dinner (3)	Restaurant Els Porxos, Carrer de Mallorca, 410, 08013 Barcelona

09/10/2026

Time

Activity

Place

9:30 – 10:30	Plenary: Marco Abate	Prat de la Riba
10:30 – 11:00	Coffee break	Claustre
11:00 – 13:00	Arithmetic Geometry Dynamical Systems Stochastic Analysis Topological Data Analysis	Nicolau d’Olwer Prat de la Riba Pi i Sunyer Pere i Joan Coromines
13:00 – 14:30	Fotografia de grup Lunch	Claustre
14:30 – 15:30	Challenges and trends in mathematical research Ruth Charney, Joaquim Ortega-Cerdà, Jan Philip Solovej	Prat de la Riba
15:30 – 16:00	Coffee break	Claustre
16:00 – 18:00	Analysis, Probability and PDE Combinatorics and Interactions Learning Mathematics Session (EMS-SCM) Nuno Crato	Pere i Joan Coromines Nicolau d’Olwer Prat de la Riba