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,...)

BMD 2026 Barcelona Mathematical Days a Barcelona

📢  OPEN REGISTRATIONS!

NEWS: Social activities for participants!
Registration must also be done via the form on the registrations portal actes.iec.cat ; you can log in with your username. 

  • Reception at Barcelona City Hall
    Wed 7 October 6:30-7:30 p.m., Sala de Cròniques and refreshments in the Gothic Cloister.
  • Special visit to the Sagrada Família led by Dr. Jordi Faulí,
    Thu 8 October at 7:15 p.m. (limited places),
  • Congress dinner,
    Thu 8 October at 8:30 p.m.  Els Porxos Restaurant (reservation and payment required)

DIFFUSION

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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
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

Pi i Sunyer

Pere i Joan Coromines

Nicolau d’Olwer

19:15 – 20:00 Visit to the Sagrada Familia (2)
20:30 Congress dinner (3)

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 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

Pi i Sunyer

Prat de la Riba

Institutional Academic Partners

With the support of: