An international congress of mathematics was held for the first time in Hradec Králové and was attended by experts from 6 continents.

It is an itinerant conference and is hosted every three years by a different university. Universities like Charles University, Prague, and Masaryk University, Brno, have been home to it in the past. The Conference spans over a 38 year period. Last year brought with it something special, though.

“Usually, the organisers of the host university do not give lectures, but because the Faculty of Science, UHK, facilitates an outstanding international group of research workers that specialise long-term in differential geometry, they joined the other experts on stage,” notes Associate Professor Anton Galaev, Chairman of the Organisation and Programme Committee.

He is also a member of the research group. It presented its research results at the Conference. Their work is supported by the Czech Science Foundation (GA ČR).

In his welcome speech the Dean of the Faculty of Science, UHK, Jan Kříž, emphasised how important a role differential geometry plays at the University of Hradec Králové. He noted: “Even though the Faculty of Science is a young faculty, differential geometry has been one of its primary areas of research right from the onset. And we have achieved excellent results along the way.”

The lecturers were experts from Germany, Belgium, Brazil and Russia. The conference counted plenary lectures and parallel workshops, poster sessions included; some of the research work was presented here. Christian Bär, University of Potsdam, opened the Conference on September 2, 2019, at a plenary lecture.