Rivière-Fabes Symposium on Analysis and PDE

2026 Symposium: May 1st – 3rd

The Rivière-Fabes Symposium on Analysis and PDE will take place May 1st – 3rd on the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus. ​

Speakers 

The symposium's program will consist of two hour-long lectures from the following speakers:

• Peter Hintz, Penn State University and ETH Zurich
• Yangyang Li, University of Notre Dame
• William  Minicozzi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Hong Wang, IHES and Courant Institute, New York University

Organizers

Dmitriy Bilyk, Max Engelstein, Hao Jia (co-chair), Markus Keel, Ru-Yu Lai (co-chair), Svitlana Mayboroda, Peter Polacik, Mikhail Safonov, Daniel Spirn, and Vladimir Sverak.

Registration information, speaker talk titles and abstracts, and the event schedule are TBA.

Logistics

Getting to UMN

• The Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) is conveniently located nearby Downtown Minneapolis. The airport is connected to the city center and to the UMN campus by public transport, particularly the Metro Blue Line.
• Metro Transit is the Minneapolis / St. Paul public transportation system – it includes bus and train services that run from very early morning until late in the evening.
• Bicycles and scooter rentals are available from Lime, Spin, and Veo.

Child care

Care.com connects visiting families with experienced local caregivers.

Explore the Twin Cities

Looking for things to do while in Minneapolis? Here are some great resources:

• Explore Minneapolis
• Meet Minneapolis
• Gopher Guide
• UMN Campus Visitor Map
• Trails and Parkways

This Symposium was established in memory of our colleagues Nestor M. Rivière and Eugene B. Fabes.

Event history & past symposia

The symposium is supported by the Rivière-Fabes fund at the University of Minnesota and by the National Science Foundation.