Colloquium in honor of Wolfgang Meyer

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We congratulate our colleague Wolfgang Meyer on his 90th birthday.

As a surprise and gift, his former doctoral student Burkhard Wilking has organised a celebratory colloquium for Friday, 20 March 2026.

Programme:

The talks will take place at lecture hall M3.

  • 14:45 - 15:15
    Jakob Dittmer (Münster): The Berger conjecture for three dimensional manifolds.
  • 15:15 - 16:00
    Reception in the Cluster Common Room
  • 16:00 - 16:30
    Music: Katarzyna Wilking (Soprano, Theater Münster), Daniel Hufnagl (Trumpet, Theater Dortmund) und Karo Van der Sanden (Piano, Theater Münster)
  • 16:30 - 17:30
    Karsten Grove (Notre Dame): A Glimpse into Wolfgang Meyer's Contributions to Geometry and to its Community.
    Remark: This is a talk  for a general audience and does not require a mathematical background.
  • 18:30
    Dinner at "Mimigernaford" (only with previous registration)