2025 is a special year as this is the 100 year anniversary of the first Black person in the world to get a PhD in mathematics. Dr Elbert Cox, an African-American, received his PhD on the 26th September 1925 from Cornell University.
To celebrate this, on the 1st and 2nd October 2025, the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA), International Centre for Mathematical Sciences (ICMS), Isaac Newton Institute (INI), London Mathematical Society (LMS) and Mathematical Association (MA) will join forces with Big Ideas to deliver not only a mathematical conference but a Black Heroes of Mathematics Youth Festival as well.
Both days will be chaired by Dr Luke Davis
Speakers include: Juliet Ojiako, Dr Clotilde Djuikem, Gloria Antwi-Botchway, Teika Haris, Aondoyima Ioratim-Uba, Flavia Santos, Jordan Marajg and Mark Richards.
The conference will be a hybrid event, and this event will be free to attend across the globe.
The Youth Festival will be a virtual event open to schools across the United Kingdom. If you are a school and wish to attend the Youth Festival, please email maths@big-ideas.org.
Head over to the LMS webpage for the full programme and registration links
