Attendance at this conference
is by invitation only
Trends in Differential Equations, Mathematical Neuroscience and other biological topics
Sign into April 18, 2026
Venue: Hotel Riu Fluvià d'Olot (Girona)
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VENUE
The event will take place at the Hotel Riu Fluvià d’Olot (Girona), where participants will be accommodated in shared rooms.
Introduction
This conference will be focused on three areas:
1) The qualitative theory of ordinary differential equations in the plane (including Hilbert’s 16th problem, period functions, etc.), with a special emphasis on predator-prey models.
2) Neuroscience, approached from the perspective of dynamical systems.
3) Mathematical modelling in biology.
The conference will have a twofold objective: on the one hand, to feature invited talks by national and international experts in these fields; on the other, to promote scientific discussion between established and early-career researchers.
speakers
Albert Compte
Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer
Mathieu Desroches
Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique
Ernest Fontich
Universitat de Barcelona
Jordi Garcia-Ojalvo
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Esther Ibáñez
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
Elif Köksal
Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique
Víctor Mañosa
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Enrique Ponce
Universidad de Sevilla
Horacio Rotstein
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Marco Sabatini
Università degli Studi di Trento
María Victoria Sánchez-Vives
Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer – Institut Català de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
Josep Sardanyés
Centre de Recerca Matemàtica
Louis Tao
Peking University
Jordi Villadelprat
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
schedule
| Thursday April 16th |
Friday April 17th |
Saturday April 18th |
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| 9.30–10.10 | Arrival in Olot | Tomás Lázaro Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya – CRM |
Excursion & departure |
| 10.10–10.50 | Ernest Fontich Universitat de Barcelona |
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| 10.50–11.20 | Coffee break | ||
| 11.20–12.00 | Registration & Welcome | Josep Sardanyés Centre de Recerca Matemàtica |
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| 12.00–12.40 |
Gemma Huguet Cati Vich |
Jordi García-Ojalvo Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
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| 12.40–13.20 | Horacio Rotstein New Jersey Institute of Technology |
Esther Ibáñez Universitat Oberta de Catalunya |
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| Lunch | |||
| 15.00–15.40 | Elif Köksal Inria |
Armengol Gasull Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
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| 15.40–16.20 | Mathieu Desroches Inria |
Marco Sabatini Università degli Studi di Trento |
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| 16.20–16.50 | Coffee break | Coffee Break | |
| 16.50–17.30 | Mavi Sánchez-Vives IDIBAPS |
Víctor Mañosa Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya |
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| 17.30–18.10 | Albert Compte IDIBAPS |
Enrique Ponce Universidad de Sevilla |
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| 18.10–18.50 | Louis Tao Peking University |
Jordi Villadelprat Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
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| 20.00 | Dinner | ||
ORGANISING committee
Armengol Gasull | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Gemma Huguet | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya – Centre de Recerca Matemàtica
J. Tomás Lázaro | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya – Centre de Recerca Matemàtica
Catarina Vich | Universitat de les Illes Balears
registration
Registration deadline 27 february 2026
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